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AGATON/LINGLING EMERGENCY RESPONSE UPDATE NO. 3

Today, we are continuing relief operations despite slowly subsiding of floods and water levels and decreased rainfall in areas we are monitoring. Considering that weather forecasts from multiple sources (including DOST PAG-ASA, Weather Underground and Weather.com.ph) still predict light to heavy rains in many areas of Mindanao for today, we are also alert for any changes. Despite this, also, many people remain in evacuation centers.Read More »AGATON/LINGLING EMERGENCY RESPONSE UPDATE NO. 3

AGATON/LINGLING EMERGENCY RESPONSE UPDATE NO. 2

This afternoon, the Balay Mindanaw Emergency Response has been activated. As rains brought by Tropical Depression Agaton have been pouring over many parts of Mindanao on-and-off for more than a week, the threat of floods and landslides became very real. We have first reached out to our own staff, family and friends who live in low-lying communities in Cagayan de Oro by offering our Peace Center as an evacuation center. We have also been keeping close coordination with our partner communities in Cagayan de Oro, Surigao del Sur, North Cotabato, Gingoog City and Misamis Oriental in order to monitor their conditions and to supplement ongoing relief operations.Read More »AGATON/LINGLING EMERGENCY RESPONSE UPDATE NO. 2

Helping rebuild homes, helping rebuild lives…

Update No.7

7 December 2013

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Balay Mindanaw DREAM keeps on..

Helping rebuild homes, helping rebuild lives…

Balay Mindanaw Disaster Risk-Reduction and Resiliency-Building and Emergency Assistance Mission (DREAM) teams continue to live and work in our chosen areas, connecting with local leaders, getting and validating data, mobilizing volunteers, preparing relief goods, distributing other aids with partners.

After the distribution of food packs and water in the communities of Ormoc and Capiz in Panay Island during the first weeks of relief operations, shelter repair materials and hygiene kits are the next immediate needs of families in the aftermath of Yolanda disaster, based from the actual field assessment of DREAM teams. Such essentials cannot wait no longer in some areas. For instance in Barangay Goce in the municipality of P. Roxas, the communities have boldly started rebuilding their homes without delays, not waiting for reliefs. They know better.

As part of the emergency response, Balay Mindanaw’s goal is to help 5,000 families with food relief packs, 3,000 families with shelter/home repair materials and hygiene kits. Given the resources that were mobilized from friends and donors all over the globe since day one, Balay Mindanaw hopes to deliver these assistances including the aids provided by other local and international partners.Read More »Helping rebuild homes, helping rebuild lives…