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...

Typhoon Ompong: Impacts on Cordillera Region Situation Report #5 (as of 18 September 2018) Situation Overview On September 14, 2018, at about 1:00 AM, Typhoon Ompong (International Code Name Mangkhut) passed through the Cordillera Region. The typhoon brought heavy...

The Cordillera Disaster Response and Development Services humbly and urgently appeals for support for its emergency response activities. Urgent need are as follows: 1. Food such as rice, canned goods, legumes, cooking oil etc. 2. Non-food items (NFI) like mats,...

Barangay Alunogan is one of the eleven (11) barangays of Natonin in Mountain Province. Barangay Alunogan consist of 203 households and 384 families. The main source of living is traditional agriculture just like any other barangays in Natonin. Rice production is...