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PDRF helps provide vital data link between PAGASA and Office of Civil Defense (OCD)
Last October, PDRF worked with PLDT to connect PAGASA and the Office of Civil Defense (OCD) via a high-speed DSL cable.
Marikina Watershed Initiative has been awarded an USD 84,000.00 grant from Coca Cola Atlanta
We are most pleased to announce that the Marikina Watershed Initiative has been awarded an USD 84,000.00 grant from Coca Cola Atlanta.
Recycled shipping containers make for disaster-resilient classrooms
The latest project to be completed under our civil works program is the Gitnang Bayan Elementary School classroom annex.
Rizal Schools Damaged by Ondoy to Receive New Classrooms
Installation of new classrooms has begun at the Gitnang Bayan Elementary School in Tanay, Rizal.
PDRF gets DB Schenker’s support on Marikina Watershed initiative
The Philippine Disaster Recovery Foundation (PDRF) has found another corporate ally in its efforts to rehabilitate the Marikina Watershed.
Reforestation of Marikina watershed under way
This was the headline of an article in the Inquirer, last Saturday July 24, featuring the official signing of the Memorandum of Cooperation between all those involved in the Marikina Watershed Initiative, held on Wednesday July 21.
PDRF and Telcos lend a hand to PAGASA
PAGASA's rain and flood forecasting systems got a boon this month, when the first rain gauge to be installed on a functioning cell site was inaugurated. The installation was part of an effort to provide strategic and resilient locations for the expansion of the rain gauge network across the Metropolis and surrounding areas.
Potential Housing Solutions for the Informal Settlers along
Metro Manila’s Waterways.
We realize the enormity of the problem. With all of us helping each other, hopefully we can achieve the objective of relocating 100,000 informal settlers” was the message of League of Corporate and UCPB Foundation Chairman Ed Amistad, one participant of the Philippine Disaster Recovery Foundation’s Housing Workshop.
Typhoons Ondoy and Pepeng: Post Disaster Needs Assessment
This Post-Disaster Needs Assessment (PDNA) is a joint initiative of the Government of the Republic of the Philippines, representatives of the private sector and civil society organizations, multilateral development partners―the Asian Development Bank, European Commission, United Nations, and the World Bank Group―in the context of their global cooperation agreements, and bilateral development partners including AusAID, CIDA, GTZ, JICA, Royal Netherlands Government, and USAID.
Tree Nursery Launch kicks off Marikina watershed reforestation
The first step towards the massive reforestation of the Marikina watershed was taken recently as an emerging coalition of private groups, government agencies, local communities and local governments launched recently a tree nursery program in Antipolo City.
PDRF heads a multi-sectoral movement to reforest the Marikina watershed
December 16, 2009 - PDRF held a special preliminary activity to mark the start of a broad, multi-sectoral movement to reforest the Marikina Watershed. This is through an inauguration of a seedling nursery which is symbolic of the efforts to reforest the watershed.
Philippine Disaster Recovery Foundation removes water lilies in Laguna de Bay
The newly-created Philippine Disaster Recovery Foundation (PDRF), headed by PLDT and Smart Chairman Manuel V. Pangilinan, working with the Philippine Business for Social Progress (PBSP) and the local government of Laguna, began removing and recycling water lilies clogging Laguna de Bay as one of its first projects.
