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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…

Consolidated DREAM Update No. 6

November 25-30, 2013

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Read More »Responding to Disasters, Responding to Communities

Consolidated DREAM Update No. 5

November 23-24, 2013

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Balay Mindanaw continues the Disaster Risk-Reduction, Resiliency-building and Emergency Assistance Mission (DREAM) with daily assessment of what is needed by the communities affected by Supertyphoon Yolanda and what resources are available. Balay Mindanaw shifts gear with the support of its local partners, the care of friends and volunteers, the aid of donors and the people who believe that the community has to be empowered, sustainable and resilient.Read More »THEIR SMILES BRING COURAGE AND INSPIRE ACTION

Consolidated DREAM Update No. 4

21-22 November 2013

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Truly an inspiring appeal made by the residents themselves, placed on top of one of the remaining structures in Ormoc City so that others may know.  RISE UP ORMOC! (Bangon Ormoc!)

Indeed the survivors of Supertyphoon Yolanda are not hopeless. They understand their needs, put courage in their hearts and minds amid the impact of the disaster, they smile and say thank you for the assistance given to them. They now seek for means not just to repair their homes but also to rebuild their lives.

(See also OCHA Sit Report  No.16 as of Nov 22, 2013)

And this conviction is where the Disaster Risk-Reduction and Resiliency-building and Emergency Assistance Mission (DREAM) Teams of Balay Mindanaw and partners in Ormoc and Panay gain greater sense of humanitarian service.  They have these reports:Read More »Roofless, Homeless but not Hopeless..

Consolidated DREAM Update No. 3

19-20 November, 2013

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Despite the fact that most media put more spotlight in Tacloban in the Province of Leyte where most international responses have converged, remote areas worst-hit by the SuperTyphoon Yolanda/Haiyan in Nov. 8 likewise need close attention and assistance.

The Disaster Risk Reduction, Resiliency Building and Emergency Assistance Mission (DREAM) of Balay Mindanaw Group is already present in two areas: Ormoc City in Leyte, Eastern Visayas and in President Roxas in Capiz, Western Visayas (Panay Island). With the support of local groups, DREAM teams were able to set-up local center points of relief operations in each of the areas.Read More »Springs of Hope in remote areas hit by Yolanda