Balay Mindanaw Foundation, Inc.

Balay Mindanaw Disaster Response Report
As of 27 January 2012

We gladly and humbly share with you this first report two weeks after we decided to temporarily stop posting daily updates/reports on Balay Mindanaw’s Disaster Response activities as we transition from primarily relief and rehabilitation work to a more long-term programmatic package of interventions.

We have formulated a two-year program we now call the Balay Mindanaw Post-Disaster Recovery, Adaptation and Resiliency Building Program. We will be utilizing the remainder of your generous donations for the initial implementation of this Program. AUSAID has also expressed interest to provide some initial funds. We are now reaching out to you and other resource partners for possible partnerships.

While mapping out strategic long-term interventions, we have also sustained our support work for the three tent communities and five barangays, expanded and strengthened partnerships, and continued exploring and mobilizing more resources.Read More »SENDONG UPDATES (as of 27 January 2012)

Dear Friends,

Thirty-one days after Sendong struck, and 29 days after we went full-swing in our organized response to the disaster, we now share with you a summary and consolidation, and our initial plans for a more organized and sustained response.

The first day after the disaster was spent in ensuring that all the members of the Balay Mindanaw Group and their families are safe and secure. We offered our Peace Center to be a home to those who were badly hit by the floods. Then, we started looking at the bigger community. We issued a call for a more organized response to the disaster. Among the very first to respond to the call were the Balay Mindanaw colleagues who were themselves “victims”. Thus, we adopted the slogan: “We refuse to be victims. We choose to be resources.”Read More »Balay Mindanaw Disaster Response: Looking Back and Moving Forward…