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IDPs are Partners Not Just Victims
Taken from Laville Gymnasium, Tubod, Iligan
City, the photo shows a man helping to build his
temporary room in the evacuation center. This shows
his will to be part of their dramatic return to normalcy
- a central actor, not just a plain recipient in the stage
of rehabilitation and recovery.
Duyog Iligans second issue celebrates IDPs
voices in reclaiming their lives, restoring theirdignity, and rebuilding their lives. In the process of
rehabilitation and recovery, it is imperative that the
IDPs participation and decision are included in any
processes concerning about their future.
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EDITORIAL
IDPs shall be
partners, notjust victims
3
It has been almost two months since
Typhoon Sendong (Washi) hit Northern Mindanao
and displaced more than half a million individuals.
When President Aquino declared state of national
calamity, international humanitarian organizations
and United Nations agencies looded the city to
provide emergency response to affected population.
Donations from local and national government,
non-government organizations and individuals
were also massive to help out the victims. Indeed,
overwhelming assistance was afforded to the
survivors. However this overwhelming assistance
has not been distributed fairly and equally to the
affected communities and in fact some communities
did not even receive any that in some instances led toserious competition and division among the affected
communities.
In Iligan City, there were regular meetings
since the onset of the disaster to map out plan on
what has to be done to address the needs of the
Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) and what has
transpired was the lack of participation from the
victims themselves. The IDPs active participation
might have been unintentionally neglected due to
the overwhelming damage and unforeseen impact
of Sendong. Maybe a week or two is understandable
but 50 days had passed after the disaster hit Iliganno consultation yet with the IDPs by the government
oficials has been conducted. Unintentional maybe,
however disregarding victims participation poses
a crucial and serious blow to their human right
and dignity as persons. It has to be understood
that victims situation should not make them less
of human beings even amidst the calamity just like
this.
Noble plans for the recovery and
rehabilitation of the victims were carefully tailored
but are the affected people been consulted and arethese plans what the victims needed? One thing is
for sure, the government has the capacity to consult
the victims because irst, they have the
resources both human and inancial and second,
it is their duty and responsibility. In fact their
duty includes ensuring the preparedness of the
peoples before the disaster and not just to reactto disaster. And they are paid to do that.
There was an initiative from the civil society
to gather the IDPs for consultation so that they
can represent themselves and put forward their
demands before the bodies responsible for the
recovery and rehabilitation processes. However,
it seems that some of the city oficials are reluctant
to support such initiative.
Of late however, the government has
inally launched series of consultations to theaffected communities and families. But plans
have already been made and important demands
from the IDPs would no longer be included as
important inputs in in rebuilding their lives and
determining their future thus disempowering
them as essential part of the process.
It is very revealing how the government
perceives the nature and role of the IDPs in this
very unfortunate situation. The IDPs are merely
seen as victims and therefore recipients of relief
goods and not partners who are decisive in
rebuilding their lives and future.What is clear as being stipulated in the
United Nations Guiding Principles on Internal
Displacement (UNGPID) is that, IDPs have the
right to full participation and planning and
management of their return, resettlement
and reintegration, and this remain to be only
theoretical and only belong in the piece of paper
from the point of view of those who claim to be
serious in helping the IDPs and this include no
less than the government. It is time to move now
and help in the empowerment of the IDPs. This
kind of process now will determine the kind of
future the IDPs in truly rebuilding their lives.
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Opinion
RJ NEYRA
Plus Fifty
Days Delay
in Rebuilding
Lives
Just inches away from the Hinaplanon Bridge,
no one would not irk at the view manifested before
ones very eyes. Several families collected the shattersand debris of Sendong and formed them into a wishy-
washy miniature what they call a house. These
houses were ill-decorated with placards expressing
their unbearable discontent about their condition.
However these are just papers whose content are
not articulated into and aggregated by the center
of power. There is also a possibility that they are
now included in the propaganda of some political
organizations responsible only for heightening
and sharpening their temper but never looking for
durable solutions in helping the victims go back tonormalcy.
In Barangay Mandulog, neighboring the
river responsible for whooshing the people of Iligan
to death was a family that lives under a tree. They
managed to build a canopy out of the plastic sheet
that was handed out to them by some disaster
response organizations. Albeit a very commendable
innovation comes a worry that they are still exposed
to several vulnerabilities. Several families are also
complaining about the very limited attention given
to them.Travelling more than two hours from the
center of Iligan, you will reach Barangay Rogongon
still under the state of sinister. While approaching
the place, you could see how Sendong further
devastated the roads that were already problematic
before the disaster. Electricity is still busted and the
electric posts are leaning beside the roads. Rogongon
was victimized by landslides and the storm left an
enormous damage to agriculture. The people here
are stretching their hands, not to give but to ask for
help.
