TYPHOON BOPHA (PABLO) HUMANITARIAN HANDBOOK
REGION 13 (CARAGA) TYPHOON PABLO HUMANITARIAN HANDBOOK REGION 13 (CARAGA)
Acknowledgments
The OCHA Humanitarian Handbook was created with the support and guidance of our humanitarian partners, in particular the Office for Civil Defense (OCD), the Department for Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), UN agencies and I/NGO partners.
OCHA would like to thank the provincial governments of Compostela Valley, Davao Oriental, Agusan del Sur and Surigao del Sur for their assistance as well as NGO consortiums and partners for their support in providing updated information management materials.
The handbook is targeted at humanitarian agencies continuing operations in Typhoon Pablo affected areas and is the result of engagement between the OCHA hubs and their partners in the field. The information contained in this document is based on inputs from relevant partners. There are three different versions of this handbook one each focused on Caraga region and the provinces of Compostela Valley and Davao Oriental. TYPHOON PABLO HUMANITARIAN HANDBOOK REGION 13 (CARAGA)
Message from OCHA Philippines
Dear colleagues and partners,
The United Nations, the Government and the NGO community have historically shared a robust and stable partnership in the Philippines, a fundamental key to the success of our operations. Pablo In the days following Typhoon Bopha ( ), I observed impressive teamwork and communication between the first responders and the humanitarian community and this is evidence of the power of a collaborative response. We can achieve more, deliver faster and improve standards of assistance together as the humanitarian community rather than as individual agencies. The UNOCHA Philippines office has built on these alliances by encouraging regional and provincial coordination and planning networks. It has also integrated innovation and humanitarian principles into the architecture of preparedness capabilities and response systems. As the Typhoon Bopha response evolves into a sustainable development strategy, we must continuously evaluate and improve the efficiency and quality of our services to ensure a system which can protect and provide for the most vulnerable. To do this, humanitarian actors must have the capacity to plan efficiently, which requires investment in information sharing and strong local connections. This handbook continues UNOCHA’s efforts to strengthen linkages between its partners. We thank our partners for their support in creating this handbook and in helping the people of the Philippines safeguard against future disasters and build stronger communities.
Mr. David Carden Head of Office, UNOCHA Philippines TYPHOON PABLO HUMANITARIAN HANDBOOK REGION 13 (CARAGA)
Contents Introduction ______1 Part I. Background and context______2 Background of the disaster...... 2 Humanitarian Context...... 3 Government leadership and response by international actors ...... 4 National Coordination Structure...... 10
Part II. HCT message on accountability______11 Part III. Caraga Humanitarian Context Snapshot______16 Annex______63 Contact Information______94 TYPHOON PABLO HUMANITARIAN HANDBOOK REGION 13 (CARAGA)
Introduction In April 2013 the United Nations Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) in collaboration with the Office for Civil Defense hosted a review of the humanitarian response to Typhoon Bopha/Pablo. During these workshops stakeholders highlighted the need for best practices in information management and communications i channels towards creating durable response and preparedness mechanisms.
To address the feedback from the workshops, OCHA delivered a comprehensive cluster approach, assessment and information management training program to reinforce critical lessons learned by building technical skills, encouraging dialogue and establishing consistent methodologies amongst government and NGO partners.
The Humanitarian Handbook is an addendum to the workshops as a practical guide to the context and key players in Typhoon Bopha/Pablo-affected areas. The handbook was developed collaboratively with OCHA’s partners and is designed to facilitate local partnerships by providing information on the provincial environment, including Government agencies and NGOs and projects by geographical and thematic area.
We sincerely hope this handbook will assist government and NGO partners to engage together in future responses to best assist their colleagues in need.
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Part BACKGROUNDI. Background and context OF THE DISASTER
On 4 December, 2012, Typhoon Pablo struck the east coast of Mindanao at Baganga, Davao Oriental devastating houses, public infrastructure and agricultural land in its wake. It th was the 16 storm to hit the Philippines in 2012. The typhoon affected 34 provinces, 40 cities and 318 ii municipalities. The provinces of Davao Oriental and Compostela Valley in Region XI and Agusan del Sur and Surigao del Sur in Region XIII suffered the most destruction.
Over six million people were affected by the large-scale destruction of houses, income- generating assets, farm land, livestock, public infrastructure and loss of public services.
As of March 2013, 1,248 people were reported dead, 2,916 were injured and 797 still iii iv declared missing. Of these casualties, 95% were from Region XI. In the days following the disaster over 900,000 people were displaced from their homes, living in evacuation
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centers, spontaneous settlements, tent camps or transitional shelters. 81% of these v people have now moved to areas outside of evacuation centers since 10 December, 2012. The high winds and heavy rain fall resulted in landslides in hinterland areas, such as New Bataan in Compostela Valley and many coastal and low-lying areas were flooded for weeks following the typhoon. HUMANITARIAN CONTEXT
The typhoon caused severe damage to public infrastructure such as roads, bridges and power stations as well as livelihoods assets, primarily banana and coconut plantations. The estimated cost of damage to public infrastructure and agricultural land is $830 vi million and a further $558 million to health facilities.
Damages to the agricultural sector, the biggest source of livelihoods employing 80% of the vii population in the affected area, are estimated at over $750 million. The typhoon destroyed approximately 60% of coconut trees in Davao Oriental and 23% of banana viii plantations in Compostela Valley. A livelihoods assessment led by Catholic Relief Services in February 2013 in Region XI reported that 45% of agricultural workers were unemployed and 63% of those surveyed were dependent on food aid and 37% dependent on cash-for-work or cash aid projects.
The Department for Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) estimates that 158,768 houses were damaged in all areas, with 34% so severely damaged they are uninhabitable or dangerous. Roads, bridges, telecommunication lines, power stations, schools and hospital were damaged by high winds, flying debris and flooding. According to the 17 December assessment by the NDRRMC and UNDAC teams, eight bridges and three roads in Compostela Valley and Davao Oriental were inaccessible due to flooding. Power was completely or partially disrupted in 26 barangays and communications lines disrupted in ix three barangays in Regions XI and XIII.
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Mindanao has the highest poverty and subsistence incidence in the country and some of the areas affected were economically vulnerable before the disaster. 40% of the x population in Region XIII lived under the poverty line before the disaster. Davao Oriental and Agusan del Sur are in the 15 poorest provinces in the country and chronic malnutrition in Davao Oriental and Compostela Valley are reported as 49% and 36%, respectively. A joint assessment by the Government, UN agencies and INGOs reported that a month after the disaster up to 50% of people in the worst affected areas had lost their livelihood, due to destruction of land or assets. Of the 865 households surveyed, 69% identified food as a priority and 62% highlighted lack of appropriate shelter as a major xi concern. GOVERNMENT LEADERSHIP AND RESPONSE BY INTERNATIONAL ACTORS
A United Nations Disaster Assessment and Coordination (UNDAC) team deployed in the first week of December to support OCHA, the Humanitarian Country Team and the Government in conducting a joint rapid needs assessment and in establishing coordination hubs in Trento, Nabuntaran and Cateel. The Government rolled out preparedness measures a week before the typhoon hit eastern Mindanao by launching public awareness campaigns and stockpiling essential items.
On 7 December, the President of the Philippines declared a state of emergency, releasing essential funds and identifying OCD as the coordinator for first response. The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) and DSWD lead the coordination of clusters, with the support of their UN and INGO partners.
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SIGNIFICANT CLUSTER ACHIEVEMENTS FOR THE TYPHOON PABLO RESPONSE
Camp Coordination Camp Management
: 100,000 people were sheltered in 1,150 evacuation centers and displacement sites, supported by lifesaving services such as provision of food, water and sanitation facilities. Emergency Shelter: 292,000 people received emergency shelter assistance including repair kits and transitional shelters. 450 permanent homes were built in Compostela Valley, with another 6,265 planned. Nine municipalities in Compostela Valley and Davao Oriental were provided with Internally Displaced People (IDP) settlement plans as well as a blueprint showing timeframes and resources required. Food and Agriculture : 400,000 people benefitted from emergency food security initiatives such as food for work. Of them, 33,500 people are from the most food- insecure areas. As part of the food and agriculture cluster’s exit strategy, a capacity building Disaster Preparedness and Response/Climate Change Adaptation program was launched in Compostela Valley and Davao Oriental.Health: 651,340 people benefitted from health services. Mobile units provided medical care to 170 remote locations in Region XI and no outbreaks were reported in transitional sites due to stringent surveillance measures. 1,826 pregnant and lactating women benefitted from pre-natal and post natal care through Reproductive Health Medical Missions. SPEED (Surveillance in Post Extreme Emergencies and Disasters) was activated in hospitals, Barangay Health Stations (BHS) and other medical providers immediately to detect the spread of communicable and non-communicable diseases. 122 BHS were repaired or rehabilitated and 118 supplied with essential medical equipment and drugs. The health cluster has carried out 21 training activities for staff from Rural Health Units
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(RHUs), such as doctors, nurses and midwives and community based health workers such as barangay health workers and sanitary inspectors. Coordination: OCHA supported the UNDAC team in rapid joint assessments, led over 50 cluster coordination meetings at its three humanitarian coordination hubs and facilitated 17 briefings and six missions with influential international stakeholders, including donors and regional bodies. OCHA and its partners carried out more than 25 workshops on humanitarian principles and weather orientation with communities and barangay leaders to raise awareness of storm signals and evacuation protocols during a disaster. Representatives from 10 NGOs and from military and police counterparts also participated in an additional 12 training activities on humanitarian principles. In April, OCHA and OCD ran workshops with government and humanitarian partners from four provinces to evaluate and assess xii the quality of the Pablo humanitarian response. OCHA completed a series of cluster approach, assessment and information management workshops in Region XI and Region XIII to improve local partnerships and coordination between the government and NGOs by showcasing best practices in response and preparedness initiatives. Protection : 600,000 people were provided with psycho-social services and protection mechanisms, of which 96,830 were children. Gender Based Violence (GBV) and child protection referral pathways were established in 150 communities and through 207 focal points. Trauma care was provided through psychiatrists in hospitals and BHS. 24,885 IDPs were issued birth certificates by the protection cluster to enable them to avail humanitarian assistance and register for services. Education : The education cluster provided significant skills building and resources to 3,163 educators and community members. The cluster tracked 109,269 children to ensure registration and attendance at pre-school and school. The cluster supported 37 schools in integrating Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) into
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their emergency plans and ensuring compliance with guidelines on building standards and maintenance. 618 temporary learning spaces or child friendly spaces were also established. Nutrition/Education : The nutrition cluster and the education cluster provided nourishing meals to 179,048 children from the most impoverished areas through school feeding programs. This also encouraged parents to send their children to school. Early Recovery : The cluster assisted 15,709 people with cash for work activities such as clearing vegetative and other debris from public areas, including approximately 137 access roads and 77,597 coconut trees in Davao Oriental to improve accessibility and encourage economic growth. 130 Local Government Units were mobilized by the early recovery cluster to work on income generation and debris clearance projects. The cluster also developed 21 sustainable livelihoods projects such as debris to shelter. UNDP’s debris to shelter and debris to livelihoods projects targeted groups who are not traditionally identified for income generating projects such as youth who are not in school, women and other vulnerable groups. The cluster initiated a number of successful public information campaigns to encourage environmentally friendly practices. The early recovery cluster has used 20% of the coconut trees cleared for recreation purposes, such as handicraft projects. Nutrition : 50,249 infants and children under five were screened and monitored for Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM) and Moderate Acute Malnutrition (MAM) and those requiring further care were provided treatment. 11 surveillance sites were established to monitor at-risk children. Health and nutrition officers from 11 municipalities were trained on infant feeding guidelines. Community based therapeutic and supplementary feeding centers and a referral system were established in 11 municipalities in Compostela Valley and Davao Oriental.
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Livelihood
: The livelihood cluster assisted 56,530 people from 15 municipalities with emergency interventions and mid-term livelihood opportunities, such as providing 1,900 farmers and fishermen with tools and assets. Approximately 7,850 female- headed households were targeted for cash for work and other income generating opportunities by the livelihoods cluster. The cluster worked on cash for work projects with long-term effects, for example, rehabilitation of agricultural land and fishponds, banana and corn production, construction of classrooms and learning centers and vegetable farming and compost production.Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WaSH) : 318,715 people were provided access to clean drinking water and 69,180 people gained access to segregated sanitation facilities. 240,323 people received hygiene or water purification kits. The WaSH cluster completed capacity building of local WaSH committees and has implemented successful health awareness campaigns in schools and communities on minimizing exposure to contagious diseases and good health practices.
