Statement on the IDP Consultation

Forty-one days after the calamity, Ranaw Disaster Response and Rehabilitation Assistance Center (RDRRAC), Inc. in partnership with the Office of Vice Chancellor for Planning and Development (OVCPD) of MSU-IIT and Camp Coordination and Management conducted the Consultative Forum for the Internally Displaced Persons in the Minitheather, Mindanao State University-Iligan Institute of Technology, Iligan City on...

Pag-awhag para sa Iligan-wide IDP Consultative Forum

Ang Ranaw Disaster Response and Rehabilitation Assistance Center kon RDRRAC, Inc., usa ka disaster management NGO dinhi sa dakbayan sa Iligan uban sa pagtambayayong sa Office of the Vice Chancellor for Planning and Development (OVCPD) sa MSU-IIT ug ang Committee on Camp Coordination and Management kon CCCM nga gipangulohan ni Kagawad Frederick Siao, mopahigayon og...

Relief reaches home-based Sendong survivors

The Relief and Distribution Team of Ranaw Disaster Response and Rehabilitation Assistance Center (RDRRAC, Inc.) delivered some relief goods on January 17, 2011 to the affected people from Typhoon Sendong in 3 communities in Iligan City. In the morning, the relief team went to Brgy. Bagong Silang to distribute jerry cans, plastic sheet, used clotes,...

Reclaiming Rights; Rebuilding Lives: Paving the Road in Addressing the Plight of the Sendong Internally-Displaced Persons

Rationale Typhoon Sendong (internationally known as “Washi”) has gravely affected the western areas of Northern Mindanao late on Friday night with high winds and heavy rains.  It was early on Saturday morning while most people were asleep that the worst devastation happened with flash floods ripping through large areas including Cagayan de Oro City and...

Press Statement on the First Month Commemoration of the Disaster Brought by Typhoon Sendong in Iligan City

Desyember 18, 2012 (Cebuano Version) Human sa usa ka bulan sukad sa panghitabo, ang tibuok nga katawhan nga naapektuhan sa katalagman nga dala sa Bagyong Sendong padayon gihapon nga nagsagubang sa kalisod sa ilang kahimtang. Daghan ang nawad-an og panimalay ug kabtangan, daghan ang nakuhaan ug nawad-an og meyembro sa pamilya, daghang kabatan-onan nga wala nakabalik...

Still disaster after disaster

Who would think that a weak typhoon would result to an enormous disaster people from Iligan City would experience? Typhoon Sendong, internationally known as “Washi”, was considered a weak typhoon and yet it has left the city with  nimaginable degree of damage. The City Social Welfare and Development (CSWD) estimated that the cost of damage to properties already reached...

Kudos to the Unsung Heroes

The deluge brought about by typhoon Sendong left a great terror to everyone. Its unimaginable wrath to lives and properties were seen scattered all over the place. And given the somber atmosphere, Christmas wasn’t that merry at all. In another light, Sendong didn’t only offer chronicles that drowned all of us into sorrow. While stories of pain, grief, and hopelessness...

Fighting Different Battles

More than three weeks passed and the damages brought by typhoon Sendong are still fresh. Then, both Cagayan de Oro and Iligan cities were clearly unprepared and responding in a messy way that put more the survivors in difficult situation. Hit even before by the economic difficulties brought by unemployment, low wages, uneven distribution of...

In memory of the murdered environment, in memory of the murdered people: Environmental Destruction in Mindanao at its worse

The tragedy that had ravaged the areas in many areas of Northern Mindanao during the flashfloods that hit Cagayan de Oro and Iligan City last December 17, 2011 and the landslide in Pantukan Compostela Valley last January 5, 2012 are more than enough of a wake up call for everyone. The government may have responded...

Psychosocial Activities Continues at Laville Gym Evacuation Center

ILIGAN CITY --- The Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) of Typhoon Sendong who were formerly evacuated at Manga Elementary School and currently staying at Laville Gym Evacuation Center are in the healing process from the harsh effects of the disaster through the selfless efforts of Ranaw Disaster Response and Rehabilitation Assistance Center (RDRRAC, Inc.) and Yapak artists through...