It has been more than 50 days, the mud
already turned into a convulsion of dusts. Sendong/
Washi claimed more than six hundred lives and
more than ive hundred still missing, leaving
more than a hundred thousand individuals still in
despair. The grass has grown round the survivors
feet while the responsible authorities seem to
utter lies through their teeth.
Although there have been consciouseorts directed towards uplifting the lives of the
survivors, a very important link between the IDPs
and their development is missing. There was a
lack in consulting what they want to happen to
themselves in the process of rehabilitation and
recovery. Given this, it is valid to infer that they
were shut of their rights to voice out their needs
and legitimate interests. It seems that the IDPs role
is reduced only to the level of beneiciaries and
is not regarded as partners in any development
project.
Consultation is a crucial element in the
recovery process because the authorities could not
assume whats the best for the IDPs. Furthermore,
the government is not at all times well-informed
about the concerns of the survivors. A family that
depends on ishing and farming worries about the
place where they could be relocated. A driver whose
license lowed with the gushing lood complains
that he could not drive due to the fear to be caught
by the trafic enforcers. He further recommended
that there must be a certiication from the city
government to prove that he is, indeed, a victim of
the lood.
Aside from consultation, there was also
failure to organize the survivors into a body that
will represent them in the dierent clusters.
This takes away their rights to information and
voluntary decision.
Organizing the IDPs must be done in the
early stage of disaster response but this failure
contributes widely to the apparent dissent anddistrust that they now launt to the government.
Radio commentators collected a huge amount
of complaints that are directed against the city
government. They vocally charge some oficials
with corruption. This, however, is an expected
reaction because the failure to organize the IDPs
just widened the gap between them and the
government.
So, more than ifty days had passed, and
everything seemed stable in terms of disgust and
distrust. The next days must focus to putting thesurvivors back into the limelight.
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Opinion
CHA LAVANDERO
Collective and
not Divisive
Pursuit forJustice
For more than a month after the catastrophic
incident that took thousands of lives and displaces
families particularly in Iligan and Cagayan de Oro City,
the people are now starting to rebuild their lives, trying
to move forward for the future. The incident left an
indelible mark on the lives of the people, which made
them ponder on how and why this particular incidentwas even made possible in an area rarely visited by
storms a very general question seeking for answers,
for the truth and for justice.
Whatever options available to know the truth
the government and other organizations acted to
investigate the incident. The irst theory they have
in mind is that the logs that have swept along with
the raging waters aggravated the intensity of the
damages on the lives and on livelihoods. Believing
and even convinced that this was the main cause, the
government was prompted to do an investigation andin the process led them to the areas of Lanao del Sur.
According to the investigation, the logging operations
done in the watershed of Lanao del Sur were made
possible through the Integrated Forest Plantation
Management Agreement (IFMA), and that companies
like Vicmar Development Corporation which is
based in Makati, Timber Industries of the Philippines
Incorporated are just a few to mention companies
involved. Apparently, the actions of the government
instrumentalities targeted logging operations most of
them small time logging operators known as carabaologgers have prompted small time timber stores to
close for fears because for the past few weeks, there
had been series of raids in Marawi City, Lanao del Sur.
Moreover, there had been Human Rights violation
complaints concerning the raids led by the Armed
Forces of the Philippines.
The pursuit for justice for the victims of
Sendong has been the clamor of everyone, of the
government, of the dierent civil society organizations,
and even among the common people that have been
able to comprehend that all that is happening in ourenvironment was because of our reckless intervention
and misuse of the environment resources. And in
the process of seeking the truth, it seems that an
important component has been left-out. What has
transpired during the investigation resulted to the
unwanted aggravation against the peoples of Lanao
del Sur. The projection of the investigation should
target the very main reason or the root cause of
the problem. It is not the people of Lanao del Surthat is to be blamed, therefore there is no need for
vindication on the part of the Bangsamoro Civil
Society in refuting the accusations that Lanao del
Sur is to be blamed for the destruction. Although it
appears that they do not have options because the
blame had been made popular in media in prints
and in televisions. The main point is that we need
to go beyond what is supericial. It is a grave error
to generalize the blame to the peoples of Lanao
del Sur but at the same time it is very important to
expose the local politicians and warlords who madethe entry of Markati based logging irms possible to
these areas.
Therefore, we need to look into the center of
the problem and not only focus on the peripheries.
