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News and Updates
Stay connected with the work happening on the ground. From community-led actions to important milestones in disaster preparedness and resilience, this is where you’ll find updates on how CDP and our partners are making a difference, step by step.
Center for Disaster Preparedness Foundation celebrates NDRM 2024 with the Pangasinan Climate Change Summit
Urdaneta City – In celebration of National Disaster Resilience Month, CDPF invites everyone to “Voices of Change: Mobilizing Communities...
CDP Foundation, Inc.
Jul 18, 20242 min read
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Pagkakaloob: Ang Konsepto at Praktika ng Community Philanthropy sa Pilipinas
Authors: Loreine dela Cruz, Michael Vincent Mercado Translated by: Francis Beltejar Panimula at Konteksto Hindi mapipigilan ang...
CDP Foundation, Inc.
Mar 22, 202414 min read
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Unveiling Indigenous Wisdom: Filipino Culture's Role in Sustainable Development
In the heart of the Philippines, where diverse communities thrive, a beacon of hope has emerged in the form of the Abot Kamay Community...
CDP Foundation, Inc.
Aug 30, 20232 min read
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Humanitarian Observatories: Empowering Change from Within
In the pursuit of humanitarian reform and improved governance, several humanitarian observatories have emerged in Africa, Latin America,...
CDP Foundation, Inc.
Aug 3, 20232 min read
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Zenaida Delica-Willison, a Pioneer in Disaster Risk Reduction, to Receive Prestigious Award
We are thrilled to announce that Zenaida Delica-Willison, the visionary founding president of our organization, will be honored with the...
CDP Foundation, Inc.
Jul 31, 20232 min read
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Center for Disaster Preparedness celebrates NDRM 2023 with closing of Pinnovation Academy’s CEOI
QUEZON CITY, Jul 4 - As the Philippines celebrates National Disaster Resilience Month this July, the Center for Disaster Preparedness...
Jhian Christian Aranas
Jul 4, 20233 min read
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Pinnovation Academy reopens for innovation proposals focused on DRRM
QUEZON CITY, June 15 – Pinnovation Academy, a pioneering innovation partnership based in the Philippines, is thrilled to announce its...
Jhian Christian Aranas
Jun 15, 20233 min read
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The Importance of Nature, Community, and Interdependence in Filipino Culture
As this writer looked out of his bus window on his trip to Belfast, he noticed the imagery he had grown up with in children's books was...
Michael Vincent Mercado
Feb 25, 20239 min read
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Planting Seeds
CDP always dreams of contributing to system change. With decolonising aid and power shift becoming by-word and agenda of Southern NGOs...
Loreine dela Cruz
Jan 4, 20235 min read
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7 ways to localize funding practice
The Philippines ranks first among 193 nations in the world for risk, according to the 2022 World Risk Report. In recent years, floods,...
CDP Foundation, Inc.
Dec 19, 20224 min read
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Growing Equal: What does it feel like to witness a tornado?
What does the morning after a tropical storm smell like? What does solidarity feel like, and who supports whom when people are left to...
CDP Foundation, Inc.
Oct 28, 20224 min read
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Roselyn and Lovelen: Representing the Philippines as Champions of Disaster Risk Reduction
This year at the Asia Pacific Ministerial Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction hosted by Australia in Brisbane, two Filipino women...
Kareen Kristeen Bughaw
Oct 13, 20225 min read
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Lorna Victoria qualifies as one of the 15 finalists for the 2022 WIN DRR Leadership Awards
Ms. Lorna Victoria is one of the 15 finalists for the 2022 Women’s International Network for Disaster Risk Reduction Excellence...
mereubal
Jul 28, 20221 min read
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Stories Of Resilience In Palawan
When Super Typhoon Odette hit the Philippines in December 2021, one of the provinces heavily damaged was Palawan. Reports from the...
Jan Joy Louise Crismo
Jun 1, 20224 min read
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Gender Equality towards Sustainable Development
“With enduring qualities, women exemplify multiple capacities to manage even the most challenging situations. Their courage and boldness...
Edwin M. Salonga
Mar 8, 20226 min read
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CDP PROSPER introduces traditional and herbal medicine production to CRFS enrolled farmers
The changing climate is considered to be the single most serious health issue confronting communities. People whose health is being...
Mark Alfred Rosete
Feb 17, 20222 min read
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DRR practitioners attend Climate Forum in Zamboanga Del Sur
The Center for Disaster Preparedness’ PROSPER Project, in partnership with PAGASA and the Department of Agriculture, conducted a Climate...
Mark Alfred Rosete
Feb 17, 20221 min read
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Capacitating Communities through Enabling Local Innovation
A Presentation for the National Humanitarian Stakeholders Summit organized by the, Office of Civil Defense, Philippine Disaster...
CDP Foundation, Inc.
Oct 21, 20215 min read
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