The Cordillera Disaster Response and Development Services Inc. (CorDisRDS Inc.) has successfully conducted a Barangay Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Plan (BDRRMP) updating workshop with barangay officials from the partner barangays of CorDisRDS’s ongoing...

CorDisRDS Inc. in partnership with the Municipal Agriculture Office (MAO) of Barlig conducted an orientation on Hog Raising and Tilapia Culture in Kadaclan, Barlig, Mountain Province as part of the Farmer Field Business School (FFBS) livelihood component of Project...

Lapat is a community’s culture and practice in the management of natural resources as support to environmental protection. It is a way of protecting and sustaining the ecosystem by regulating the use or harvest of its natural services. Balance ecosystem enables the...

In the rural communities of Cordillera, medicine is very essential particularly in the far flung areas wherein health services are scarce or limited. The use of medicinal plants to cure common diseases is very common and being practiced until now.    ...

The month of March is the beginning of dry season in the Philippines and during this particular period, many fire incidents are being reported. Some of the fire incidents includes structural fire, vehicular fire, garbage fire and forest fire. Due to the alarming cases...

Sitio Mosimos and its water problem Sitio Mosimos is the most populated sitio in Barangay Dupag, Tabuk, Kalinga. It is also a long way from the city where most of the commercial activities are taking place. This causes the people of Mosimos to rely on agricultural...

Right before the start of the enhanced community quarantine I had the chance to go on a trip with the CorDisRDS-team for the INCREASE project. Normally the trip was going to take 2 weeks and we would visit 4 barangays in two different municipalities but because of the...

The Department of Education, Division of Benguet led by Ms. Nerissa Barbosa, Project Development Officer II organized teachers training to capacitate the new and untrained School Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Coordinator. The Cordillera Disaster Response and...

“Pinadpadas nga nagit-ited ti DRR training iti community ngem saan nga natalmedan ti kasasaad ti ubbing, mas napabaknang daytoy base iti experience ti CCDRR nga ada pokus na ti ubbing, (DRR training is being conducted in the community but there is no inclusion of the...

Urgent Appeal: Support Communities Affected by Typhoon Ompong (Mangkhut) 19 September 2018 On Sept. 14, 2018, the strongest typhoon to hit the Philippines this year struck Northern Luzon and left widespread destruction in its wake. Ompong (Mangkhut) was a category 5...