The main issue is environmental destruction that
can be made possible by logging and mining. What
made this main issue a detrimental problem on the
lives of the people that even its eect can already
be speculated is the very system that protects and
sustain the activities aggravating the destruction of
our environment.Seeking for the truth and justice is a must
and in the process of seeking for justice, we as
peoples of Mindanao, of Lanao del Sur and Lanao
del Norte should not fall prey to the blame game
scheme that could divert us to the real path to
justice. Moreover, the irresponsible and misguided
campaign and advocacies regarding the issue
will further intensify the already very crucial
relationships among the Muslims and Christians.
The eort should not be limited only to one people;
it is everybody elses duty. Thus, we need to
collectively work together in seeking for truth and
justice since, the environmental destruction issue is
not limited in the Lanao provinces only, it is all over
Mindanao, all over the Philippines and it is globally
shared concern.
The typhoon Sendong tragedy gave us
a lesson, a painful lesson that we need to think
seriously with. It also gave us the venue to widen our
comprehensions and our understanding. Moreover,
it has rekindled the value of volunteerism among
the peoples, the value of solidarity, thus in solidarity
among other peoples we need to work together
for justice to be served. Making this the venue for
collective unity, and not a mechanism for division.
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VHONG FENIS
A Challenge
to MoveForward
As the world faces economic and political crisis,threats of the ecological crisis are also intensifying. Disasters
from one country to another mark the print and broadcast
media. These disasters can be conventionally categorized as
natural and human-made, but experts and common people
said they are caused mainly by human activities by the few
percentage of the world population which are the rich, the
oligarchs, and their institutions.The people in Northern Mindanao (Iligan and
Cagayan de Oro) and in some parts of the Visayas (Dumaguete
City) region were surprised by typhoon Sendong (Washi)
last December 16 and 17, 2012 resulting thousands deaths,
thousands still missing, and billions of properties destruction
that literally disigured the communities.
Countless helps poured in from international,
national and local donors as well as from Non Government
Organizations and government units.
In most accounts as expressed by individuals of
the whole communities aected the direct intervention
of government units were not felt in the early and mostneeded stage. More complaints on the grounds, evacuation
centers and communities of ineficiency and ineectiveness
response creating more problems and competitions among
the survivors were recorded and observed.
While Typhoon Sendong has brought so much
destruction it can also be an opportunity for creating spaces
for empowerment of the survivors in considering them as
partners in rebuilding their lives and communities towards
full recovery and development. The grandstanding of some
local personalities, organizations and agencies which
promote dole-out process and method that somehow builds
dependency to survivors rather than help them rebuild their
lives in a sustainable manner.While agencies from public and private are now busy
discussing the early recovery and rehabilitation phases even
without the participation of the survivors (of course with the
exemption of the few), it is a question still of the consideration
of the environment in its framework particularly the local
government units. Indeed, survivors must live in dignity and
fulillment of their rights as human and this should be in the
framework of ecological sustainability. Otherwise the future
will always be uncertain.
The national government has maximized the
moment of tragedy to implement viable projects for the
survivors though it is very contradictory to the existingPhilippine Mining Act, which encourages the use of
inorganic farm inputs, conversion of lands and issuances
of mining, logging and quarry permits and among other
environmentally-destructive policies and programs.
Where are we going to?
There were movements on the ground to
consolidate and organize the survivors in facilitatingtheir key role in the whole process of recovery and
rehabilitation towards total development. This is an
opportunity for empowering the survivors and a need for
them to unite and speak in one voice and action. Without
the consolidated and uniied action and agenda from the
survivors themselves, moving for a realistic and clear
solution to avoid disaster and manage it when it happens
is far from reach.
The support institutions should not act to replace
the role of the government in fulilling their duties. NGOs
and private groups must always examine the role they
played in these processes or else the government and its
personnel and agencies are useless and unnecessary. Thisis not to question the spirit of helping one another but
only to put things in proper perspective.
As the duty bearer and institutions responsible
for the masses and its people, the government must
always have in mind the framework of its programs and
services with the survivors.
The recent experience of the people in Iligan
City during the disaster was very revealing as to how
the local government had reacted especially during the
early stage of the calamity. An eective and sensitive
governance can be gauged in this trying moments. The
disaster management should not only be during the actualdisaster but before it happens. Preparing the people
before a disaster commences is very important because
peoples preparedness to handle or manage a typhoon
can save many lives. Proper management during the
actual occurrence of disaster is also of equal importance.
Its destruction can be aggravated further when people
are confused and are in panic. But timely response and
proper management of such disaster can be mitigated
to save more lives. Furthermore, the management of the
post disaster phase is of utmost importance because the
people who survive the fury of a typhoon or a lood can
still suer if no proper management will be instituted to
ensure food and other vital goods. The picking up the
pieces and rebuilding stage of the survivors should be
the most important consideration in full recovery and
rehabilitation.