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NATIONAL COORDINATION STRUCTURE
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The path of destruction left in the wake of Typhoon Bopha, known locally as Pablo, which struck on 4Part II. December HCT message on accountability2012, is immense. At least 1,146 lives have been lost, and over 840 lives are still missing. More than 6.2 million people have been affected. Typhoon Pablo was the most deadly storm in the world in 2012, and reportedly the most powerful to hit eastern coastal areas of Mindanao in more than a century. Some of the most severely affected areas are Boston, Cateel and Baganga municipalities in Davao Oriental province, where the typhoon first made landfall and the Caraga region. Further inland, a huge volume of rainfall channeled down mountain valleys, causing deadly flash floods in New Bataan municipality and elsewhere in Compostela Valley province. In those regions the devastation was enormous in terms of the number of families affected and livelihood that was lost, and the severity of damages to houses, infrastructure, community building and services. Overall, forests, coconut and banana plantations and subsistence agriculture were completely wiped out. Most of the affected communities and families consist of unskilled laborers, many of whom are farmers, fishers, indigenous peoples and unpaid family workers. On 7 December 2012, the Philippines President Benigno Aquino III declared a state of national calamity and accepted the offer of international assistance. In those early days, many actors –national and local authorities, United Nations, Red Cross, non-governmental organizations, civil society, community-based groups, private sector and affected communities themselves – responded rapidly. Tens of thousands of people have received life-saving food aid, emergency shelter, water supply and sanitation support. Increasingly, ‘cash-for-work’ programmes provide a critical source of immediate income for affected families while at the same time upgrading skills and restoring capacities for sustainable livelihoods. The response efforts are still ongoing. Under the leadership of the United Nations Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for the Philippines, humanitarian organizations, both UN and non-UN alike, have organized themselves within their respective area of expertise, such as shelter, livelihood, nutrition, water supply and hygiene, health, food, agriculture, education and protection to provide aid to those who need it most, quickly. These groups known as ‘clusters’ are led by relevant government agencies, who together with all organizations aims to ensure effective, coherent and complementary humanitarian action among responders.. We cannot stress enough the importance of a coordinated and community-driven response. Twelve clusters are operational, in which 9 UN agencies, more than 45 NGOs and NGO consortia and the Red Cross participate. The fundamental objective of humanitarian organizations is to provide humanitarian aid to people in need wherever they may be. Such assistance seeks to save lives and ease suffering, and to promote dignity, self-sufficiency and sustainable livelihoods. National and local authorities have the primary responsibility to safeguard the rights of the local people; this responsibility is both customary and enshrined in the bodies of international humanitarian law and of human rights law. The role of international aid community is to support and assist in ensuring that these rights are respected. To that end, all our work is guided by the four humanitarian principles: humanity, neutrality, impartiality and independence. These principles are universal and apply worldwide.
Humanitarian principles · Humanity: Human suffering must be addressed wherever it is found. The purpose of humanitarian
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action is to protect life and health and ensure respect for human beings. · Neutrality: Humanitarian actors are not motivated by political interests. The humanitarian aid that they provide should not be manipulated and diverted to serve any political, personal, racial, religious, ideological or any other interest. · Impartiality: Humanitarian action must be carried out on the basis of need alone, giving priority to the most urgent cases of distress and making no distinctions on the basis of nationality, race, gender, religious belief, class or political opinions. · Independence: Humanitarian action must be autonomous from the political, economic, military or other objectives that any actor may hold with regard to areas where humanitarian action is being implemented.
Further, all affected communities have the right to request and to receive appropriate humanitarian assistance. All parties concerned must guarantee safety of civilians, grant humanitarian workers full unimpeded access to all people in need of aid, and promote safety, security and freedom of movement of humanitarian workers and their assets. The central role of humanitarian principles in the United Nations humanitarian work is formally enshrined in two resolutions by the United Nations General Assembly. The first three principles (humanity, neutrality and impartiality) are endorsed in resolution 46/182 (1991).* The fourth principle was added under resolution 58/114 (2004).** In addition, 481 organizations globally are signatory to the Red Cross/NGO Code of Conduct for operations in disasters, which includes commitment to adhere to these humanitarian principles. In practice, we follow guidelines below: · Transparency: We strive to ensure that we work in an open and honest manner with all parties, being as clear as possible about our objectives. · Accountability: We are accountable for what we do to those whom we seek to assist and to their respective authorities. · Participation of local actors: We must make inclusiveness a cornerstone of our way of working, ensuring that the views and ideas of community leaders, elders, women and children, indigenous people and other vulnerable groups are brought to bear on what we do and how we do it. Wherever possible and relevant, the above parties should be involved in facilitation and implementation of programmes. · Cultural sensitivity: We aim to ensure that all aid actors respect local customs and are culturally sensitive in the delivery of services to local communities and indigenous peoples, being respectful of their culture and religion. · Do no harm: We strive to do no harm and to minimize any harm that might inadvertently be caused by our presence and/or our provision of assistance. Any agreements negotiated between the aid community and respective authorities – and any assistance arising out of such agreements – must not result in the reduced protection of civilians. It is the responsibility of humanitarian actors to understand and consider the impact of their operations in terms of social dynamics, including sensitivity to dynamics of conflict, power, religion and gender relations. Any negative effects should be avoided or mitigated. We would like to reiterate in the strongest terms that the international humanitarian community, and the individual agencies that comprise it, will seek to uphold these principles and follow guidelines in all aspects of the operations in response to Typhoon Pablo. We urge all actors to do the same. Only in close adherence to these principles can we make effective use of the resources put at our disposal by
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the donor community to provide a service to communities at the highest standards which the United Nations, the Government of the Philippines and the men, women and children affected by Typhoon Pablo expect and deserve. Finally, we express our appreciation for the support that we have received from local communities, the government, donor community, NGOs, civil society and private sector. We reaffirm our commitment to the recovery of the communities affected by Typhoon Pablo.
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Part III. AGUSAN DELCaraga SUR Humanitarian Context Snapshot
PopulationAffected population 210,645 (43,200 families) Worst affected municipalities Veruela, Sta. Josefa, Trento, Bunawan, Loreto, La Paz 134 barangays affected (DSWD, DROMIC report, April 30, 2013)
DeadCasualties 18 Injured 28 Missing 1 (Department of Health, January 2013)
TotallyDamaged damaged Shelter houses 16,657 Partially damaged houses 14,771 Total 31,428 (DSWD, DROMIC report, April 30, 2013)
Damaged classroomsTotally damaged elementary classrooms 162 Partially damaged elementary classrooms 312 Totally damaged secondary classrooms 21 Partially damaged elementary classrooms 85 (Department of Education, January 2013)
DamagedHealth facilities health centers 14 (Provincial Government Office, January 2013)
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DamageAgriculture to agriculture 3,713 hectares of plantations (rice, corn, rubber, banana, oil palm, coconut) (Bureau of Agricultural Statistics, Department of Agriculture, December 2012)
RoadsDamage to Infrastructure 141 Bridges 5 Flood control 2 (Department of Public Works, January 2013)
NDRRMC-HCT initial rapid needs assessment, December 2013)
Damages estimated at PHP 41,801,100 ( SURIGAO DEL SUR
PopulationAffected population 128,941 (30,092 families) Worst affected municipalities Lingig, Bislig City, Hinatuan 103 barangays affected (DSWD, DROMIC report, April 30, 2013)
DeadCasualties 11 Injured 3 Missing 0 (Department of Health, January 2013)
TotallyDamaged Shelter damaged houses 4,520 Partially damaged houses 15,085 Total 19,605 (DSWD, DROMIC report, April 30, 2013)
Damaged classrooms
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Totally damaged elementary classrooms 29 Partially damaged elementary classrooms 53 Totally damaged secondary classrooms 3 Partially damaged elementary classrooms 0 (Department of Education, January 2013)
Key Response Activities
The protection cluster has supported the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) on housing, land and property issues, mapped vulnerable and underserved communities and has created Municipality Protection Profiles. WFP’s supplementary feeding program implemented in 74 schools, benefitting 80,000 children. 50,465 families have received materials or resources to build transitional shelters. Hygiene kits and water kits provided to 56% and 41% of the targeted population, respectively.
Ongoing needs Protection mechanisms for isolated Indigenous People Psychosocial support to children and their families Rehabilitation and repair of school buildings and classrooms Repair of infrastructure including road network, bridges, protection dykes and power lines.
Coordination priorities
Inter-cluster coordination to include WaSH, Nutrition, Protection, Livelihood, Agriculture and Early Recovery Food cluster coordination required with PDRRMC in Surigao del Sur Coordination between Caraga Regional and Provincial Government Departments (development of Caraga region cluster plan).
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EXECUTIVE ORDER 09-13
Organizing the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council in the Province of Agusan del Sur
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EXECUTIVE ORDER 10-13
Organizing the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office in the Province of Agusan del Sur
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EXECUTIVE ORDER 15-13
Organizing the Provincial Coordinating Clusters for Calamities (PCCC) in the Province of Agusan del Sur
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HUMANITARIAN DIRECTORY
Area of Coverage
Organization Cluster Contact Person/s
Province Municipality/City
AdS: Loreto, Veruela, Santa Norman Escanisas (WFP, Logistics) Josefa, Trento; SdS: Logistics [email protected] Hinatuan, Bislig, Lingig 0917-711-2013
AdS: Loreto, Veruela, Santa Food, Nutrition (- Josefa, Trento; SdS: Education) Hinatuan, Bislig City, Lingig World Food Program AdS, SdS Mishael Argonza, Program Officer (Food) AdS: Veruela, Santa Josefa, Food [email protected], Trento; SdS: Lingig 0917-880-3135
N/A Nutrition
N/A Food - Nutrition
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AdS: Loreto, Veruela, Santa Food security - Josefa, Trento; SdS: Lingig livelihood
AdS: La Paz, Loreto, Veruela, Santa Josefa, AdS, SdS Talacogon, Rosario, Carlos Cerezo, Protection Officer United Nations High Commissioner Bunawan; SdS: Lingig Protection [email protected], for Refugees 0916-327-8574
AdS: La Paz, Loreto, AdS, SdS Veruela, Santa Josefa; SdS: Lingig
Dainah Fajardo, Nutrition Officer AdS: Loreto, Veruela, Santa Nutrition [email protected] Josefa 0917-701-9632
/ Education United Nations Children's Fund AdS, SdS
Rory Villaluna (UNICEF, Manila) National WaSH Cluster Coordinator / WaSH [email protected] 0917-859-2578
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Dwight Zabala (UNICEF, Cotabato) / Child Protection [email protected] 0917-576-3710
AdS: Veruela, Santa Josefa, Trento; SdS: Hinatuan, Bislig City, Lingig Emergency Shelter
Rizalina B. Delos Santos AdS: Veruela, Loreto; SdS: (IOM, Cateel DavOr) Lingig [email protected] 0927-896-2888 SdS: Lingig International Organization for AdS, SdS Migration Shelter, Livelihood AdS: Veruela, Santa Josefa, Samuel Cobrado Trento, Loreto (IOM, Cateel DavOr) [email protected] 0949-374-4101 AdS: Veruela, Santa Josefa, Shelter-CCCM Trento, Loreto; SdS: Lingig
AdS: Veruela Health
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AdS: Veruela MHPSS
Sta. Josefa, Veruela, Shelter Loreto
Mario Castillo (Child Alert Mindanao) AdS: Trento, Veruela; SdS: [email protected] AdS, SdS Protection/ SGBV Lingig 0920-457-3317/0942-620-1232 Scheree [email protected] 0917-529-8990
Loreto, Veruela, Santa Nutrition Josefa
WaSH, Livelihood Save the Children International
Education Jerry Requillo AdS [email protected] Child Protection 0918-409-2126 Veruela, Santa Josefa
Save the Children International through Caraga Emergency Response Group (local NGOs WaSH EDCADS, PACESS, LPFI, EIPADS, SNPIDA, RIDER)
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Veruela, Santa Josefa WaSH
Shelter Samera Monib (WaSH-Head of Program Lingig) [email protected] WaSH [email protected] Action Contre Faim Bislig City, Lingig 0949-653-8085 Maria Aurora C. Laotoco (Tagum City, DavNor) Food-NFIs SdS [email protected], 0928-862-8959
Food
Massimo Lucania, GRC Project Delegate Shelter [email protected] 0916-673-9287; Denise Avelino, PRC Project Officer Philippine Red Cross - German Red AdS: Veruela, Santa Josefa; AdS, SdS [email protected] Cross SdS: Lingig 0917-608-2639; WaSH Emilio Teijera, GRC Head of Office [email protected] 0939-4375581
Livelihood
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AdS: Loreto, Veruela, Santa Josefa, Rosario, Bunawan, Food Trento; SdS: N/A Philippine Red Cross AdS, SdS
