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Balay Mindanaw Disaster Response, Risk Reduction and Resiliency
Building Updates (as of April 12, 2012)
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We are again sharing with you
some updates on our continued interventions for the families and
communities affected by TS Sendong at this recovery and
reconstruction period. This update covers the highlights of
activities and resources mobilized, including some learnings and
insights for the past three weeks. We already have distributed a
total of 700 shelter repair kits to those families with partially
damaged houses in Barangays Kauswagan and Bonbon. This is in
partnership with Habitat for Humanity. In the recent distribution of
200 kits, we were challenged by accusation/perception of alleged “biased
list of recipients”, and that the Certified List provided by the
Punong Barangay still included families that have already received
from other partners. We were surprised because the team did actual
validation of the list as what has been done in the previous
distribution. More
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More relief goods arrived from Rotarians inAustralia. |
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Balay Mindanaw Disaster Response, Risk Reduction and Resiliency
Building Updates (March 6-12, 2012)
More relief goods from the
Rotarians in Australia arrived at the Cagayan de Oro airport last
Thursday March 8, 2012. Two DSWD personnel from Manila who flew with
the AFP C130 plane turned the goods over to the DSWD Region X. The
hauling of the goods into the military trucks was done with the help
of the IDPs from the Lumbia Evacuation Center. They were asked to
help thru the “cash for work” scheme with a rate of P250.00/day,
through the facilitation of Julius Bughao of DSWD X. Listing,
sorting and repacking of the relief goods are ongoing at the rooftop
of Balay Mindanaw Peace Center through the help of the volunteers
from Barangay Lapasan. More
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The Call for Integrity, by Secretary
Robredo
Keynote
speech by Interior and Local Government Secretary Jesse Robredo
during the BTTAG 2nd Policy Dialogue was conducted last February 23,
2012 in Davao City. The Budget Tracking for Transparent Accountable
Governance in Mindanao (BTTAG) is an initiative implemented by Balay
Mindanaw Foundation, Inc. (BMFI) in partnership with the Civil
Society Organizations (CSOs), Local Government Units, The Asia
Foundation (TAF), and the Department of Interior and Local
Government (DILG) with support from the United States Agency for
International Development (USAID). BTTAG hopes to initiate and
strengthen LGU-CSO’s journey towards enhancing transparent
accountable governance through enhanced participation,
accountability, responsiveness and transparency in the local budget
process. More
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Balay Mindanaw Disaster Response, Risk Reduction and Resiliency
Building Updates (February 27 to March 5, 2012)
We humbly and gratefully
share with you this weekly update. Please note that we have started
calling our package of interventions
as Disaster Response, Risk Reduction and Resiliency Building
Program. Eighty (80) days after the
December 17 disaster, we are encouraged and inspired to acknowledge
that we now have a better and broader understanding of this work –
largely because of your continuing support and accompaniment, and
the trust of our fellow Sendong survivors. And we shall continue to
learn.
More relief goods from the
Rotarians in Australia have been sorted and repacked. More
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Balay Mindanaw Disaster
Response Updates (Feb. 20-27, 2012)
We continue to share with you
these updates as our own modest way of acknowledging your continuing
support. Again, thank you very much
for helping us become resources for others. Padayon…
Relief Work:
The Municipality of Midsayap
asked Balay Mindanaw’s help in the distribution of its relief
assistance consisting of 15 boxes of assorted goods. Three
representatives sent by Dra. Imelda Soriano from IDS-GCCM Integral
Development Services – Grace Christian Community in Midsayap,
Cotabato came to Cagayan de Oro to do the inventory, checking,
sorting, repacking, including the distribution of goods. Balay
Mindanaw provided the data on the number of families in the
evacuation centers and assisted in the distribution. More
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Balay Mindanaw
Foundation, Inc. (BMFI)
is a Mindanao-based, Mindanao-focused non-stock, non-profit
foundation primarily engaged in promoting sustainable
integrated area development, developing mechanisms and
technologies for increased democratic participation of people
and communities in local governance, and facilitating resource
tenure improvement. |
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