In managing disaster and putting up of the
early recovery and rehabilitation programs, the role of
the survivors or the IDPs shall be decisive. No one can
substitute for this role. The international NGOs, local NGOs,
Pos and the LGUs can only help mitigate the situation of
the survivors (IDPs).
In disaster management and rehabilitation, the
survivors/IDPs are the main partners.
Opinion
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FEATURE
Reclaiming Rights, Rebuilding Lives:
The Consultative IDP Forum in
MSU-IIT
On January 26, 2012, the Ranao Disaster
Response and Rehabilitation Assistance Center
(RDRRAC) and the Ofice of the Vice-Chancellor for
Planning and Development (OVCPD) Mindanao State
University Iligan Institute of Technology (MSU-IIT)
launched a Consultative Forum on Reclaiming Rights,
Rebuilding Lives: Focus on Sendong Survivors inIligan at MSU-IIT Mini-Theater.
Participants of the forum were IDPs of Iligan,
both from home based (HB) and the Evacuation Centers
(EC). They were identiied on by their fellow survivors
during the simultaneous Iligan-wide Focus Group
Discussions (FGDs) in dierent communities and ECs
in the city. The areas were divided and handled by the
sponsoring institutions mentioned above.
The forum was jam-packed with inputs and
updates with regards to IDP concerns. On the morning
activity, Rights of the Internally Displaced Persons(IDPs) was shared by the ield associate assigned in
Mindanao, High Commissioner on Refugees of UNHCR
Mr. Cli Alvarico. The CSWD representative Ms.
Perlie Mantos - CSW, was also present at the forum
and gave updates on how the agency took action after
the disaster. Ms. Gemma Dalena, a representative of
UNDP lectured on the UNDPs View of the Problem
and Probable Solutions (Durable Solutions for IDPs).
On the Camp Coordination Committee
Management (CCCM) update, the over-all chairman
Hon. Freddie Siao, informed how the management ofthe EC have been managed by the local government,
the help of International and Local NGOs was then
acknowledged during the forum proper. Other
personnels of the local government of Iligan who
graced the event was Mr. Arthur Aloro updates
on housing, the city plan on permanent relocation,
resettlement of the survivors was announced on the
forum through presenting illustration on the two
relocations in Sta. Elena and Barangay Mandulog, Iligan
City. Lastly, presentation on the consultative forum
was the Head on Economic Enterprise Iligan, former
city councilor Mr. Orlando Maglinao on the updates
on the city plan in clustering the dierent functions
in the government agencies participating
in helping the survivors. A structure that shall be
followed if approved by the City Mayor that the
presentations on the forum will be relayed and shall
be presented to the city Mayor for approval.In general, the forums objectives were to
hear and heed the voices of the IDPs, for them to
be involve in all activities concerning them (from
identifying their needs and to the durable solutions
to them up to their relocations and/or resettlement
plan). To form an ad-hoc that shall serve as a
representative of the survivors for any up-coming
meetings and events vis--vis to their needs and
concerns. Other than the objectives, the event was
venue for the consolidation of the results FGDs and
for the body to agree collectively on the reportsespecially on identifying IDPs needs.
The forum was a success indeed, attended
by more than one hundred individuals coming from
dierent institutions and (International and Local)
organizations present in Iligan, the survivors from
HBs and ECs and personnels of Local Government.
Sendong survivors appreciated the efforts
of RDRRAC and MSU-IIT (headed by Prof.
Darwin Manubag) in facilitating this
gathering and HEAR their VOICES! And inthe end, survivors were not merely victims
but partners in the true sense of the word.
ARTICLE
Khye Amerol
Survivors validate their needs during the workshop
in the consultative forum.
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FEATURE Article
Looking into
DUYOG ILIGAN
Relief Team
Approaching two months since the onset of
the disaster DUYOG ILIGAN Relief and DistributionTeam has already handed out thousands of relief goods
reaching to the devastated barangays in Iligan City.
Headed by Mr. Jun Tardo, the team started its
relief distribution since December 23, 2011. They
carry with them their irm conviction to serve the
much devastated communities by adopting the Do No
Harm approach.
During an interview with him, he said, Put
it plainly, we only want to ensure that there would
be no conlict and chaos during the conduct of the
distribution. And because of this, this team hadinstalled guidelines and policies prior and during their
relief activities. Basically, what we do is to validate
the data in order to identify the beneiciaries. There
were also cases where we limited and prioritized the
beneiciaries. In instances like this, we dont distribute
in the community but locate a safer place so to avoid
aggressive reactions from the people, he added.
