CPA Bestaetigung und Dankeschoen Dec 2009
Weihnachtsgruesse
Dear Friends,
Sharing with you the latest Thanks and Acknowledgement from the Serve
the People Brigade-Cordillera Disaster Response Network to all who,
in one way or another, extended support for the victims of typhoon
Pepeng in the Cordillera. The attached PDF file contains a list of
donors and volunteers of the said Brigade as of today, December 16.
Also, the CPA and the Brigade wish you happy holidays this Christmas season.
Thank you.
Sarah/Bestang Dekdeken
CPA Public Information Commission
This December, the spirit of giving continued to pour for the victims
of the Typhoon Pepeng in the Cordillera. Your generous donations,
hard-earned money, solidarity and spirit of volunteerism provided
relief goods, first aid and medical missions; and significant
assistance to road clearing and retrieval operations, benefiting a
total of 5,990 families or 35, 940 individuals in Baguio City and the
provinces of Benguet (Atok, Itogon, Tublay, Kapangan, Bokod,
Mankayan, Buguias, Tuba) and Mountain Province (Tadian, Betwagan,
Bontoc, Besao, Sadanga, Natonin) and Ifugao (Tinoc) from October 9
December. Total cash donations since October 9 has now reached
P1,029,347.98 , while donations in kind (food, clothing, shoes,
kitchen utensils and other supplies) totals the amount of
P1,848,061.00. Food-for-work was also provided for communities
rehabilitating their roads, irrigation systems and stonewalls in the
said provinces. Immediate relief was provided to the people of
barangay Gumhang in Tinoc, Ifugao,who evacuated from their houses due
to military operations in their community. Medical attention was
provided for other Tinoc communities in partnership with the
municipal health unit on November 17. Other services include
community psycho-social processing
and debriefing , including participatory protection assessment.
The Brigade continues to conduct relief missions, medical missions,
and support in the rehabilitation and reconstruction of houses,
irrigation canals and rice fields in the above provinces, along with
the processing of victimized communities.
The information campaign on disaster preparedness, disaster
management and climate change is a sustained component of our
disaster response.
SERVE THE PEOPLE BRIGADE - CORDILLERA DISASTER RESPONSE NETWORK
Public Information Commission
CORDILLERA PEOPLES ALLIANCE
No. 55 Ferguson Road
Baguio City 2600
Philippines
Telephone: (63) 74 3044239
Fax: (63) 74 4437159
Website: www.cpaphils.org