AdS: Veruela; SdS: N/A NFIs (WaSH)
Christyll D. Basan Loreto, Veruela, Santa Food (PRC, AdS Chapter Administrator, Patin-ay, Josefa, Trento Prosperidad) [email protected] 0920-954-8546/ 0916-798-1099 Loreto, Veruela, Santa Michel Paris (IFRC) Josefa, Trento NFIs (WaSH) [email protected] 0928-559-8406 Loreto Felomina Rivamonte Philippine Red Cross - (PRC, SdS Chapter Administrator) International Federation of the AdS [email protected] Red Cross Veruela 0946-580-4270
Santa Josefa, Trento Shelter
Veruela, Santa Josefa, Trento
Loreto Food
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Philippine Red Cross - Netherlands DRR (Health, Bunawan, Esparanza Red Cross (NLRC) WaSH, Livelihood)
Veruela, Santa Josefa Food-NFIs
Loreto, Veruela, Santa WaSH Josefa, Bunawan, Trento
Loreto, Trento Shelter
Loreto, Santa Josefa, Education, MHPSS, Trento Nutrition Franklin Salindato, Program Officer [email protected] World Vision AdS Loreto Livelihood [email protected] 0999-3170783
Loreto, Sta. Josefa, Trento, Livelihood Veruela
Loreto Livelihood
Loreto, Sta. Josefa, Trento, Education Veruela
Sta. Josefa WaSH
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Loreto Education
Bunawan, Trento, Sta. DRR Josefa, Loreto, Veruela
AdS: Rosario Food
AdS: Rosario, Bunawan, NFIs Cecile Bilbao Trento [email protected] 0919-578-9454 Help Age International/Coalition of AdS, SdS AdS: Rosario, Bunawan, Kate Pagsolingan Services of the Elderly Trento; SdS: Bislig City [email protected] [email protected] Early Recovery 0927-233-9826 AdS: Bunawan, Trento
AdS: Bunawan
Philip Tan [email protected] Latter Day Saints Veruela WaSH 0928-503-1644 AdS
Marieta Alcid, Project Director [email protected] Food, Shelter, 0917-620-9428; CARE Netherlands AdS San Luis, La Paz, Talacogon WaSH Athena Gepte [email protected] 0916-741-8886
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Food, Nutrition (- Education) AdS: Veruela, Santa Josefa, Trento; SdS: Lingig Lensynch D. Calo (Trento, AdS) Community and Family Services Livelihood Head of Office - Trento AdS, SdS International [email protected] 0908-748-5244/0932-424-3217
AdS: Veruela, Santa Josefa, Food, Nutrition (- Trento; SdS: Lingig (Loreto Education) planned)
Santa Josefa, La Paz, Food Talacogon, San Francisco
Santa Josefa, La Paz, Talacogon, San Francisco, Shelter Rex T. Linao, MSERM, PH.D. Agusan Development Foundation, Veruela AdS Executive Director Inc./ Kindernothilfe/HEED [email protected] Veruela, Trento Shelter -Education
Veruela, Santa Josefa, San Livelihood - Luis Agriculture
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Humanitarian Response Consortium (A Single Drop for Safe Water (ASDSW), Kadyuntaya WaSH, Livelihood, Kevin R. Lee, Response Manager ASDSW Foundation Incorporate, Rural SdS Lingig Shelter, Early [email protected] Development Institute of Sultan Recovery 0917-540-0682 Kudarat (RDISK), People's Disaster Risk Reduction Network (PDRRN)
Alterdev Services Foundation Inc. - Loreto Charlotte L. Lozada Christian Aid - Human Economic [email protected] AdS Shelter and Ecological Development [email protected] Santa Josefa (HEED) foundation 0948-446-8494
Food
Fernando Salise Human Economic and Ecological Shelter AdS Santa Josefa [email protected] Development (HEED) foundation 0918-9423-601 DRR (in partnership with Heifer)
PASAKK (-Relief and Children's Loreto, Bunawan, Trento Food-NFI, Shelter Alternative Program Foundation Inc. (Recap), Network towards the Empowerment, Transformation Becky Barrios and Sustainability of Communities MHPSS, Early AdS Loreto, Bunawan [email protected] Recovery and Organizations Inc. (NETSCO), 0920-522-3301/ 0917-347-6142 Terre des Hommes Germany)
PASAKK- Johanniter Foundation Loreto, Bunawan, Trento Early Recovery
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Health
MHPSS, Protection/CP, Education Ma. Elena S. Tantiado, Project Coordinator [email protected] Balay Rehabilitation Center Inc. (in AdS Trento [email protected] partnership w/ UNICEF) 0917-509-4610 MHPSS, Education 0917-826-2858 (DRR)
Joy Cano, Regional Project Officer CARAGA Education, Health/ Fit for School AdS Loreto, Veruela, Trento [email protected] MHPSS-WaSH 0908-886-3441/0917-309-7842
Nutrition, Shelter, Arnel P. Pagdato, Chairman WaSH Sulpicio B. Panong Jr Bangon Agusan del Sur Alang sa Loreto, Veruela, Sta. AdS [email protected] Kalambuan Josefa, Trento, Bunawan [email protected] MHPSS 0929-667-0706
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Shelter
Food - NFIs AdS: Trento, Loreto, Veruela, La Paz; SdS: Bislig Health City Early Recovery Fr. Anthony S. Salas, SVD Trento,Veruela, Loreto, La Executive Director Shelter Justice, Peace and Integrity of Paz [email protected], [email protected] Creation - Integrated Development AdS, SdS 09189368535, 032-253-3254 Center Incorporated Loreto, Veruela Livelihood Maritez M. Nuñez, Program Coordinator AdS: Loreto, Trento, San 0927-896-9845 / 09127212475 Francisco, Esperanza; SdS: Education Tandag, Cantilam, Barobo, Bislig
Trento WaSH
Food - NFIs Loreto, Veruela, Santa Tom D. Mascarinas Caraga Network of Evangelical AdS Josefa, Rosario, Bunawan, [email protected] Ministers and Churches Trento, San Luis Health 0918-693-0321
WaSH
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Education
Shelter
MHPSS
Shelter
Veruela Health/ MHPSS
Veruela (in partnership Protection with IOM)
Veruela (in partnership Shelter/NFI with CHR and UNHCR)
Veruela, Sta. Josefa, Christine H. Ampon, Executive Director Sibog Katawhan Alang sa Trento, Bunawan AdS Protection/ CPWG 09194194922/ 09277440948 Paglambo, Inc. (in partnership with CPWG (UNICEF, SCI, DSWD)) [email protected] / 085 8393490
Veruela Shelter
Veruela (supported by Livelihood International Labour Organization (ILO)
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Veruela (partnership with Health/ MHPSS DSWD)
Bernardo Mondrago MHPSS Executive Director [email protected] Child Alert Mindanao N/A 0926-734-3313 Protection: CP-GBV Mario Castillo Davao Project Coordinator Oriental 0920-457-3317, 0942-620-1232
Food Emilio F. Paz Caraga Plan Team Leader [email protected] 0919-637-5434 Maria Corazon Calapine M and E Officer [email protected] AdS: Trento, Sta. Josefa, Livelihood/Shelter 0905-383-5445 Plan International AdS, SdS Veruela SdS: Lingig Herlen Orosca Focal person Surigao del Sur 0999-326-6413
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CONTACT LIST
Caraga Regional Government Cluster Provincial Government Municipal Government International Agency Cluster Leads Cluster Lead Focal Points Cluster Lead Focal Points Cluster Co-Leads Inter-cluster Liza Mazo Hon. Adolph Edward G. Plaza Hon. Dario E. Otaza David Carden Coordination RDRRMC Chairperson & Governor Loreto Mayor/MDRRMC Chair Head of OCHA Philippines Regional Director, OCD PDRRMC Chairperson 0939-628-3295 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] 0920-858-5684 0917-723-6969 Wilfredo E. Otaza Liz Marasco [email protected] Loreto Administrator Information Management Officer, OCHA, (085) 341-8629/342-8753 Jesusimo L. Ronquillo [email protected] Manila Provincial Administrator 0921-976-2670 [email protected] Lilibeth A. Famacion, CESO IV PDRRMC Deputized Coordinator Vice Chairperson – Disaster Prevention [email protected] Marcos U. Gonzales Jr Joseph Addawe and Mitigation & Loreto MDRRMO Information Management Analyst, Regional Director, DILG Josephine B. Ambongan OCHA, Manila (085) 815-1299 / 342-2134 PGO- Chief of Staff [email protected] [email protected] Hon. Salimar T. Mondejar Dominga D. Mallonga 0917-622-3643 Veruela Mayor/MDRRMC Chair Vice Chairperson – Disaster Preparedness [email protected] & Roberto M. Natividad 0939-201-4292 Regional Director, DOST PDRRMO Action Officer (085) 342-5345 / 341-9551 [email protected] Robert B. Peliño 0917-705-0465 Veruela MDRRMO Minda Bulatao-Brigoli, CESO III [email protected] Vice Chairman – Disaster Response & 0929-805-2374 Regional Director, DSWD Hon. Jann Roby R. Otero (085) 815-9173 / 342-5619 Sta. Josefa Mayor/MDRRMC Ch [email protected] Carmencita S. Cochingco, CESO III 0928-505-3797 Vice Chairman – Disaster Rehabilitation and Recovery & Edward Otero Regional Director, NEDA Sta. Josefa MDRRMO (085) 342-5774 0910-481-6124
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Hon. Johnmark Billanes Trento Mayor/MDRRMC Chair [email protected] [email protected] 0918-817-4444
Virgilio V. Dela Cruz Trento MDRRMO 0939-318-7814
Hon. Edwin G. Elorde Bunawan Mayor/MDRRMC Chair [email protected] 0917-703-7622
Arean Amero Bunawan MDRRMO 0910-598-7378 Early Recovery Carmencita S. Cochingco, CESO III Flordeliza Obani Engr. Juan M. Oculam Winston Camarinas (UNDP, Cotabato) Regional Director, NEDA PSWD Loreto MPDO [email protected] (085) 342-5774 [email protected] 0919-818-1060 0917-836-9309 0921-478-8975 Engr. Gil A. Salise Veruela MPDO 0919-968-9998 [email protected]
Leonardito A. Plaza Sta. Josefa MPDO [email protected] 0928-337-7149/0947-385-2511
Anastacio C. Burdios Jr. Trento MPDO [email protected] 0919-984-8440/0919-984-2440
Engr. Robert Floyd N. Salise
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Bunawan MPDO [email protected] 0919-351-5861/0920-963-9875 Shelter Minda Bulatao-Brigoli, CESO III Flordeliza C. Obani Maricar M. Detalo Samuel Cobrado (IOM, Cateel DavOr) Regional Director, DSWD PSWD, Head Loreto MSWD [email protected] (085) 815-9173 / 342-5619 [email protected] 0921-355-5452 0949-374-4101 0921-478-8975 Mita Gupana-Lim Elvira L. Dagaraga DSWD Assistant Regional Director Loida Antonio Veruela MSWD [email protected] PSWD – SWO II [email protected] Camp Coordination 0916-365-1304 [email protected] 0916-981-6790 Camp Management 0909-582-9745 (CCCM) Angelita B. Amista Erlinda S. Tolentino SWO V / Chief, Technical Assistance Pamela D. Yucosing Sta. Josefa MSWD Division Prov’l Engineer [email protected] Food-NFIs Focal Point [email protected] 0919-439-1986 [email protected] 0919-231-8417 0947-443-1244 Teresita A. Canas Jessica Unson Trento MSWD Food (Security) Ana T. Semacio PAO OIC 0949-674-4406 Beatrice Tapawan (WFP,Manila) SWO III/Head, Emergency 0919-327-9173 [email protected] Assistance/Crisis Intervention Units Mercedes P. Jore 917 539 9944 DRR Focal Point Bunawan MSWD [email protected] [email protected] 0919-639-7510 0920-788-8848 Protection Elson Monato (UNHCR, Cotabato) Golda Pocon [email protected] DSWD - Protection [email protected] [email protected] 0927-603-1654/064-421-7945 Child Protection (085) 342-5619 Dwight Zabala (UNICEF, Cotabato) (CP) sub-cluster [email protected] 0917-576-3710
Scheree Herrera (UNICEF, Tagum DavNor, until 15 October 2013) [email protected] 0917-529-8990 Sexual and Gender- Rencee Tayzon (UNFPA, Manila) Based Violence
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(SGBV) sub-Cluster [email protected] 0917-859-3520
Livelihood - Dr. Rodel Maglungsod Honorio Palarca (ILO, CdO/Baganga DvO) Agriculture PEEDO [email protected] [email protected] 0917-565-8824 0919-617-0672
Dr. Joriz Elevazo, DVM OIC, Prov’l Agricultural Office (PAO) [email protected] 0939-822-2714
Ranulfo R. Paler Assistant Provincial Administrator [email protected] 0999-991-4726
Health (incl. Dr. Ariel L. Valencia Dr. Joel Esparagoza, MHA Dr. Roseller N. Andan Dr. Geraldo Medina (WHO, Manila) Mental Health and DoH-CHD Regional Director Prov’l Health Officer (PHO) Loreto MHO [email protected] Psycho-Social [email protected] [email protected] 0908-863-3168 Support (MHPSS), Reproductive 0999-882-2170 0920-504-6049 Dr. Lumira M. Lagapa Health (RH), Veruela MHO Ronnel Tupaz Villas (UNFPA-RH, Cotabato) Nutrition, Water Dr. Cesar C. Cassion [email protected] [email protected] Sanitation and Regional Hems Coordinator 0939-937-9249 0917-622-0021 Hygiene (WaSH)) 0999-882-2171 Dr. Maryjoy Ticao Richard B. Maniago Sta. Josefa MHO Regional Asst. Hems Coordinator [email protected] 0908-863-0631 0917-632-7011
[email protected] Dr Gene Rose M. Carmona (085) 342-5124 Bunawan MHO 0939-904-0232 Flordelis Llesis Regional MHPSS Coordinator 0918-965- Mr. Allen Salvatierra 6110 Trento MHO 0908-767-5920 Henry Mdebwe (UNICEF, Manila) Laniebelle Angchangco Nutrition specialist
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AdS Provincial Nutrition Action Officer [email protected] Jonesia Ubanan (PNAO) 0917-565-4062 0929-691-6341 Regional Nutrition Coordinator Dr. Michael Emerson P. Gnilo (UNICEF, [email protected] Engr. Pamela D. Yucosing Manila) 0918-934-9190 Prov’l Engineer (WaSH) WaSH Section, OIC [email protected] Engr. Diascoro Navarro 0917-520-7928 Regional WaSH Coordinator [email protected] 0932-844-9987
Education Alberto Escobarte Elena M. Acasio DepEd Regional Director, XIII OIC Schools Division Superintendent AdS Manuel Garduque (SCI) [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] 0918-817-4131 0939-149-6208
Rebecca V. Delapuz Gemma A. De Paz Assistant Regional Director, Deputy Head OIC Assistant Schools Division DRRMT Superintendent AdS 0939-920-1338 0939-556-9117
Amelia M. Ronquillo Diosdado Orillaneda District Supervisor [email protected] Education Program Supervisor, RPPC 0917-964-8925
Bernard C. Abellana Nora G. Julve Education Program Supervisor, PESS, DRR Division Coordinator Focal Point [email protected] [email protected] 0949-645-4431 0919-979-7340
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Logistics Amado M. Posas Andre G. Bustamante Myron Kamensa OCD Chief of Operations Budget In-Charge, PGO National Logistics Officer (WFP, Manila) [email protected] [email protected] 0939-202-6542 Alvin G. Elorde, CPA 0917-880-3150 SP Chairman on Appropriation
Mr. Francisco D. Cejuela Prov’l Budget Officer [email protected] 0935-312-5125
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CLUSTER PROFILE
Inter-cluster Coordination (OCHA) Coordination meetings in January and February 2013 by Caraga Regional Government; Cluster co-leads meetings in February and March 2013; Endorsement of cluster approach through executive order by PGO AdS with appointment of cluster focal points; Selection of PGO SdS focal points; Joint cluster coordination meetings for food security-livelihood-agriculture and shelter-CCCM at the Provincial level (AdS); Support to coordination between Government (Regional, Provincial and Municipal levels), co- lead agencies, international NGOs, local NGOs, PRC-IFRC; Updated IM products including cluster leads and co-leads contact list, Caraga humanitarian profile with geographic and cluster coverage, consolidated Caraga 3W maps at the barangay level, humanitarian directory and local NGO/CSO directory; Orientations on cluster approach at the Regional, Provincial and Municipal Government level; Orientations on humanitarian principles for international and local NGOs; OCD-OCHA Lessons Learned/After Action Review (16 Apr 2013); OCD-OCHA Community Consultations (26 Apr 2013); cluster approach, assessment and information management training for government and local NGOs in July.