Data validation is deemed a very rigorous
task for the team which is conducted days prior to the
conduct of relief operations. They went to all Purok
leaders to ask the families that were aected by
the deluge. As soon as the lists were gathered some
members of the team would start to word process
the names and would individually put these names
in a claim stab. Thereafter, the claim stabs were given
back to the Purok leaders who would distribute
them to the identiied aected families.
In the actual distribution, the beneiciaries
were asked to sign in the list prepared by the team
in the registration section. They were also tasked
to return their claim stabs before proceeding to the
station where they would receive the relief goods.
Marshals were also there to secure the orderliness
of relief distribution. This was a considerably very
meticulous procedure but in the name of installing
peace and safety they were to religiously install this
system in the distribution. Matter-of-factly, during
the teams relief operation in Barangay Mandulog,they garnered all impressive compliments due to
this smooth and orderly method.
However, there were inevitable cases where
some aected families could not receive the goods
they deserve out of the failure to have them included
in the list. Out of pity and duty, DUYOG ILIGAN relief
and distribution team were true to their promise to
return and to hand out goods to them after going
through the process which had been left out.
One thing I learned from this workis patience. It is not easy to work and
serve the people who have emotional
and psychological baggages with
them, contended by Mr. Aldren Manisan, one ofthe volunteers.
There were also skills that sprang in the
process. Some volunteers showed leadership
quality that they didnt quite expect they possess.
Mr. Tardo was also quick to point out that there were
also volunteers who developed wits in confrontingoficials. The volunteers were also very organized
and had a sharp eye on their tasks. Mr. Tardo further
added that the volunteers always come up with good
outputs in every task they perform. This kind of
discovery had been realized during the assessment
which we line every relief operation and the planning
for the next operation.
So far, DUYOG ILIGAN has already distributed
relief goods to more than 6,000 households all
over the city. As goods and donations still keep on
looding in, it is expected that they will still reachseveral aected communities.
RJ Neyra
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Duyog iligan Relief and Distribution Team validatesthe list of survivors for Barangay Lanipao.
oto by: P. Fenis
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FEATURE Article
Reaping the Worst of Ecological
DisasterKhye Amerol
Around the globe, there has been a growing concern to
intensify the struggle for climate justice. However this signiicant
growth still is insuficient to counter the dominant culture of
neglect and denial. Even the large volumes of reliable scientiic
researches cannot amplify the fact that the earth, more than ever
before, is being heavily punctuated by this kind of cataclysm.
Quite recently, a 9 magnitude earthquake and tsunami
hit Japan and left more than 15,000 fatalities. There was not
only a uniied pity shown in this calamity but also of fear due to
the radiation leaks from the nuclear plants. A year earlier, over
a hundred thousand lives in Haiti were claimed due to the same
disaster. Aside from this, several countries also suered from
severe typhoons, looding, landslides, harsh winter, and forest
ires. So what is there to deny given all these realities?An article written by J.B. Foster exposes the harmful
implications of the further rise of the global temperature. When it
rises by 2 C, people will hardly prevent and survive from the fang
of climate change. Even ceasing to burn fossil fuels upon reaching
this temperature climate change along its lethal eects would still
be felt in the year 3000. By sum, this is very crucial because it
constitutes a point of no return.
Albeit the entire humanity was pointed culprits to this
feared phenomenon, many were resolved that climate change was
further exacerbated by the brute force and greed of capitalism.
In fact, the overwhelming rise of temperature extends back from
the Industrial Revolution, that is, during the time when capitalism
was gaining weight and popularity. This proit-oriented systems
insatiable thirst for resources has become the major reason forthe crisis in ecology as it sweeps every raw material above the
earths surface and
even launches an
extravagant expedition
below it. This ruthless
extraction, consistent
with its appetite to
overproduce, is even
intensiied by creating
faux necessities
to individuals and
further heightens
environmental abuse.
Despite this
doom, however, rich
and powerful countries
continue to display
a blind eye. The USA
which is known to be
the largest emitter
of green house gases
has still not acted to
address the problem.
In fact, it has denied to
sign the Kyoto Protocol
which was aimed at
stabilizing greenhousegas concentrations in
the atmosphere to ight
global warming. Countries such as Japan, Russia, and Canada
are now also opposed to extend Kyoto Protocol beyond 2012.
Third world countries suer more the eects of
climate change. Philippines, particularly, is continuously hit by
super typhoons and other disasters. Despite all these, capitalist
incursions continue to ravage the country. Baguio, marked as
one of the tourist centers of the country is much devastated
by mining. Palawan with all its beauty and bounty starts to be
dirtied by the same activity. But the peoples overwhelming
opposition cannot terrorize mining exploration and opposition
as it is backed up by a seemingly indestructible policy the
Philippine Mining Act of 1995.
