Typhoon Ompong: Impacts on Cordillera Region Situation Report #5 (as of 18 September 2018)
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...
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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,...
read moreCorDis RDS Assists the Alunogan Farmers Association (AFA) to Implement a Rice Mill Project in Alunogan, Natonin, Mountain Province.
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...
read moreCordillera Disaster Response and Development Services Inc. (CorDisRDS) successfully conducted Simple Bookkeeping Training to its two partners People’s organization in Abra
A Bookkeeping seminar was conducted in two communities of Abra namely Masablang, Licuan-Ba-ay and Binasaran, Malibcong which are program areas of CorDis RDS. On April 28-29 a two day activity was conducted in Masablang, Licuan Ba-ay and on May 1-2 the same activity...
read moreIntern from the Netherlands visits target communities in Abra
Shortly after the start of a 20 week internship at CorDis RDS, Matthijs Boessenkool who studies Disaster Risk Management in the Netherlands joined the Abra team for an 11-day fieldtrip to the communities of Diangay, Baay-Licuan and Manapnap, Malibcong in Abra....
read moreGumatdang Eyed Pathway Rehab
Gumatdang, Itogon, Benguet- As part of the Child-Centered Disaster Risk and Reduction project of the Cordillera Disaster Response and Development services (CorDis RDS), residents of Barangay Gumatdang seek to complete and rehabilitate a broken and irregular pathway in...
read moreCommunity-based training: CorDisRDS approach to raise consciousness of vulnerable communities
“It is the first time that training like this has been conducted in our place. Most training were conducted in the town proper (Poblacion) so we are very thankful you came” said Mr. Felix Cadangan, the chairman of the Binasaran Farmers and Community Organization...
read moreEnhancing the Capacities of Indigenous Peoples Communities through Community-based Training
The CorDisRDS has been initiating series of training, workshops and discussions related to Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) in our program areas in the provinces of Abra, Benguet, Kalinga, Ifugao and Mountain Province. These activities enabled the members and officers of...
read moreYoung Austrians visited Tanglag, a community of Indigenous Peoples in the Cordillera Region
The Cordillera generally conjures beautiful landscape; rich natural resources and hospitality of the people. The issues behind the positive repute were precisely what the young Austrians learned and experienced during their short stay in Tanglag. Lubuagan, Kalinga....
read morePfR towards building resilient communities: The Kayan West Experience
Kayan West is one of the 19 barangays that comprise the municipality of Tadian in Mountain Province. The community is inhabited by the Kankanaey, one of the many indigenous peoples collectively known as the Igorot who call the Cordillera region their home. The...
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