Protection (UNHCR) Distribution of protection kits; Protection monitoring; Support to Commission on Human Rights (CHR) on housing, land and property issues; Distribution of solar lamps; Mapping of CARAGA underserved communities and vulnerable Indigenous People communities as of Feb 2013; Municipality Protection Profiles (MPP) for Bunawan, La Paz, Loreto, Sta. Josefa. Veruela (AdS) and Lingig (SdS) Coordination, Resource Mobilization & Monitoring Sexual and Gender Based Violence SGBV (UNFPA) : Strengthening of existing LGU structures and Local Committees Against Trafficking- Violence Against Women and Children (LCAT-VAWCs) on prevention and response to GBV-Child Protection (CP) in emergencies; Mobilization of resources to strengthen GBV- CP responses (e.g. CERF and DFID); Facilitation of first
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Provincial GBV-CP case conference in AdS; Monitoring of GBV-CP concerns in barangays Community with tents; -based Joint Protectionmission of national Inter-Agency Council Against Trafficking (IACAT), UNICEF and UNFPA to AdS; : CP/GBV orientation of LCAT-VAWCs, barangay councils and women organizations, NGOs, youth leaders, PNP WCPDs and day care workers; Dissemination of localized information, education Information and communication Management materials including referral pathway; Psychosocial support (PSS) to women and children; : Joint CP- GBV Mid-Term Review (Region XIII and XIII); Development of Joint CP-GBV Strategy Paper for TY Pablo; Development of national guidelines for implementation of women- friendly spaces (CFS); On-going development of Provincial Strategic Action Plan for GBV/TIP 2014-2016; Monitoring of GBV prevention concerns of barangays with tents in Veruela and Lingig
Child Protection Working Group CPWG (UNICEF) Technical assistance to DSWD Caraga on Child Protection in Emergencies (CPiE) and strengthening of CPWG in Region XIII in collaboration with CSOs; Child protection rapid assessment (CPRA) with DSWD Caraga and SIKAP Inc; Establishment of child-friendly spaces (CFS) with trainings of CFS volunteers; Activities within a CFS in four barangays of Santa Josefa and Trento (AdS) for 2,000 children; Development of CFS mapping matrix with CPWG partners; DSWD distribution of 24 CFS Kits, 72 Youth Focal Point kits and 120 CFSV kits in 6 Municipalities through MSWDOs, 3 institutional care centers and 1 NGO; Emotional recovery seminaries for children by local NGOs; CFS orientations during the LDRRMC meetings; Development of national guidelines of implementing CFS and pilot testing in Caraga and Region XI
Logistics (WFP) Storage of goods (with establishment of mobile storage unit (MSU)) from DSWD (86%) and cluster co-leads (IOM, UNICEF-SCI, UNFPA); Transport for government departments (through CFSI)
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Food Security (WFP) General food distribution, elementary school feeding, supplementary feeding program: Coordination of food packs delivery between DSWD-XIII, WFP, CFSI, Provincial and Municipal Governments; Distribution of relief goods to affected educational personnel; Distribution of food and NFIs by PRC-IFRC-GRC and local NGOs; Food security- livelihood-agriculture program with ‘food for work’ and ‘cash for work’ components by WFP, DSWD-XIII and DA, incl. Agri/fisheries based projects with 4,248 farmers in AdS (Veruela, Sta. Josefa, Trento) and 300 farmers in SdS (Lingig), and shelter projects with 1575 families in SdS (Lingig)
Nutrition (UNICEF) Supplementary feeding program completed with support of WFP and CFSI covering 74 schools and over 80,000 children; Vitamin A capsule supplementation; Community Management of Acute Malnutrition (CMAM) training and Infant and Young Child Feeding (IYCF) refresher course in San Francisco (AdS) to 62 nutrition action officers of the province, the 3 affected municipalities Loreto, Veruela and Sta Josefa, and selected Barangay Nutrition Scholars (BNS) and Barangay Health Workers (BHWs); Rapid nutrition screening simultaneously to Loreto-Veruela-Sta Josefa with distribution of Ready-to-Use Supplementary Food (RUSF); Community-based treatment of SAM at home and MAM at the health centre level; Building of local capacity for nutrition cluster coordination; Detection of acute malnutrition; Nutrition assessments; Establishment of two referral centres for SAM-affected people with medical complications for AdS province in Loreto and Sta. Josefa; Strengthening of Infant and Young Child Feeding (IYCF), specifically on exclusive breastfeeding up to 6 months old, through CMAM day once per week in each barangay; Improvement of preventive measures like vitamin A and deworming through Garantisadong Pambata (GP) program, with sufficient supply of vitamin A capsules and Albendazole by Regional DoH; Access to remote communities (e.g. Veruela and Loreto) for additional assessment of nutrition situation
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Shelter (IOM) Distribution of family emergency shelter kits with home repair tools; Distribution of tents for settlement as additional transitional shelters by JICA; Alternative classrooms/tents for damaged classrooms; Move of shelter coordination to Provincial Government level (AdS) and Municipal level (Veruela-Sta-Josefa, AdS; Lingig, SdS); Development of matrix on shelter support and assessments; Distribution of housing materials including galvanized iron (GI) sheets and nails by GPH, PRC-IFRC-GRC, international organizations and local NGOs; Provision of 140,000 GI Sheets (> 31,000 families) in Veruela, Trento, Bunawan and Sta. Josefa by PGO AdS and additional 7,000 GI sheets for Loreto; PRC provision of 200 transitional shelters for totally damaged houses (Veruela, Trento and Sta. Josefa); Materials for housing rehabilitation with cash for work, e.g. DSWD shelter cash for work program for Loreto, Veruela, Sta. Josefa, Trento and Bunawan, and ‘Debri to shelter’ project (IOM, 250 AdS and 50 Lingig) with livelihood component including additional 50 shelters in Loreto; Food security- livelihood-agriculture program with ‘food for work’ and ‘cash for work’ components by WFP, DSWD-XIII and DA, incl. shelter projects with 1575 families in SdS (Lingig) (Partner: IOM with 75 families); Cash grants for housing rehabilitation and permanent houses, e.g. DSWD emergency shelter assistance (ESA) and permanent core shelter assistance; Identification of relocation site in Loreto (AdS); Construction of permanent shelter (30 units) by Gawad Kalinga (GK) in Veruela;
Camp Coordination Camp Management CCCM (IOM) Support to tent village in Lingig (Poblacion, SdS: 48 families), and spontaneous road based IDP settlements in Lingig (Palo-Alto, SdS) and Veruela (Sta Emelia, AdS: 88 families)
Water, Sanitation and Hygiene WaSH (UNICEF) Provision of 20,563 hygiene kits and 41,681 water kits across the provinces of Agusan del Sur and Surigao del Sur (30,300 families targeted for WaSH); Rehabilitation of different water sources, water trucking to affected communities, installation of water bladders and tanks, hygiene promotion and water source chlorination in
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51 barangays; On-going: Level I water system construction and level III rehabilitation supported with regular water quality monitoring, training for Rural Sanitary Inspectors (RSI) on water quality testing, school latrines rehabilitation/construction, continuous hygiene promotion in 26 barangays.
Health ( - ) Distribution of medicine to affected educational personnel; Medical missions by organizations; medicine support to rural health units (RHUs); Post disaster assessment of damages and needs (down to barangay level) and consolidated rehabilitation plan during Regional Response- Rehabilitation Planning Workshop and Consultative Meeting with Provincial/Municipal health officers, rural sanitary inspectors, reps from P/CDRRMOs, UNFPA, SCI, PRC; Veruela medical staff support with IOM doctor and nurse; SPEED monitoring
Mental Health And Psychosocial Support MHPSS ( - ) Psychosocial support by local and international NGO partners in barangays, incl. Child Rights Project (CRP) with psychosocial component by SCI in Veruela (AdS); Emotional recovery seminaries for children by local NGOs; Provision of psychosocial support services (PSS) for 378 teachers and 996 learners Component 1: Learning spaces (access to education services)
Education (UNICEF) : 217 classrooms in 94 schools repaired, supported by local LGUs, DepED, Parent-Teachers’ Association and PhilSAGA (AdS: 165; SdS: 51); Component 52 temporary learning spaces set up for 2: Provision of psychosocial support services (PSS) and supplementary feeding assistance: 44 schools and accessed by 2,800 students (AdS: 46; SdS: 4; Bislig City: 2);
378 teachers trained on PSS from 74 schools (AdS: 364; SdS: 14), facilitated by UNICEF, Ateneo de Davao University, Red Cross, Balay Rehabilitation and Basak Foundation); 119 schools included Component in WFP 3: emergency Distribution school of Learners’ feeding (ESF) and Teachers’ program reaching 22,000 students (AdS: 75; SdS: 42; Bislig Kits City: 2); : 12,449 students in 109 school beneficiaries by DepED Central Office, Jollibee Foundation, GMA Kapuso,
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Component 4: UNICEF, Development and local of LGUs; Cluster 1,075 System teachers : in 158 schools by UNICEF-Balay Rehabilitation, Minda and PLGU; At Regional level (Dec 2012) and Agusan del Sur Division (Mar 2013); organization of 29 District/Municipal-level Education Coordinating Teams (Apr 2013) as part of preparedness plan; TORs clusters and response task groups for Regional, Division and District-level
Livelihood ( - ) Cash for work and food for work programs of GPH, international and local organizations: Shelter cash for work program for Loreto, Veruela, Sta. Josefa, Trento and Bunawan (DSWD); Materials for housing rehabilitation with cash for work/livelihood component of ‘Debris to Shelter’ project (IOM); Cash for work related to Food Security and Livelihood (FSL) activity (SCI), and cash for work (GRC); Food security-livelihood-agriculture program with ‘food for work’ and ‘cash for work’ components by WFP, DSWD-XIII and DA, incl. Agri/fisheries based projects with 4,248 farmers in AdS (Veruela, Sta. Josefa, Trento:) and 300 farmers in SdS (Lingig) (All barangays; partner: Plan International), and shelter projects with 1575 families in SdS (Lingig) (Partner: IOM with 75 families); Cash grants for housing rehabilitation; Skills development by TESDA for out of school youth through reconstruction of permanent shelter (2/municipality)
Agriculture ( - ) DSWD-DA-WFP program on food security and agricultural production with ‘food for work’ and ‘cash for work’ components, incl. Agri/fisheries based projects with 4,248 farmers in AdS (Veruela, Sta. Josefa, Trento) and 300 farmers in SdS (Lingig) (Partner: Plan International)
Early Recovery ( - ) Mainstreaming of early recovery across activated clusters; Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) and preparedness planning seminars by PRC and local NGOs; DRR training for teachers and students (SCI); distribution of DRR kits for teachers and students (SCI)
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Cluster Needs/Gaps
Inter-cluster Coordination Regular joint cluster coordination meetings; Cluster coordination and meetings in the areas of health-MHPSS, early recovery, livelihood and agriculture; Absence of some co-leads in Caraga region; Strengthening of cluster coordination and meeting system under PGO SdS and in Lingig; Coordination support between Caraga Regional, Provincial and Municipal Government Departments/Offices; Linkage and coordination of clusters and local NGOs/CSOs with RDRRMC/PDRRMCs/MDRRMCs; Caraga region information management of government between municipal, provincial and regional levels to facilitate complementarity with humanitarian community; Orientations on cluster approach for RDRRMC, PDRRMC and MDRRMC members, at the municipal level in Lingig (SdS) and Loreto (AdS), and for remote Indigenous People (IP) communities; Mapping of road conditions and inaccessibility due to typhoon Pablo; Lack of disaggregated data and cluster information at the barangay level; Delay of PDNA and results as the basis for further cluster interventions and planning; Continuous restricted access for co-lead agencies to Loreto (AdS) due to security situation since 4 March 2013; Geographically isolated and disadvantaged areas (GIDA) in mainly Loreto, Veruela and Sta. Josefa
Protection Access to remote communities; Equitable distribution in hard to reach, vulnerable IP communities and both conflict- natural disaster affected communities; Housing, land and property issues; Accurate info to affected communities on the various elements of assistance
Sexual and Gender Based Violence SGBV Multi-sectoral referral services for GBV survivors: (a) Attention for trafficking cases; (b) heightened campaign on GBV targeting GIDA areas; (c) GBV incidents (sexual violence) increase of three times in AdS after TY Pablo; (d) Psychosocial sessions in affected barangays of AdS; (e) Capacity of social workers and PNP WCPDs to deliver appropriate GBV referral services; (f) Functional
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BCPCs and VAW Desks; (g) Temporary shelter or VAW Center in the province; (h) PSS to social workers and police officers; (i) Strengthening of inter-local health zone for improved referral of GBV cases for medico-legal support
Child Protection Working Group CPWG Identification, prevention and response to child protection and gender based violence issues, including trafficking and worst forms of child labour in Agusan Del Sur and Surigao Del Sur; Child Protection (CP) and GBV protection-related information management in LGUs
Logistics Limited storage capacity at the LGU level, resulting in requests for transportation of small quantities within limited time, and therefore limited use of WFP transport service and truck capacity (25 metric tanks) based in Davao; Limited use of WFP Trento MSU storage and transport capacity by other cluster members (INGOs, local NGO, etc.); Security threat against WFP hub affecting storage and transport
