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Empowering Communities, Building Resilience

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Barangays with DRRM Plans, Early Warning Systems, and  Contingency Plans

Individuals with Life-Saving DRRM Knowledge, Early Warning Systems, and Community-Led Preparedness Strategies

For over two decades, CDP has worked with vulnerable groups and local leaders to craft community-driven plans, programs, and policies. Our vision is simple: to create safe, resilient, and thriving communities across the Philippines—where every individual, regardless of their circumstances, can actively participate in shaping their future.

Resilience Starts with Empowered Communities


At the Center for Disaster Preparedness (CDP) Foundation, we believe that true resilience is community-led, rooted in local knowledge and driven by the people themselves. For 25 years, we’ve partnered with 204+ barangays or local communities across the Philippines, equipping them with the tools, knowledge, and skills to lead their own disaster risk reduction and management. Whether through localizing humanitarian action, nurturing community-led development, or fostering climate resilience, CDP is dedicated to amplifying local voices and empowering communities for lasting impact.

Our Unique Approach
CDP has evolved from a disaster resource training center into a regional hub that champions Community-Based Disaster Risk Reduction and Management (CBDRRM). What sets us apart is our commitment to community philanthropy, where we recognize and leverage the existing assets, strengths, and capacities of communities.

 

Through movement building, we advocate for more inclusive and sustainable disaster preparedness, bridging local actions with national and global platforms.

We are deeply aligned with the Humanitarian-Development-Peace (HDP) Nexus, integrating disaster risk reduction, climate resilience, and peacebuilding in our approach. By fostering synergy across sectors, we ensure that our work reflects the interconnectedness of these fields, addressing the root causes of vulnerability and conflict while promoting long-term sustainability.

Local Solutions for Global Challenges
From climate change adaptation and mitigation (CCAM) to disaster preparedness and response, CDP is driven by the principles of localization, where communities are not just recipients of aid but are decision-makers and drivers of their own development. Our survivor- and community-led response (SCLR) approach further underscores this by ensuring that solutions are crafted by and for the people on the frontlines of disasters and crises.

 

Building a Movement for Lasting Change
As part of the global #ShiftThePower movement, CDP is committed to democratizing aid and philanthropy. We are building a movement that puts local communities at the heart of decision-making, encouraging collaboration among diverse sectors—governments, civil society, local organizations, and academia—to create resilient systems that endure long after external aid has left.

Our Impact

Zamboanga Del Sur’s abundance in Agri-fishery such as rice, corn, and aqua-marine products serves as the main sources of income of the province. Despite abundance in these products, the effect of climate change in agriculture affects crop production and food security.

Current Programs

Scaling Across Integrated Risk Management at the Local and National Level (SAIL)
Scaling Across Integrated Risk Management at the Local and National Level (SAIL)
Exploring Disaster Resilience
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Exploring Disaster Resilience

The Philippines can be appreciated as a destination country for studies, research, and visits by virtue of its plethora of knowledge, good practices, and lessons learned forged through its extensive experience and resilience in facing disasters. In order to foster good partnership and collective resilience with other neighboring countries, the Philippine Preparedness Partnership (PhilPrep) aims to offer study visits with APP program countries to draw valuable insights and experiences that can be applied to the Philippines. The vast collection of experience and knowledge from APP program countries can also be shared and exchanged with other existing networks in Asia such as the Global Network of Civil Society Organizations for Disaster Risk Reduction (GNDR) and the Asian Disaster Reduction and Response Network (ADRRN). Their existing CBDRRM hubs could allow PhilPrep’s community-level actors to partake in the cross-country platforms. As such, efforts to promote South-South learning were made through the development of PhilPrep learning package booklets on (a) Governance, featuring why and how “good DRR is good governance”; (b) Partnerships, which presents various case studies of public, private, and CSO partnerships whether intra- or inter-sectoral in nature; (c) CBDRRM in the Philippines, highlighting to the visitors a more in-depth knowledge and understanding of DRRM in the Philippines; and (d) Pandemic experience and preparation in the Philippines. Download the booklets here: https://www.cdp.org.ph/product-page/philprep-learning-package-booklets
Poetry of a Disaster
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CCAM - Climate Resiliency Field School (CrFS)
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CCAM - Climate Resiliency Field School (CrFS)