Mindanao was not also immuned as far as these harsh
activities are concerned since it also subject to quarrying aswell as mining and logging concessions. Majority of lands in
the Compostela Valley are now declared uninhabitable due to
mining. Evident to this is the landslide occurring at the start of
2012 that killed 25 people and more than 150 missing. Midsalip
Mountain Range situated at the heart of Zamboanga and marked
as a key biodiversity area of the country is now being wrecked
by mining.
Certainly, Sendong didnt only leave a huge scar to
all of us. Its massive and dramatic deaths should not only be
included in the statistics of mortality. Is should remind us of a
more upgraded occurrences disasters to come. Everyone should
now act before we reach the point of no return and that is if we
are not yet there. . .
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UPDATES
IDPs nanguna sa
pagpahigayon sakonsultasyon
M.L. MANDAR
Pebrero 6, 2012 sa mga 10:00 sa buntag,
gipahigayon ang pinakaunang konsultasyon tali sa
mga bakwit ug local nga gobyerno sa Siyudad sa Iligansukad nga nahitabo ang dakong baha dala sa Bagyong
Sendong. Gipangunahan kini sa mga bakwit nga anaa
nagpuyo sa sulod sa Luinab Elementary School nga
gikan sa Upper Hinaplanon ug kadtong mga apektadong
pamilya nga padayong nagpuyo sa ilang mga panimalay
sa nasangpit nga lugar.
Anaa usab ang representante gikan sa opisina
sa mayor sa Iligan nga si Ms. Agnes Maingat kauban ang
City Social Welfare and Development (CSWD)-District
5 nga si Ms. Delia Padro.
Ang katuyuan sa konsultasyon mao ang
paghatag og impormasyon sa mga apektadongkatawhan sa Upper Hinaplanon ilabib na
sa mga naanod ang mga balay sa mamahimong
dagan sa ilang pagbalhin og puluy-anan gikan sa sulod
sa mga lugar bakwitanan o evacuation center. Dugang
pa niini, ang konsultasyon nagtinguha nga ma-inal ang
listahan sa partially damaged ug totally damaged nga
puluy-anan.
Matod pa ni Ms. Agnes Maingat, wala pa
gayud pinal nga guidelines para sa shelter assistanceug kini kamulo pang ginapanday sa City Government
tungod kay ang gihatag nga guidelines sa Department
of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) dili haom
sa sitwasyon sa mga benepisyaryo diri sa lokal. Ang
guidelines pagahimuon sa Iligan City Social Welfare
and Development (CSWD) ug City Governmennt bisan
paman walay pinal nga guidelines aduna nay nalatid nga
mga pasiuna nga giya para sa pagpili sa mga kwalipikado
nga benepisyaryo.
Kinsa ang prayoridad nga makadawat
sa shelter assistance o mabalhin sa
relokasyon?
Ingon si Ms. Maingat nga ang mga katawhan nga
nakasulod sa mga sumusunod nga order of priority mao
maunang mahatagan og pagtagad sa relokasyon:
1.) Pamilya nga anaa nagpuyo sa nga gi-deklara
sa Department of Environment and Natural Resources
(DENR)-Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB) nga
danger zone. Sa pagkakaron, tulo (3) pa lamang ka
barangay ang gisusi sa MGB, mao ang Brgy. Santiago,
Santa Filomena ug Hinaplanon.
2.) Pamilya nga naguyo sa no build zone o katong
lugar nga dili gayud tugutan sa gobyerno nga patindugan
og mga building o balay tungod sa risgo. Lakip ani nga
mga lugar mao ang ilalom sa tulay, daplin sa suba ug
daplin sa dagat.
3.) Pamilya nga adunay totally damaged nga balay
nga anaa nahimutang sa safe-zones (luwas sa disgrasya
nga lugar)
4.) Pamilya nga nawadan o namatayan og
myembro.
Dugang pa, ang mga pamilya nga totally washed out,
naa sa danger zone ug no build zones ang mga balay,
adunay kagawasan nga dili mopuyo sa relokasyon basta
adunay kabalhinan nga luna nga layo sa risgo o sa unsa
mang natural nga katalagman ug sila adunay madawat
nga inancial assistance para sa pagtukod sa ilang
mga balay. Ang totally washed out nga naa sa safe zones
makadawat og hinabang nga 50,000 pesos ug 60,000para sa kadtong pamilya nga nagpuyo sa daplin sa suba
ug dagat , ug mga lugar nga gideklara nga no build zones
ug danger zones.10
John Montilla (tuo nga bahin) myembro sa Iligan
Survivors Movement nangutana kabahin sa
Relokasyon nga isyu.