Food Security Food insecurity due to affected livelihood and agricultural activities; Access to interior barangays for project specific assessments and orientations; Delay of PDNA results as the basis for further interventions; Coordination with LGUs based on early recovery and rehabilitation plan for complementation; Underserved communities at the barangays San Mariano, San Isidro, Binukayan (Loreto) identified by PRC
Nutrition Agusan del Sur total consolidated: 1027 admitted for general acute malnutrition (GAM) cases (Sta. Josefa 92, Veruela 344, Loreto 591), including 147 admitted cases of severe acute malnutrition (SAM) of children under 5 years (Sta. Josefa 31, Veruela 91, Loreto 25) (As of early April 2013: 124 incl Sta Josefa 63, Veruela 45, Loreto 16); 880 admitted cases of moderate acute malnutrition (MAM) (Sta. Josefa 61, Veruela 253, Loreto 566) (As of early April 2013: 475 incl. Sta Josefa 149; Veruela 202; Loreto 124); Loreto barangays with highest GAM rate: Magaud 60, Binucayan 49,
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San Vicente 46, Sta. Theresa 45, Sabud 41, Kauswagan 40, of which SAM Sabud 4, San Vicente 3, Kauswagan 2; Follow up, transport and treatment of SAM cases in remote hard to reach barangays
Shelter Harmonization between National Housing Authority (NHA) and DSWD to identify shelter gaps; Distribution of housing materials for rehabilitation, including galvanized iron (GI) sheets and nails: Additional 7,000 GI sheets for underserved barangays of Loreto by PGO AdS; Need for shelter assistance in remote barangays; LGU complementarity to PGO AdS GI sheets for full construction of houses; PRC provision of (300) Shelter Repair Kits (SRK) worth PHP10,000 for partially damaged houses (Sta. Josefa and Trento); Cash for work programs and cash grants for housing rehabilitation; Resolution of land property issues: acquisition and preparation of land for relocation sites in Veruela (671 families), Sta Josefa (1,700 families) and Trento (48 families); Permanent core shelter and grants for permanent houses
Camp Coordination Camp Management CCCM CCCM support at tent village or planned Lingig transitory site for IDP families in Lingig (brgy Poblacion), SdS; Need for remaining support to 30 families in tents/makeshift houses in Sta Josefa (brgy Sayon, AdS)
Water and Sanitation, Hygiene WaSH SdS gaps in water (testing, treatment and disinfection in addition to well and pump house construction), sanitation (construction of toilets), and hygiene (training and promotion); GIDA areas in Loreto, Veruela and Sta. Josefa; Access to remote areas; Coordination and meetings at the Regional/Provincial levels
Health Geographically isolated and disadvantaged areas (GIDA) areas in Loreto, Veruela and Sta. Josefa related to WaSH gaps; Medical missions/consultations to affected areas in Lingig and Bislig City, SdS; Medicine, instruments and supplies in Veruela, AdS; Consolidated information on humanitarian health needs, response and gaps for Caraga
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region; Health cluster coordination at the Regional/Provincial level; Presence of cluster co-lead in Caraga region
Mental Health and Psychosocial Support MHPSS Capacity building/trainings for education personnel to conduct PSS sessions; MHPSS missions and debriefings for families, RHU staff and volunteer health workers; MHPSS training for health staff; Consolidated information on humanitarian MHPSS needs, response and gaps for Caraga region; Health/MHPSS cluster coordination at the Regional/Provincial level; Presence of cluster co-lead in Caraga region Component 1: Learning Spaces:
Education Repair of 453 damaged classrooms in 94 schools (AdS: 413/75; SdS: 34/17; Bislig City: 6/2); Repair of 47 totally damaged and 81 partially damagedComponentday care 2:centers Provision in 7 ofAdS psychosocialmunicipalities support(Sta. servicesJosefa, Trento, (PSS) : Veruela, Bunawan, Loreto, La Paz and San Luis); Continuous capability trainings for Componenteducational 4: personnelDevelopment; ImplementationCluster System : of plans of re- echoing PSS trainings to other education personnel; Sustainability of cluster in relation to RDRRMC and PDRRMC leadership; Roll out of cluster approach in other divisions/provinces as part of preparedness plans
Livelihood-Agriculture Consolidated information on needs, response and gaps for Caraga region; Cluster coordination at the Regional/Provincial level; Presence of cluster co-lead in Caraga region Early recovery Consolidated information on needs, response and gaps for Caraga region; Cluster coordination at the Regional/Provincial level; Presence of cluster co-lead in Caraga region
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Annex
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Republic of the Philippines CONGRESS OF THE PHILIPPINES Metro Manila
Fourteenth Congress Third Regular Session
Begun and held in Metro Manila, on Monday, the twenty-seventh day of July, two thousand nine.
REPUBLIC ACT No. 10121
AN ACT STRENGTHENING THE PHILIPPINE DISASTER RISK REDUCTION AND MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, PROVIDING FOR THE NATIONAL DISASTER RISK REDUCTION AND MANAGEMENT FRAMEWORK AND INSTITUTIONALIZING THE NATIONAL DISASTER RISK REDUCTION AND MANAGEMENT PLAN, APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress assembled:
Section 1. Title. - This Act shall be known as the "Philippine Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Act of 2010".
Section 2. Declaration of Policy. - It shall be the policy of the State to:
(a) Uphold the people's constitutional rights to life and property by addressing the root causes of vulnerabilities to disasters, strengthening the country's institutional capacity for disaster risk reduction and management and building the resilience of local communities to disasters including climate change impacts;
(b) Adhere to and adopt the universal norms, principles and standards of humanitarian assistance and the global effort on risk reduction as concrete expression of the country's commitment to overcome human sufferings due to recurring disasters;
(c) Incorporate internationally accepted principles of disaster risk management in the creation and implementation of national, regional and local sustainable development and poverty reduction strategies, policies, plans and budgets;
(d) Adopt a disaster risk reduction and management approach that is holistic, comprehensive, integrated, and proactive in lessening the socioeconomic and environmental impacts of disasters including climate change, and promote the involvement and participation of all sectors and all stakeholders concerned, at all levels, especially the local community;
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(e) Develop, promote, and implement a comprehensive National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Plan (NDRRMP) that aims to strengthen the capacity of the national government and the local government units (LGUs), together with partner stakeholders, to build the disaster resilience of communities, and' to institutionalize arrangements and measures for reducing disaster risks, including projected climate risks, and enhancing disaster preparedness and response capabilities at all levels;
(f) Adopt and implement a coherent, comprehensive, integrated, efficient and responsive disaster risk reduction program incorporated in the development plan at various levels of government adhering to the principles of good governance such as transparency and accountability within the context of poverty alleviation and environmental protection;
(g) Mainstream disaster risk reduction and climate change in development processes such as policy formulation, socioeconomic development planning, budgeting, and governance, particularly in the areas of environment, agriculture, water, energy, health, education, poverty reduction, land-use and urban planning, and public infrastructure and housing, among others;
(h) Institutionalize the policies, structures, coordination mechanisms and programs with continuing budget appropriation on disaster risk reduction from national down to local levels towards building a disaster-resilient nation and communities;
(i) Mainstream disaster risk reduction into the peace process and conflict resolution approaches in order to minimize loss of lives and damage to property, and ensure that communities in conflict zones can immediately go back to their normal lives during periods of intermittent conflicts;
(j) Ensure that disaster risk reduction and climate change measures are gender responsive, sensitive to indigenous know ledge systems, and respectful of human rights;
(k) Recognize the local risk patterns across the country and strengthen the capacity of LGUs for disaster risk reduction and management through decentralized powers, responsibilities, and resources at the regional and local levels;
(l) Recognize and strengthen the capacities of LGUs and communities in mitigating and preparing for, responding to, and recovering from the impact of disasters;
(m) Engage the participation of civil society organizations (CSOs), the private sector and volunteers in the government's disaster risk reduction programs towards complementation of resources and effective delivery of services to the Citizenry;
(n) Develop and strengthen the capacities of vulnerable and marginalized groups to mitigate, prepare for, respond to, and recover from the effects of disasters;
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(o) Enhance and implement a program where humanitarian aid workers, communities, health professionals, government aid agencies, donors, and the media are educated and trained on how they can actively support breastfeeding before and during a disaster and/or an emergency; and
(p) Provide maximum care, assistance and services to individuals and families affected by disaster, implement emergency rehabilitation projects to lessen the impact of disaster, and facilitate resumption of normal social and economic activities.
Section 3. Definition of Terms. - For purposes of this Act, the following shall refer to:
(a) "Adaptation" - the adjustment in natural or human systems in response to actual or expected climatic stimuli or their effects, which moderates harm or exploits beneficial opportunities.
(b) "Capacity" - a combination of all strengths and resources available within a community, society or organization that can reduce the level of risk, or effects of a disaster. Capacity may include infrastructure and physical means, institutions, societal coping abilities, as well as human knowledge, skills and collective attributes such as social relationships, leadership and management. Capacity may also be described as capability.
(c) "Civil Society Organizations" Or "CSOs" - non-state actors whose aims are neither to generate profits nor to seek governing power. CSOs unite people to advance shared goals and interests. They have a presence in public life, expressing the interests and values of their members or others, and are based on ethical, cultural, scientific, religious or philanthropic considerations. CSOs include nongovernment organizations (NGOs), professional associations, foundations, independent research institutes, community-based organizations (CBOs), faith- based organizations, people's organizations, social movements, and labor unions.
(d) "Climate Change" - a change in climate that can' be identified by changes in the mean and/or variability of its properties and that persists for an extended period typically decades or longer, whether due to natural variability or as a result of human activity.
(e) "Community-Based Disaster Risk Reduction and Management" or "CBDRRM" - a process of disaster risk reduction and management in which at risk communities are actively engaged in the identification, analysis, treatment, monitoring and evaluation of disaster risks in order to reduce their vulnerabilities and enhance their capacities, and where the people are at the heart of decision-making and implementation of disaster risk reduction and management activities.
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(f) "Complex Emergency" - a form of human-induced emergency in which the cause of the emergency as well as the assistance to the afflicted IS complicated by intense level of political considerations.
(g) "Contingency Planning" - a management process that analyzes specific potential events or emerging situations that might threaten society or the environment and establishes arrangements in advance to enable timely, effective and appropriate responses to such events and situations.
(h) "Disaster" - a serious disruption of the functioning of a community or a society involving widespread human, material, economic or environmental losses and impacts, which exceeds the ability of the affected community or society to cope using its own resources. Disasters are often described as a result of the combination of: the exposure to a hazard; the conditions of vulnerability that are present; and insufficient capacity or measures to reduce or cope with the potential negative consequences, Disaster impacts may include loss of life, injury, disease and other negative effects on human, physical, mental and social well-being, together with damage to property, destruction of assets, loss of services, Social and
economic disruption and environmental degradation.1avvphi1
(i) "Disaster Mitigation" - the lessening or limitation of the adverse impacts of hazards and related disasters. Mitigation measures encompass engineering techniques and hazard-resistant construction as well as improved environmental policies and public awareness.
(j) "Disaster Preparedness" - the knowledge and capacities developed by governments, professional response and recovery organizations, communities and individuals to effectively anticipate, respond to, and recover from, the Impacts of likely, imminent or current hazard events or conditions. Preparedness action is carried out within the context of disaster risk reduction and management and aims to build the capacities needed to efficiently manage all types of emergencies and achieve orderly transitions from response to sustained recovery. Preparedness is based on a sound analysis of disaster risk and good linkages with early warning systems, and includes such activities as contingency planning, stockpiling of equipment and supplies, the development of arrangements for coordination, evacuation and public information, and associated training and field exercises. These must be supported by formal institutional, legal and budgetary capacities.
