On the second day of February, together with my CFSI colleagues Venus and Edison, and Tukkie from UNHCR, we left Guiuan around five in the morning bound for Barangay Maybunga - a poor community situated on top of a mountain in the municipality of Balangiga in Eastern Samar that was hard hit by Typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda), which struck the Central Visayas region of the Philippines on November 8.
CFSI’s Child Protection and Education Project (CPEP) and new donor the Sarang Bangun Learning Center distributed toys and more than 200 pairs of slippers on February 12, 2014, to displaced children sheltering at Joaquin F. Enriquez Memorial Sports Complex in Zamboanga City.
Staff from CFSI's Psychosocial Support to IDPs Project in Zamboanga City, headed by Project Officer Lorelie Estores-Panganiban (center), paid a courtesy visit to Zamboanga City Mayor Ma. Isabelle "Beng" Climaco (second from right) on February 14, 2014, to introduce CFSI and the project.
By Mary Antoniette Amistoso Visayas Protection Project, CFSI Field Office Guiuan The devastating impact of Typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda), which struck the Central Visayas region of the Philippines on November 8, is still being felt by . . .
CFSI’s Director for External Relations Joseph Lumanog appeared on the GMA Network's “Reporter's Notebook” program on February 4, 2014, to talk about the situation facing the tens of thousands of people who remain displaced in . . .
The Philippine Department of Social Welfare and Development’s Field Office IX paid tribute to CFSI’s ongoing humanitarian efforts in Zamboanga City with the awarding of a special Plaque of Appreciation on January 30.The event - . . .
Community-based disaster risk management and contingency plans were honed at a CFSI workshop held in Bokod municipality in the Philippine province of Benguet in the last week of January. The capacity-building workshop, held in conjunction . . .
In the three months since a magnitude 7.2 earthquake rocked the Central Visayas region of the Philippines on October 15, CFSI has been working in Bohol Province to provide much-needed humanitarian support to children in . . .
CFSI’s Field Office in Guiuan received a Certificate of Recognition from the Salcedo Campus of Eastern Samar State University on January 24 for the assistance it has provided to survivors of Typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda).
By Fae Cheska Marie Esperas More than two months after Typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda) struck the Philippines, survivors of what some have called the “storm of the century”’ are slowly rebuilding their lives and their homes . . .