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IDPs mobilize for representationMatet Norbe
In pursuing the
participatory and consultative
humanitarian response
to Sendong survivors and
Internally-Displaced Persons
(IDPs), the interim group from
the IDP Consultative Forum held
last January 26, 2012 gathered
at the College of Arts and Social
Sciences of the Mindanao State
University-IIT to discuss theneed for representation in the
decision-making processes
with regards to planning and
implementation of early recovery
and rehabilitation programs
of both government and non
government agencies.
The small group
is composed of eleven
representatives coming from seven urban as wellas coastal areas identiied to temporarily lead the
formation of an IDP advocacy group which they
decided to call Iligan Survivors Movement (ISM)
which will be composed of all IDPs in Iligan City.
The movement will particularly aim to lobby for
representation in the Humanitarian Response
Clusters led by the government with partnership
from United Nations organizations as well as non-
government organizations. These are the clusters
of (1) Camp Coordination and Camp Management,
(2) Shelter, (3) Livelihood, (4) Water, Sanitation
and Hygiene or WASH, and (5) Women and Child
Protection.
The formation of the Iligan Survivors
Movement was brought about by the indings of the
IDP Consultative Forum which saw the imbalanced
distribution of relief and assistance where most
home-based survivors were left out; the outpour
of relief and assistance from non-government
organizations and international non-government
organizations vis-a-vis that of local governmentsupport; information gap between the government
and the IDPs on shelter and relocation issues as
well as other top-level decisions that led to IDPsdeining themselves as just but victims who only
receive relief and assistance without considering
also their voices in the decision-making regarding
their present as well as future needs.
Ma. Gittel Saquilabon of the Duyog Iligan:
Tri-People Solidarity for Sendong Survivors of
the Ranaw Disaster Response and Rehabilitation
Assistance Center (RDRRAC), one of the agencies
facilitating the empowerment of Sendong IDPs
in the city shared that the organization togetherwith the MSU-IIT Ofice of the Vice Chancellor
for Planning and Development and the College
of Art and Social Sciences is glad that inally
the IDPs have started organizing themselves to
push for and assert their agenda with the proper
decision-making bodies so that they themselves
can have a voice and participation in their early
recovery and rehabilitation, stages in rebuilding
their lives.
Interim group of Iligan Sendong survivors discussing
future representation and participation
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DA Sec Addresses
Food-relatedDisaster Woes
Matet Norbe
Secretary Prospero J. Alcala together with
the Regional Director and local government oficials
met with the Alliance of Sustainable Agriculture
Practitioners (ASAP), a convergence of Non-Government Organizations and Peoples Organizations
in Iligan City, Lanao Del Norte, and Misamis Occidental
on February 2, 2011 at the MSU-IIT Cooperative function
hall. They discussed the possible engagement with
the Department of Agriculture in the implementation
of the Rehabilitation Program to Sendong (Washi)-
aected agricultural sector in hinterlands and coastal
areas of Iligan City.
ASAP presented their identiied subjects for
future engagements like farm tools and equipment
assistance; technology assistance in diversiied
integrated farming system, post-harvest handling
technology and marketing; farm inputs; livestock
and poultry replacement; aqua- isheries support;
comprehensive agro-forestry and watershed
management; and clearing and repair of access roads
to sixteen agricultural areas in the hinterlands as
well as in the coastal areas. These areas include but
not limited to the barangays of Mandulog, Lanipao,
Dulag, Panoroganan, Kalilangan, Mainit, Rogongon,
Digkilaan, Bonbonon, Tipanoy, Abuno, Pugaan,
Santiago, Hinaplanon, Sta. Felomina, and Tambacan.
ASAP members already initiated immediate responseto the needs of the farmers in some of these areas but
inancial constraints limited the groups
intervention.
As a response, the Secretary assured his departments
support and cooperation in bringing about
rehabilitation mechanisms to ensure the early aswell as sustainable recovery of the citys agricultural
areas and sectors. A public-private-CSO partnership
is on the wrap with a planning meeting which will
be held on February 3, 2011 with the Department of
Agriculture and ASAP.
Meanwhile, the Secretary urged the
civil society organizations to continue being
the watchdogs on logging, mining, and other
environmentally-destructive activities for the
mitigation of climate change.