(k) "Disaster Prevention" - the outright avoidance of adverse impacts of hazards and related disasters. It expresses the concept and intention to completely avoid potential adverse impacts through action taken in advance such as construction of dams or embankments that eliminate flood risks, land-use regulations that do not permit any settlement in high-risk zones, and seismic engineering designs that ensure the survival and function of a critical building in any likely earthquake.
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(l) "Disaster Response" - the provision of emergency services and public assistance during or immediately after a disaster in order to save lives, reduce health impacts, ensure public safety and meet the basic subsistence needs of the people affected. Disaster response is predominantly focused on immediate and short-term needs and is sometimes called "disaster relief".
(m) "Disaster Risk" - the potential disaster losses in lives, health status, livelihood, assets and services, which could occur to a particular community or a Society over some specified future time period.
(n) "Disaster Risk Reduction" - the concept and practice of reducing disaster risks through systematic efforts to analyze and manage the causal factors of disasters, including through reduced exposures to hazards, lessened vulnerability of people and property, wise management of land and the environment, and improved preparedness for adverse events.
(o) "Disaster Risk Reduction and Management" - the systematic process of using administrative directives, organizations, and operational skills and capacities to implement strategies, policies and improved coping capacities in order to lessen the adverse impacts of hazards and the possibility of disaster. Prospective disaster risk reduction and management refers to risk reduction and management activities that address and seek to avoid the development of new or increased disaster risks, especially if risk reduction policies are not put m place.
(p) "Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Information System" - a specialized database which contains, among others, information on disasters and their human material, economic and environmental impact, risk assessment and mapping and vulnerable groups.
(q) "Early Warning System" - the set of capacities needed to generate and disseminate timely and meaningful warning information to enable individuals, communities and organizations threatened by a hazard to prepare and to act appropriately and in sufficient time to reduce the possibility of harm or loss. A people-centered early warning system necessarily comprises four (4) key elements: knowledge of the risks; monitoring, analysis and forecasting of the hazards; communication or dissemination of alerts and warnings; and local capabilities to respond to the warnings received. The expression "end-to-end warning system" is also used to emphasize that warning systems need to span all steps from hazard detection to community response.
(r) "Emergency" - unforeseen or sudden occurrence, especially danger, demanding immediate action.
(s) "Emergency Management" - the organization and management of resources and responsibilities for addressing all aspects of emergencies, in particular preparedness, response and initial recovery steps.
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(t) "Exposure" - the degree to which the elements at risk are likely to experience hazard events of different magnitudes.
(u) "Geographic Information System" - a database which contains, among others, geo-hazard assessments, information on climate change, and climate risk reduction and management.
(v) "Hazard" - a dangerous phenomenon, substance, human activity or condition that may cause loss of life, injury or other health impacts, property damage, loss of livelihood and services, social and economic disruption, or environmental damage.
(w) "Land-Use Planning" - the process undertaken by public authorities to identify, evaluate and decide on different options for the use of land, including consideration of long-term economic, social and environmental objectives and the implications for different communities and interest groups, and the subsequent formulation and promulgation of plans that describe the permitted or acceptable uses.
(x) "Mitigation" - structural and non-structural measures undertaken to limit the adverse impact of natural hazards, environmental degradation, and technological hazards and to ensure the ability of at-risk communities to address vulnerabilities aimed at minimizing the impact of disasters. Such measures include, but are not limited to, hazard-resistant construction and engineering works, the formulation and implementation of plans, programs, projects and activities, awareness raising, knowledge management, policies on land-use and resource management, as well as the enforcement of comprehensive land-use planning, building and safety standards, and legislation.
(y) "National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Framework" or "NDRRMF" - provides for comprehensive, all hazards, multi-sectoral, inter-agency and community-based approach to disaster risk reduction and management.
(z) "National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Plan" or "NDRRMP" - the document to be formulated and implemented by the Office of Civil Defense (OCD) that sets out goals and specific objectives for reducing disaster risks together with related actions to accomplish these objectives.
The NDRRMP shall provide for the identification of hazards, vulnerabilities and risks to 'be managed at the national level; disaster risk reduction and management approaches and strategies to be applied m managing said hazards and risks; agency roles, responsibilities and lines of authority at all government levels; and vertical and horizontal coordination of disaster risk reduction and management in the pre-disaster and post-disaster phases. It shall be in conformity with the NDRRMF.
(aa) "Post-Disaster Recovery" - the restoration and improvement where appropriate, of facilities, livelihood and living conditions. of disaster-affected
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communities, including efforts to reduce disaster risk factors, in accordance with the principles of "build back better".
(bb) "Preparedness" - pre-disaster actions and measures being undertaken within the context of disaster risk reduction and management and are based on sound risk analysis as well as pre-disaster activities to avert or minimize loss of life and property such as, but not limited to, community organizing, training, planning, equipping, stockpiling, hazard mapping, insuring of assets, and public information and education initiatives. This also includes the development/enhancement of an overall preparedness strategy, policy, institutional structure, warning and forecasting capabilities, and plans that define measures geared to help at-risk communities safeguard their lives and assets by being alert to hazards and taking appropriate action in the face of an Imminent threat or an actual disaster.
(cc) "Private Sector" - the key actor in the realm of the economy where the central social concern and process are the mutually beneficial production and distribution of goods and services to meet the physical needs of human beings. The private sector comprises private corporations, households and nonprofit institutions serving households.
(dd) "Public Sector Employees" - all persons in the civil service.
(ee) "Rehabilitation" - measures that ensure the ability of affected communities/areas to restore their normal level of functioning by rebuilding livelihood and damaged infrastructures and increasing the communities' organizational capacity.
(ff) "Resilience" - the ability of a system, community or society exposed to hazards to resist, absorb, accommodate and recover from the effects of a hazard in a timely and efficient manner, including through the preservation and restoration of its essential basic structures and functions.
(gg) "Response" - any concerted effort by two (2) or more agencies, public or private, to provide assistance or intervention during or immediately after a disaster to meet the life preservation and basic subsistence needs of those people affected and in the restoration of essential public activities and facilities.
(hh) "Risk" - the combination of the probability of an event and its negative consequences.
(ii) "Risk Assessment" - a methodology to determine the nature and extent of risk by analyzing potential hazards and evaluating existing conditions of vulnerability that together could potentially harm exposed people, property, services, livelihood and the environment on which they depend. Risk assessments with associated risk mapping include: a review of the technical characteristics of hazards such as their location, intensity, frequency and probability; the analysis of exposure and
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vulnerability including the physical, social, health, economic and environmental dimensions; and the evaluation of the effectiveness of prevailing and alternative coping capacities in respect to likely risk scenarios.
(jj) "Risk Management" - the systematic approach and practice of managing uncertainty to minimize potential harm and loss. It comprises risk assessment and analysis, and the implementation of strategies and specific actions to control, reduce and transfer risks. It is widely practiced by organizations to minimize risk in investment decisions and to address operational risks such as those of business disruption, production failure, environmental damage, social impacts and damage from fire and natural hazards.
(kk) "Risk Transfer" - the process of formally or informally shifting the financial consequences of particular risks from one party to another whereby a household, community, enterprise or state authority will obtain resources from the other party after a disaster occurs, in exchange for ongoing or compensatory social or financial benefits provided to that other party.
(ll) "State of Calamity" - a condition involving mass casualty and/or major damages to property, disruption of means of livelihoods, roads and normal way of life of people in the affected areas as a result of the occurrence of natural or human- induced hazard.
(mm) "Sustainable Development" - development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. It contains within it two (2) key concepts: (1) the concept of "needs", in particular, the essential needs of the world's poor, to which overriding priority should be given; and (2) the idea of limitations imposed by the state of technology and social organizations on the environment's ability to meet present and future needs. It is the harmonious integration of a sound and viable economy, responsible governance, social cohesion and harmony, and ecological integrity to ensure that human development now and through future generations is a life-enhancing process.
(nn) "Vulnerability" - the characteristics and circumstances of a community, system or asset that make it susceptible to the damaging effects of a hazard. Vulnerability may arise from various physical, social, economic, and environmental factors such as poor design and construction of buildings, inadequate protection of assets, lack of public information and awareness, limited official recognition of risks and preparedness measures, and disregard for wise environmental management.
(oo) "Vulnerable and Marginalized Groups" - those that face higher exposure to disaster risk and poverty including, but not limited to, women, children, elderly, differently-abled people, and ethnic minorities.
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Section 4. Scope. - This Act provides for the development of policies and plans and the implementation of actions and measures pertaining to all aspects of disaster risk reduction and management, including good governance, risk assessment and early warning, knowledge building and awareness raising, reducing underlying risk factors, and preparedness for effective response and early recovery.
Section 5. National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council. - The present National Disaster Coordinating Council or NDCC shall henceforth be known as the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council, hereinafter referred to as the NDRRMC or the National Council.
The National Council shall be headed by the Secretary of the Department of National Defense (DND) as Chairperson with the Secretary of the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) as Vice Chairperson for Disaster Preparedness, the Secretary of the Department of Social
Welfare and Development (DSWD) as Vice Chairperson for Disaster Response, the Secretary of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) as Vice Chairperson for Disaster Prevention and Mitigation, and the Director-General of the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) as Vice Chairperson for Disaster Rehabilitation and Recovery.
The National Council's members shall be the following:
(a) Secretary of the Department of Health (DOH);
(b) Secretary of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR);
(c) Secretary of the Department of Agriculture (DA);
(d) Secretary of the Department of Education (DepED);
(e) Secretary of the Department of Energy (DOE);
(f) Secretary of the Department of Finance (DOF);
(g) Secretary of the Department of Trade and Industry (DT!);
(h) Secretary of the Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC);
(i) Secretary of the Department of Budget and Management (DBM);
(j) Secretary of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH);
(k) Secretary of the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA);
(l) Secretary of the Department of Justice (DOJ);
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(m) Secretary of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE);
(n) Secretary of the Department of Tourism (DOT);
(o) The Executive Secretary;
(p)Secretary of the Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process (OPAPP);
(q) Chairman, Commission on Higher Education (CHED);
(r) Chief of Staff, Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP);
(s) Chief, Philippine National Police (PNP);
(t) The Press Secretary;
(u) Secretary General of the Philippine National Red Cross (PNRC);
(v) Commissioner of the National Anti-Poverty Commission-Victims of Disasters and Calamities Sector (NAPCVDC);
(w) Chairperson, National Commission on the Role of Filipino Women;
(x) Chairperson, Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Council (HUDCC);
(y) Executive Director of the Climate Change Office of the Climate Change Commission;
(z) President, Government Service Insurance System (GSIS);
(aa) President, Social Security System (SSS);
(bb) President, Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth);
(cc) President of the Union of Local Authorities of the Philippines (ULAP);
(dd) President of the League of Provinces of the Philippines (LPP);
(ee) President of the League of Cities of the Philippines (LCP);
(ff) President of the League of Municipalities of the Philippines (LMP);
(gg) President of the Liga ng Mga Barangay (LMB);
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(hh) Four (4) representatives from the CSOs;
(ii) One (1) representative from the private sector; and
(jj) Administrator of the OCD.
The representatives from the CSOs and the private sector shall be selected from among their respective ranks based on the criteria and mechanisms to be set for this purpose by the National Council.
Section 6. Powers and Functions of the NDRRMC. - The National Council, being empowered with policy-making, coordination, integration, supervision, monitoring and evaluation functions, shall have the following responsibilities:
(a) Develop a NDRRMF which shall provide for a comprehensive, all-hazards, multi-sectoral, inter-agency and community-based approach to disaster risk reduction and management. The Framework shall serve as the principal guide to disaster risk reduction and management efforts in the country and shall be reviewed on a five(5)-year interval, or as may be deemed necessary, in order to ensure its relevance to the times;
(b) Ensure that the NDRRMP is consistent with the NDRRMF;
(c) Advise the President on the status of disaster preparedness, prevention, mitigation, response and rehabilitation operations being undertaken by the government, CSOs, private sector, and volunteers; recommend to the President the declaration of a state of calamity in areas extensively damaged; and submit proposals to restore normalcy in the affected areas, to include calamity fund allocation;
(d) Ensure a multi-stakeholder participation in the development, updating, and sharing of a Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Information System and Geographic Information System-based national risk map as policy, planning and decision-making tools;
(e) Establish a national early warning and emergency alert system to provide accurate and timely advice to national or local emergency response organizations and to the general public through diverse mass media to include digital and analog broadcast, cable, satellite television and radio, wireless communications, and landline communications;
(f) Develop appropriate risk transfer mechanisms that shall guarantee social and economic protection and increase resiliency in the face of disaster;
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(g) Monitor the development and enforcement by agencies and organizations of the various laws, guidelines, codes or technical standards required by this Act;
(h) Manage and mobilize resources for disaster risk reduction and management including the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Fund;
(i) Monitor and provide the necessary guidelines and procedures. on the Local Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Fund (LDRRMF) releases as well as utilization, accounting and auditing thereof;
(j) Develop assessment tools on the existing and potential hazards and risks brought about by climate change to vulnerable areas and ecosystems in coordination with the Climate Change Commission;
(k) Develop vertical and horizontal coordination mechanisms for a more coherent implementation of disaster risk reduction and management policies and programs by sectoral agencies and LGUs;
(l) Formulate a national institutional capability building program for disaster risk reduction and management to address the specific' weaknesses of various government agencies and LGUs, based on the results of a biennial baseline assessment and studies;
(m) Formulate, harmonize, and translate into policies a national agenda for research and technology development on disaster risk reduction and management;
(n) In coordination with the Climate Change Commission, formulate and implement a framework for climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction and management from which all policies, programs, and projects shall be based;
(o) Constitute a technical management group composed of representatives of the abovementioned departments, offices, and organizations, that shall coordinate and meet as often as necessary to effectively manage and sustain national efforts on disaster risk reduction and management;
(p) Task the OCD to conduct periodic assessment and performance monitoring of the member-agencies of the NDRRMC, and the Regional Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Councils (RDRRMCs), as defined in the NDRRMP; and
(q) Coordinate or oversee the Implementation of the country's obligations with disaster management treaties to which it IS a party and see to It that the country's disaster management treaty obligations be incorporated in its disaster risk reduction and management frameworks, policies, plans, programs and projects.
