Tag: yolanda
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DREAM Donation Information
Dear Friends and Partners, With the magnitude of devastation, displacements and death brought about by Super Typhoon Yolanda, Balay Mindanaw is once again moved to respond and alerted to appeal for support for the communities who are severely affected by the tragedy in the Visayas. While we still have our team in Bohol who is…
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Disaster Response to Typhoon Yolanda Update from Team Leyte – Day 2
Dear friends and partners, Here is the latest report from our Quick Assessment Team in Ormoc, Leyte for their second day on the ground. — A. DISTRICT 26 & 29 Situation The quick assessment teams met up with barangay captains Nimfa Rufali of B26 and Monchou De Paz of B29. The objective was to get…
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Disaster Response to Typhoon Yolanda Update from Team Panay
Dear friends and partners, Yesterday, we posted a report from our Quick Assessment Team in Ormoc City, who will be doing another assessment in Tacloban City. This morning, we also received another report from our Quick Assessment Team in Panay: — Mga Kauban, Here’s our first report: The Balay Mindanaw Panay Quick Assessment Team arrived…
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Disaster Response to Typhoon Yolanda Update from Team Leyte
Dear Friends and Partners, On the day that Typhoon Yolanda made landfall in the Visayas region, the worst had finally passed for our home in Cagayan de Oro. Our beloved city, which has been the base for Balay Mindanaw’s operations since 1996, has had its share of tragedy in the form of flood brought…
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Activation of DREAM Program Contingency Plan for Typhoon Yolanda
November 7, 2013 — Balay Mindanaw Group has immediately activated today the contingency plan of its DREAM Program (Disaster Risk Reduction and Management and Resiliency building and Emergency Assistance Mission) as Supertyphoon Yolanda (international name: Haiyan), seen as dangerous and violent, is gaining strength as it gets nearer to the Philippine Area of Responsibility.As of…