Zamboanga Del Sur’s abundance in Agri-fishery such as rice, corn, and aqua-marine products serves as the main sources of income of the province. Despite abundance in these products, the effect of climate change in agriculture affects crop production and food security. Significant results coming from initial consultations and risk assessment with affected municipalities in the province shows estimated around 70% Agri-fishery livelihoods are widely affected by flooding. Having this situation, communities face difficulties in restoring and sustaining their economic activities and thus, the urgency to establish Early Warning mechanisms and Agro-met monitoring to protect livelihoods which is necessary for climate-resilient agricultural development. In relation to the actual situation, Local Government Units (LGUs) need to enhance Inter-Municipality Disaster Risk and Climate governance by establishing climate-field school and end-to-end Warning System to address adverse effects of hazards and complement existing initiatives in ecosystem-based management and adaptation towards resilient, inclusive and sustainable development. CDP holds several coordination and partnership meetings with agencies and organizations in the province to gather support on trainings and farming inputs, all necessary for the project operation. Recent meetings conducted are with the Regional Department of Agriculture, Philippine Crop Insurance Corporation (PCIC), Regional Crop Protection Center (RCPC) and the Diocesan of Pagadian. DA’s regional director Rad Donn Cedeño offers to provide agricultural inputs and assistance to trainings. Same positive feedbacks were also gathered with other concerned agencies. With the Go signals from the local chief executives of Tambulig and Ramon Magsaysay in Zamboanga Del Sur, CDP undertake its baseline data gathering for the farming communities of Lower Tiparak, Tambulig and Barangay Switch, Ramon Magsaysay through Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA). The activity aims to understand local farming initiatives, methodologies and technologies used by farmers including farming issues and challenges. At least twenty-five (25) women and thirty (30) men from Lower Tiparak; and twenty-one (21) women and sixteen (16) men in Switch joined the activity. The PRA revealed significant highlights on the status of agricultural interventions, risks and systems. Being located at the lowland with high exposure to river systems, both areas are at high risk to flooding. Despite noticeable impact of climate change and due to lack of climate related capacity building, both areas still practicing conventional farming, which uses synthetic chemicals for soil nourishment and pest control. Meanwhile, the unavailability of community seed banking for both areas, including capacity buildings on the matter, are key factors to their current external seed dependency. As per MGCQ Guidelines, Social Distancing measures have been followed in the conduct of the activities. Personal Protective Equipments such as masks and sanitary materials were provided to the attendees. Adherence to the social gathering guidelines which is 50% of total venue capacity, were observed. Coordination and preparation for the season long training will be on October 2020. Calendar setting and CRFS enrollment were undertaken for both of the areas. Currently there are twenty-one (21) women and twenty-six (26) men enrolled for the CRFS from Barangay Lower Tiparak; and sixteen (16) women and thirteen (13) men enrolled in Barangay Switch. CRFS modules prepared by Rice Watch Action Network (R1) are already available. Demo Farms The farming association of Lower Tiparak already identified and established a five thousand (5000) square meters demo farm for the Season Long Training. Additionally, local farmers also committed to share a portion of their land as demo farm extension for the Systems of Rice Intensification trial. Demo farms will serve as learning sites for the sustainable and climate-friendly agriculture initiative of the project. Due to the on-going Enhance Community Quarantine restrictions raised by the provincial government of Zamboanga Del Sur, coordination for the Season Long training and demo farm at Barangay Switch has been postponed. CDP is currently preparing organic fertilizers in preparation to the upcoming cropping season.
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