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Section 7. Authority of the NDRRMC Chairperson. - The Chairperson of the NDRRMC may call upon other instrumentalities or entities of the government and nongovernment and civic organizations for assistance In terms of the use of their facilities and resources for the protection and preservation of life and properties in the whole range of disaster risk reduction and management. This authority includes the power to call on the reserve force as defined in Republic Act No. 7077 to assist in relief and rescue during disasters or calamities.
Section 8. The Office of Civil Defense. - The Office of Civil Defense (OCD) shall have the primary mission of administering a comprehensive national civil defense and disaster risk reduction and management program by providing leadership in the continuous development of strategic and systematic approaches as well as measures to reduce the vulnerabilities and risks to hazards and manage the consequences of disasters.
The Administrator of the OCD shall also serve as Executive Director of the National Council and, as such, shall have the same duties and privileges of a department undersecretary. All appointees shall be universally acknowledged experts in the field of disaster preparedness and management and of proven honesty and integrity. The National Council shall utilize the services and facilities of the OCD as the secretariat of the National Council.
Section 9. Powers and Functions of the OCD. - The OCD shall have the following powers and functions:
(a) Advise the National Council on matters relating to disaster risk reduction and management consistent with the policies and scope as defined in this Act;
(b) Formulate and implement the NDRRMP and ensure that the physical framework, social, economic and environmental plans of communities, cities, municipalities and provinces are consistent with such plan. The National Council shall approve the NDRRMP;
(c) Identify, assess and prioritize hazards and risks in consultation with key stakeholders;
(d) Develop and ensure the implementation of national standards in carrying out disaster risk reduction programs including preparedness, mitigation, prevention, response and rehabilitation works, from data collection and analysis, planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation;
(e) Review and evaluate the Local Disaster risk Reduction and Management Plans (LDRRMPs) to facilitate the integration of disaster risk reduction measures into the local Comprehensive Development Plan (CDP) and Comprehensive Land-Use Plan (CL UP);
(f) Ensure that the LG U s, through the Local Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Offices (LDRRMOs) are properly informed and adhere to the national standards and programs;
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(g) Formulate standard operating procedures for the deployment of rapid assessment teams, information sharing among different government agencies, and coordination before and after disasters at all levels;
(h) Establish standard operating procedures on the communication system among provincial, city, municipal, and barangay disaster risk reduction and management councils, for purposes of warning and alerting them and for gathering information on disaster areas before, during and after disasters;
(i) Establish Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Training Institutes in such suitable location as may be deemed appropriate to train public and private individuals, both local and national, in such subject as disaster risk reduction and management among others. The Institute shall consolidate and prepare training materials and publications of disaster risk reduction and management books and manuals to assist disaster risk reduction and management workers in the planning and implementation of this program and projects. The Institute shall conduct research programs to upgrade know ledge and skills and document best practices on disaster risk reduction and management. The Institute is also mandated to conduct periodic awareness and education programs to accommodate new elective officials and members of the LDRRMCs;
(j) Ensure that all disaster risk reduction programs, projects and activities requiring regional and international support shall be in accordance with duly established national policies and aligned with international agreements;
(k) Ensure that government agencies and LGUs give toppriority and take adequate and appropriate measures in disaster risk reduction and management;
(l) Create an enabling environment for substantial and sustainable participation of CSOs, private groups, volunteers and communities, and recognize their contributions in the government's disaster risk reduction efforts;
(m) Conduct early recovery and post-disaster needs assessment institutionalizing gender analysis as part of it;
(n) Establish an operating facility to be known as the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Operations Center (NDRRMOC) that shall be operated and staffed on a twenty-four (24) hour basis;
(o) Prepare the criteria and procedure for the enlistment of accredited community disaster volunteers (ACDVs). It shall include a manual of operations for the volunteers which shall be developed by the OCD in consultation with various stakeholders;
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(p) Provide advice and technical assistance and assist in mobilizing necessary resources to increase the overall capacity of LGUs, specifically the low income and in high-risk areas;
(q) Create the necessary offices to perform its mandate as provided under this Act; and
(r) Perform such other functions as may be necessary for effective operations and implementation of this Act.
Section 10. Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Organization at the Regional Level. - The current Regional Disaster Coordinating Councils shall henceforth be known as the Regional Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Councils (RDRRMCs) which shall coordinate, integrate, supervise, and evaluate the activities of the LDRRMCs. The RDRRMC shall be responsible in ensuring disaster sensitive regional development plans, and in case of emergencies shall convene the different regional line agencies and concerned institutions and authorities.
The RDRRMCs shall establish an operating facility to be known as the Regional Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Operations Center (RDRRMOC) whenever necessary.
The civil defense officers of the OCD who are or may be designated as Regional Directors of the OCD shall serve as chairpersons of the RDRRMCs. Its Vice Chairpersons shall be the Regional Directors of the DSWD, the DILG, the DOST, and the NEDA. In the case of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM), the Regional Governor shall be the RDRRMC Chairperson. The existing regional offices of the OCD shall serve as secretariat of the RDRRMCs. The RDRRMCs shall be composed of the executives of regional offices and field stations at the regional level of the government agencies.
Section 11. Organization at the Local Government Level. - The existing Provincial, City, and Municipal Disaster Coordinating Councils shall henceforth be known as the Provincial, City, and Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Councils. The Barangay Disaster Coordinating Councils shall cease to exist and its powers and functions shall henceforth be assumed by the existing Barangay Development Councils (BDCs) which shall serve as the LDRRMCs in every barangay.
(a) Composition: The LDRRMC shall be composed of, but not limited to, the following:
(1) The Local Chief Executives, Chairperson;
(2) The Local Planning and Development Officer, member;
(3) The Head of the LDRRMO, member;
(4) The Head of the Local Social Welfare and Development Office, member;
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(5) The Head of the Local Health Office, member;
(6) The Head of the Local Agriculture Office, member;
(7) The Head of the Gender and Development Office, member;
(8) The Head of the Local Engineering Office, member;
(9) The Head of the Local Veterinary Office, member;
(10) The Head of the Local Budget Office, member;
(11) The Division Head/Superintendent of Schools of the DepED, member;
(12) The highest-ranking officer of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) assigned in the area, member;
(13) The Provincial Director/City/Municipal Chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP), member;
(14) The Provincial Director/City/ Municipal Fire Marshall of the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP), member;
(15) The President of the Association of Barangay Captains (ABC), member;
(16) The Philippine National Red Cross (PNRC), member;
(17) Four (4) accredited CSOs, members; and
(18) One (1) private sector representative, member.
(b) The LDRRMCs shall have the following functions:
(1) Approve, monitor and evaluate the implementation of the LDRRMPs and regularly review and test the plan consistent with other national and local planning programs;
(2) Ensure the integration of disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation into local development plans, programs and budgets as a strategy in sustainable development and poverty reduction;
(3) Recommend the implementation of forced or preemptive evacuation of local residents, if necessary; and
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(4) Convene the local council once every three (3) months or as necessary.
Section 12. Local Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (LDRRMO). - (a) There shall be established an LDRRMO in every province, city and municipality, and a Barangay Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Committee (BDRRMC) in every · barangay which shall be responsible for setting the direction, development, implementation and coordination of disaster risk management programs within their territorial jurisdiction.
(b) The LDRRMO shall be under the office of the governor, city or municipal mayor, and the punong barangay in case of the BDRRMC. The LDRRMOs shall be initially organized and composed of a DRRMO to be assisted by three (3) staff responsible for: (1) administration and training; (2) research and planning; and (3) operations and warning. The LDRRMOs and the BDRRMCs shall organize, train and directly supervise the local emergency response teams and the ACDVs.
(c) The provincial, city and municipal DRRMOs or BDRRMCs shall perform the following functions with impartiality given the emerging challenges brought by disasters of our times:
(1) Design, program, and coordinate disaster risk reduction and management activities consistent with the National Council's standards and guidelines;
(2) Facilitate and support risk assessments and contingency planning activities at the local level;
(3) Consolidate local disaster risk information which includes natural hazards, vulnerabilities, and climate change risks, and maintain a local risk map;
(4) Organize and conduct training, orientation, and knowledge management activities on disaster risk reduction and management at the local level;
(5) Operate a multi-hazard early warning system, linked to disaster risk reduction to provide accurate and timely advice to national or local emergency response organizations and to the general public, through diverse mass media, particularly radio, landline communications, and technologies for communication within rural communities;
(6) Formulate and implement a comprehensive and - integrated LDRRMP in accordance with the national, regional and provincial framework, and policies on disaster risk reduction in close coordination with the local development councils (LDCs);
(7) Prepare and submit to the local sanggunian through the LDRRMC and the LDC the annual LDRRMO Plan and budget, the proposed programming
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of the LDRRMF, other dedicated disaster risk reduction and management resources, and other regular funding source/s and budgetary support of the LDRRMO/BDRRMC;
(8) Conduct continuous disaster monitoring and mobilize instrumentalities and entities of the LGUs, CSOs, private groups and organized volunteers, to utilize their facilities and resources for the protection and preservation of life and properties during emergencies in accordance with existing policies and procedures;
(9) Identify, assess and manage the hazards vulnerabilities and risks that may occur in their locality;
(10) Disseminate information and raise public awareness about those hazards. vulnerabilities and risks, their nature, effects, early warning signs and counter-measures;
(11) Identify and implement cost-effective risk reduction measures/strategies;
(12) Maintain a database of human resource, equipment, directories, and location of critical infrastructures and their capacities such as hospitals and evacuation centers;
(13) Develop, strengthen and operationalize mechanisms for partnership or networking with the private sector, CSOs, and volunteer groups;
(14) Take all necessary steps on a continuing basis to maintain, provide, or arrange the provision of, or to otherwise make available, suitably-trained and competent personnel for effective civil defense and disaster risk reduction and management in its area;
(15) Organize, train, equip and supervise the local emergency response teams and the ACDV s, ensuring that humanitarian aid workers are equipped with basic skills to assist mothers to breastfeed;
(16) Respond to and manage the adverse effects of emergencies and carry out recovery activities in the affected area, ensuring that there is an efficient mechanism for immediate delivery of food, shelter and medical supplies for women and children, endeavor to create a special place where internally- displaced mothers can find help with breastfeeding, feed and care for their babies and give support to each other;
(17) Within its area, promote and raise public awareness of and compliance with this Act and legislative provisions relevant to the purpose of this Act;
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(18) Serve as the secretariat and executive arm of the LDRRMC;
(19) Coordinate other disaster risk reduction and management activities;
(20) Establish linkage/network with other LGUs for disaster risk reduction and emergency response purposes;
(21) Recommend through the LDRRMC the enactment of local ordinances consistent with the requirements of this Act;
(22) Implement policies, approved plans and programs of the LDRRMC consistent with the policies and guidelines laid down in this Act;
(23) Establish a Provincial/City/Municipal/Barangay Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Operations Center;
(24) Prepare and submit, through the LDRRMC and the LDC, the report on the utilization of the LDRRMF and other dedicated disaster risk reduction and management resources to the local Commission on Audit (COA), copy furnished the regional director of the OCD and the Local Government Operations Officer of the DILG; and
(25) Act on other matters that may be authorized by the LDRRMC.
(d) The BDRRMC shall be a regular committee of the existing BDC and shall be subject thereto. The punong barangay shall facilitate and ensure the participation of at least two (2) CSO representatives from existing and active community-based people's organizations representing the most vulnerable and marginalized groups in the barangay.
Section 13. Accreditation, Mobilization, and Protection of Disaster Volunteers and National Service Reserve Corps, CSOs and the Private Sector. - The government agencies, CSOs, private sector and LGUs may mobilize individuals or organized volunteers to augment their respective personnel complement and logistical requirements in the delivery of disaster risk reduction programs and activities. The agencies, CSOs, private sector, and LGUs concerned shall take full responsibility for the enhancement, welfare and protection of volunteers, and shall submit the list of volunteers to the OCD, through the LDRRMOs, for accreditation and inclusion in the database of community disaster volunteers.
A national roster of ACDVs, National Service Reserve Corps, CSOs and the private sector shall be maintained by the OCD through the LDRRMOs. Accreditation shall be done at the municipal or city level.
Mobilization of volunteers shall be in accordance with the guidelines to be formulated by the NDRRMC consistent with the provisions of this Act. Any volunteer who incurs death or injury while
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engaged in any of the activities defined under this Act shall be entitled to compensatory benefits and individual personnel accident insurance as may be defined under the guidelines.
