Affected families of Barangay Bonbon, Cagayan de Oro City anticipating distribution of the relief goods by PhilDHRRA Network members 7th January 2012

The flash floods that shattered lives, destroyed properties, changed the landscape of Cagayan de Oro and Iligan City and many towns and cities that crossed the path of Tropical Storm Washi (Local name: Sendong) on December 16–17, 2011 was a disaster that will be remembered for a long time. It will be remembered not only because it was the worst natural disaster in the Philippines in 2011 but because it was the first time in 100 years that a typhoon of such magnitude traversed through Cagayan de Oro and Iligan before it exited the country.

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image integrated climate risk information system agusan marsh

On November 1, 2011, PhilDHRRA-Mindanao commenced the implementation of the project entitled, “Fortalecimiento de Instituciones públicas locales y sociedad civil para la adaptación de estrategias y políticas ante el cambio climatic or Strengthening local institutions and civil society for the adaptation of strategies and policies to climatic change (No Registro: 11-PRI-0717).”

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The PhilDHRRA-Paz y Desarrollo Convenio, which was funded by Agencia Espanola de Cooperacion Internacional para el Desarrollo (AECID), culminated on June 30, 2011, after two years of hard work. The Convenio was entitled, “Strengthening the Productive Sector in the Rural Areas and Improving Sexual and Reproductive Health in the Regions of Caraga and Bicol (Reference No. 07-C01-034)”, and PhilDHRRA joined the Convenio on July 1, 2009.

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Misamis Occidental based, Paglaum Community Development Foundation, Inc. (Paglaum CDFI) recently conducted a strategic planning workshop facilitated by two staff members of the PhilDHRRA-Mindanao Secretariat, from August 15 to 17, 2011.

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