Our Organization
CDP Foundation builds the capacity of communities, local governments, civil society organizations, and development practitioners to lead disaster risk reduction and management — before, during, and after disasters. We believe that communities closest to risk are most capable of leading their own resilience."
The Center for Disaster Preparedness Foundation works with communities across the Philippines to build the knowledge, confidence, and collective strength needed to face disasters and climate risks.
Since 1999, CDP has supported communities, local governments, and civil society organizations through training, research, advocacy, and humanitarian action. Its work recognizes that people closest to risk carry valuable knowledge and should have a meaningful voice in the decisions that affect their lives.
Rather than treating communities simply as recipients of aid, CDP creates space for them to lead, organize, and shape solutions rooted in their own realities. The result is resilience that grows from within and continues long after a project ends.
At its heart, CDP believes that safer communities are built when people are informed, included, and trusted to lead.
Mission
CDP Foundation is committed to:
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Strengthen community capacities for community-led, self-determined, development-oriented disaster risk reduction management to assert their rights and reduce their vulnerabilities
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CDP does the following actions: Cultivate, Deliver, Promote Innovations, Facilitate and Influence.
Vision
CDP as a dynamic, progressive, and caring organization supports communities that lead their own path to a sustainable, safe, disaster-resistant, and climate-resilient development.
Goals
CDP shall seek to achieve the following end-results out of pursuing its mission:
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Build and amplify a collective voice of diverse, local, and national organizations.
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Position local actors as primary decision-makers in the global aid system to influence commitments.
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Co-create, uplift, and amplify local solutions that increase leadership and ownership of actions and initiatives.
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Generate and promote learning between and among partners to contribute to a credible and improved aid system.
Our Organizational Structure
Board of Trustees
Dr. Cely Binoya
President
Dr. JC Gaillard
Press Relations Officer
Dr. Emmanuel Luna
Vice President
Eufemia C. Andaya
BOT Member
Carmel Pami-Ulanday
Secretary
Loreine B. dela Cruz
BOT Member
Adelina Sevilla-Alvarez
Treasurer
Jelyne F. Gealone
BOT Member
Maria Rosario Felizco
Auditor
CDP Teams
In response to the changing landscape of disaster risk reduction, we’re restructuring to better serve communities. Our previous structure, while effective, often kept our teams working in silos. To overcome this, we’ve created specialized teams that will enhance coordination and make sure resources are used where they’re needed most.