Section 14. Integration of Disaster Risk Reduction Education into the School Curricula and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) Program and Mandatory Training for the Public Sector Employees. - The DepED, the CHED, the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA), in coordination with the OCD, the National Youth Commission (NYC), the DOST, the DENR, the DILG-BFP, the DOH, the DSWD and other relevant agencies, shall integrate disaster risk reduction and management education in the school curricula of secondary and tertiary level of education, including the National Service Training Program (NSTP), whether private or public, including formal and nonformal, technical-vocational, indigenous learning, and out-of-school youth courses and programs.
The NDRRMC, the RDRRMCs, the LDRRMCs, the LDRRMOs, the BDRRMCs and the SK councils shall encourage community, specifically the youth, participation in disaster risk reduction and management activities, such as organizing quick response groups, particularly in identified disaster-prone areas, as well as the inclusion of disaster risk reduction and management programs as part of the SK programs and projects.
The public sector employees shall be trained in emergency response and preparedness. The training is mandatory for such employees to comply with the provisions of this Act.
Section 15. Coordination During Emergencies. - The LDRRMCs shall take the lead in preparing for, responding to, and recovering from the effects of any disaster based on the following criteria:
(a) The BDC, if a barangay is affected;
(b) The city/municipal DRRMCs, If two (2) or more barangays are affected;
(c) The provincial DRRMC, if two (2) or more cities/municipalities are affected;
(d) The regional DRRMC, if two (2) or more provinces are affected; and
(e) The NDRRMC, if two (2) or more regions are affected.
The NDRRMC and intermediary LDRRMCs shall always act as support to LGUs which have the primary responsibility as first disaster responders. Private sector and civil society groups shall work in accordance with the coordination mechanism and policies set by the NDRRMC and concerned LDRRMCs.
Section 16. Declaration of State of Calamity. - The National Council shall recommend to the President of the Philippines the declaration of a cluster of barangays, municipalities, cities, provinces, and regions under a state of calamity, and the lifting thereof, based on the criteria set by the National Council. The President's declaration may warrant international humanitarian assistance as deemed necessary.
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The declaration and lifting of the state of calamity may also be issued by the local sanggunian, upon the recommendation of the LDRRMC, based on the results of the damage assessment and needs analysis.
Section 17. Remedial Measures. - The declaration of a state of calamity shall make mandatory the Immediate undertaking of the following remedial measures by the member-agencies concerned as defined in this Act:
(a) Imposition of price ceiling on basic necessities and prime commodities by the President upon the recommendation of the implementing agency as provided for under Republic Act No. 7581, otherwise known as the "Price Act", or the National Price Coordinating Council;
(b) Monitoring, prevention and control by the Local Price Coordination Council of overpricing/profiteering and hoarding of prime commodities, medicines and petroleum products;
(c) Programming/reprogramming of funds for the repair and safety upgrading of public infrastructures and facilities; and
(d) Granting of no-interest loans by government financing or lending institutions to the most affected section of the population through their cooperatives or people's organizations.
Section 18. Mechanism for International Humanitarian Assistance. - (a) The importation and donation of food, clothing, medicine and equipment for relief and recovery and other disaster management and recovery-related supplies is hereby authorized in accordance with Section 105 of the Tariff and Customs Code of the Philippines, as amended, and the prevailing provisions of the General Appropriations Act covering national internal revenue taxes and import duties of national and local government agencies; and
(b) Importations and donations under this section shall be considered as importation by and/or donation to the NDRRMC, subject to the approval of the Office of the President.
Section 19. Prohibited Acts. - Any person, group or corporation who commits any of the following prohibited acts shall be held liable and be subjected to the penalties as prescribed in Section 20 of this Act:
(a) Dereliction of duties which leads to destruction, loss of lives, critical damage of facilities and misuse of funds;
(b) Preventing the entry and distribution of relief goods in disaster-stricken areas, including appropriate technology, tools, equipment, accessories, disaster teams/experts;
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(c) Buying, for consumption or resale, from disaster relief agencies any relief goods, equipment or other and commodities which are intended for distribution to disaster affected communities;
(d) Buying, for consumption or resale, from the recipient disaster affected persons any relief goods, equipment or other aid commodities received by them;
(e) Selling of relief goods, equipment or other aid commodities which are intended for distribution to disaster victims;
(f) Forcibly seizing relief goods, equipment or other aid commodities intended for or consigned to a specific group of victims or relief agency;
(g) Diverting or misdelivery of relief goods, equipment or other aid commodities to persons other than the rightful recipient or consignee;
(h) Accepting, possessing, using or disposing relief goods, equipment or other aid commodities not intended for nor consigned to him/her;
(i) Misrepresenting the source of relief goods, equipment or other aid commodities by:
(1) Either covering, replacing or defacing the labels of the containers to make it appear that the goods, equipment or other aid commodities came from another agency or persons;
(2) Repacking the! goods, equipment or other aid commodities into containers with different markings to make it appear that the goods came from another agency or persons or was released upon the instance of a particular agency or persons;
(3) Making false verbal claim that the goods, equipment or other and commodity m its untampered original containers actually came from another agency or persons or was released upon the instance of a particular agency or persons;
(j) Substituting or replacing relief goods, equipment or other aid commodities with the same items or inferior/cheaper quality;
(k) Illegal solicitations by persons or organizations representing others as defined in the standards and guidelines set by the NDRRMC;
(l) Deliberate use of false at inflated data in support of the request for funding, relief goods, equipment or other aid commodities for emergency assistance or livelihood projects; and
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(m) Tampering with or stealing hazard monitoring and disaster preparedness equipment and paraphernalia.
Section 20. Penal Clause. - Any individual, corporation, partnership, association, or other juridical entity that commits any of the prohibited acts provided for in Section 19 of this Act shall be prosecuted and upon conviction shall suffer a fine of not less than Fifty thousand pesos (Php50,000.00) or any amount not to exceed Five hundred thousand pesos (php500,000.00) or imprisonment of not less than six (6) years and one (1) day or more than twelve (12) years, or both, at the discretion of the court, including perpetual disqualification from public office if the offender IS a public officer, and confiscation or forfeiture in favor of the government of the objects and the instrumentalities used in committing any of herein prohibited acts.
If the offender is a corporation, partnership or association, or other juridical entity, the penalty shall be imposed upon the officer or officers of the corporation, partnership, association or entity responsible for the violation without prejudice to the cancellation or revocation of these entities license or accreditation issued to them by any licensing or accredited body of the government. If such offender is an alien, he or she shall, in addition to the penalties prescribed in this Act, be deported without further proceedings after service of the sentence.
However, the prosecution for offenses set forth in Section 19 of this Act shall be without prejudice to any liability for violation of Republic Act No. 3185, as amended, otherwise known as the Revised Penal Code, and other civil liabilities.
Section 21. Local Disaster Risk" Reduction and Management Fund (LDRRMF). - The present Local Calamity Fund shall henceforth be known as the Local Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Fund (LDRRMF). Not less than five percent (5%) of the estimated revenue from regular sources shall be set aside as the LDRRMF to support disaster risk management activities such as, but not limited to, pre-disaster preparedness programs including training, purchasing life- saving rescue equipment, supplies and medicines, for post-disaster activities, and for the payment of premiums on calamity insurance. The LDRRMC shall monitor and evaluate the use and disbursement of the LDRRMF based on the. LDRRMP as incorporated in the local development plans and annual work and financial plan. Upon the recommendation of the LDRRMO and approval of the sanggunian concerned, the LDRRMC may transfer the said fund to support disaster risk reduction work of other LDRRMCs which are declared under state of calamity.
Of the amount appropriated for LDRRMF, thirty percent (30%) shall be allocated as Quick Response Fund (QRF) or stand-by fund for relief and recovery programs in order that situation and living conditions of people In communities or areas stricken by disasters, calamities, epidemics, or complex emergencies, may be normalized as quickly as possible.
Unexpended LDRRMF shall accrue to a special trust fund solely for the purpose of supporting disaster risk reduction and management activities of the LDRRMCs within the next five (5) years. Any such amount still not fully utilized after five (5) years shall revert back to the general fund and will be available for other social services to be identified by the local sanggunian.
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Section 22. National Disaster Risk" Reduction and Management Fund. - (a) The present Calamity Fund appropriated under the annual General Appropriations Act shall henceforth be known as the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Fund (NDRRM Fund) and it shall be used for disaster risk reduction or mitigation, prevention and preparedness activities such as but not limited to training of personnel, procurement of equipment, and capital expenditures. It can also be utilized for relief, recovery, reconstruction and other work or services in connection with natural or human induced calamities which may occur during the budget year or those that occurred in the past two (2) years from the budget year.
(b) The specific amount of the NDRRM Fund and the appropriate recipient agencies and/or LGUs shall be determined upon approval of the President of the Philippines in accordance with the favorable recommendation of the NDRRMC.
(c) Of the amount appropriated for the NDRRM Fund, thirty percent (30%) shall be allocated as Quick Response Fund (QRF) or stand-by fund for relief and recovery programs in order that situation and living conditions of people in communities or areas stricken by disasters, calamities, epidemics, or complex emergencies, may be normalized as quickly as possible.
(d) All departments/agencies and LGUs that are allocated with DRRM fund shall submit to the NDRRMC their monthly statements on the utilization of DRRM funds and make an accounting thereof in accordance with existing accounting and auditing rules.
(e) All departments, bureaus, offices and agencies of the government are hereby authorized to use a portion of their appropriations to implement projects designed to address DRRM activities in accordance with the guidelines to be issued by the NDRRMC in coordination with the DBM.
Section 23. Funding of the OCD. - As lead agency to carry out the provisions of this Act, the OCD shall be allocated a budget of One billion pesos (Php1,000,000,000.00) revolving fund starting from the effectivity of this Act.
Section 24. Annual Report. - The National Council, through the OCD, shall submit to the Office of the President, the Senate and the House of Representatives, within the first quarter of the succeeding year, an annual report relating to the progress of the implementation of the NDRRMP.
Section 25. Implementing Rules and Regulations. - The NDRRMC. through its Chairperson. shall issue the necessary rules and regulations for the effective implementation of this Act within ninety (90) days after approval of this Act. The OCD. in consultation with key stakeholders. shall take the lead in the preparation of the implementing rules and regulations with the active involvement of the technical management group of the NDRRMC.
Section 26. Congressional Oversight Committee. - There is hereby created a Congressional Oversight Committee to monitor and oversee the implementation of the provisions of this Act. The Committee shall be composed of six (6) members from the Senate and six (6) members from the
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House of Representatives with the Chairpersons of the Committees on National Defense and Security of both the Senate and the House of Representatives as joint Chairpersons of this Committee. The five (5) other members from each Chamber are to be designated by the Senate President and the Speaker of the House of Representatives. respectively. The minority shall be entitled to pro rata represent3tion but shall have at least two (2) representatives from each Chamber.
Section 27. Sunset Review. - Within five (5) years after the effectivity of this Act, or as the need arises, the Congressional Oversight Committee shall conduct a sunset review. For purposes of this Act, the term "sunset review" shall mean a systematic evaluation by the Congressional Oversight Committee of the accomplishments and impact of this Act, as well as the performance and organizational structure of its implementing agencies, for purposes of determining remedial legislation.
Section 28. Repealing Clause. - Presidential Decree No. 1566 and all other laws, decrees, executive orders, proclamations and other executive issuance's which are inconsistent with or contrary to the provisions of this Act are hereby amended or repealed accordingly.
Section 29. Separability Clause. - If any provision of this Act shall be held unconstitutional or invalid, the other provisions not otherwise affected shall remain m full force and effect.
Section 30. Effectivity Clause. - This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days following its complete publication in the Official Gazette or in two (2) national newspapers of general circulation.
Approved,
(Sgd.) PROSPERO C. NOGRALES (Sgd.) JUAN PONCE ENRILE Speaker of the House of Representatives President of the Senate
This Act which is a consolidation of Senate Bill No. 3086 and House Bill No, 6985 was finally passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on February 1, 2010.
(Sgd.) MARILYN B. BARUA-YAP (Sgd.) EMMA LIRIO-REYES Secretary General Secretary of Senate House of Representatives
Approved: May 27, 2010
(Sgd.) GLORIA MACAPAGAL-ARROYO President of the Philippines
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i Please see OCHA’ s report, “The After Action Review/Lessons Learned Workshops, Typhoon Bopha Response” for more information: http://philippines.humanitarianresponse.info/system/files/documents/files/Bopha%20AAR- iiLLR%20Report%202013_FINAL_14%20June%202013.pdf iii Post Disaster Needs Assessment, Compostela Valley, April 2013 iv ibid v NDRRMC final situation report on typhoon Pablo vi Disaster Response Operations Monitoring and Information Centre, Report # 82, 30 April 2013 vii DSWD DROMIC, April 2013 viii Department of Agriculture, February 2013 ix Assessment of Impact and Recovery Opportunities, Catholic Relief Services, May 2013 x Status of Lifelines, NDRRMC Situation Report 30, 17 December 2012 xi Joint NDRRMC-HCT Report, Region XIII, December 2012 xii Emergency Food Security Nutrition and Livelihood Assessment for Typhoon Bopha, March 2013 https://philippines.humanitarianresponse.info/document/typhoon-bopha-after-action-review-report
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