The forum on agriculture rehabilitation plan
was mainly facilitated by the Pailig Development
Foundation, Inc. with the support of other
ASAP members Ranaw Disaster Response and
Rehabilitation Assistance Center (RDRRAC, Inc.),
Sumpay Mindanao, Inc. ,Panaghugpong sa mga Mag-
uuma ug Kabus sa Kabanikanhan alang sa Kausaban,
Inc.(PASAKA), Kalipunan ng mga Maliliit na
Magniniyog sa Pilipinas (KAMMPIL), Comprehensive
Agrarian Reform Federation of Misamis Occidental
(CAFEMO), Barangay Inagongan Farmers Association
(BIFA), Iligan City Agri-Fisheries Council (ICAFC),
Social Action Center (Iligan), Lanao Alliance ofHuman Rights Advocates (LAHRA), and Ecosystems
Work for Essential Beneits, Inc. (ECOWEB).
More than a month after Typhoon Sendong (Washi) hit the city, the Philippine Department
of Agriculture inally addresses the plight of farmers and isherfolks whose primary source
of livelihood was gravely-devastated by the calamity.
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Sec. Alcala emphasizing DA-CSO partnership in
agricultural rehabilitation plan for Sendong-hit agri areas
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Dahil sa napahiwatig na pangangailangansa serbisyong psychosocial para sa mga
biktima ng Bagyong Sendong ay nagkaroon
ng isang Psychosocial Training na ginanap
sa Cooperative Union of Iligan City Training
Center, IISHAI, Suarez, Iligan City noong
Enero 20-22, 2012.
Ang nasabing okasyon ay naging matagumpay sa
pagtutulungan ng tatlong grupo, ang University of Santo
Tomas Graduate School Psychotrauma Clinic (UST-GPC),Religions for Peace at Ranaw Disaster Response and
Rehabilitation Assistance Center (RDRRAC), Inc. Mahigit
pitumpu (70) ang dumalo sa nasabing pagsasanay na
nagmula pa sa ibat ibang lugar ng Iligan City at lalawigan
ng Lanao del Norte.
Ang layunin nito ay upang matulungan ang mga
partisipante na matuto tungkol sa wastong proseso ng
psychosocial debrieing. Ayon sa mga lektyurer na sina
Ms. Amor Mia H. Arandia, Mr. Rodel P. Canlas, at Ms.
Maria Kristina S. Alfonso ay dalawa lang ang kailangan
na matutunan ng mga partisipante, ito ang tungkol sa
Critical Incident Stress Debrieing (CISD) at PsychologicalFirst Aid (PFA). Ang CISD ay isang proseso upang
mahadlangan o mapahina an gang paglubha ng
PSYCHOTRAUMA
TRAINING
Omar Hadjisoco
Post-Traumatic Stress ng mga taong mula sa lubhang
hindi kanais-nais na kaganapan. Ito ay nakakatulong
sa pag-cope with o pag-recover mula sa epekto ng
kanilang karanasan.
Ang CISD ay nakakatulong din upang ipaintindi
at mapabatid na hindi sila nag-iisa at sila ay mabigyan
ng espasyo at pagkakataon na maibahagi ang kanilang
iniisip o naramdaman sa loob ng isang kontrolado o
ligtas na lugar.
Samantalang ang PFA naman ay angpagbabahagi ng tulong at kaginhawaan sa biktima,
pagtulong upang maging bahagi ang pamilya sa
pagtrotekta mula sa mga maari pang dumating na
panganib, at iba pa.
Pagkatapos ng mahabang talakayan ay
nagkaroon ng mga pagsasanay, na siyang nagbigay
sa mga lumahok ng ideya kung paano isagawa ang
CISD at PFA. Unang hakbang ng mga lektyurer ay
pinaupo ang mga partispante ng maayos at matuwid,
nagkaroon ng meditation session na kung saan ito ay
nakakapagparelaks na siyang magbibigay ginhaha
sa kanilang isipan at katawan para maisagawa ngmaayos ang kanilang CISD at PFA. Matapos ang lahat ay
sinimulan ang pagtatanong na siyang pinangunahan ng
mga lektyurer para makita at masaksihan kung paano
isinasagawa ang CISD at PFA. Ang mga katanungan
ay madali lang, bumabasi lamang ito sa mga nakita at
nasaksihan nung mangyari ang delubyo.
Para mas maintindihan at magkaroon ng
karanasan sa pagsagawa ng CISD at PFA ay pumili
ang mga facilitator ng labinlimang (15) partisipante
na siyang magsasagawa ng initial CISD at PFA sa
mga nabiktima ng Typhoon Sendong. Ang lugar napinuntahan na kung saan magsasagawa ng hands-on
CISD at PFA sa Barangay Tubod isa sa mga nasalanta ng
bagyong Sendong.
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Pagsasanay ng mga partisipante na lumahok sa
Psychosocial Training.
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Humanitarian Organizations at Work:
Intensifying Iligan Relief Assistance
Matet Norbe
While its been almost two months since typhoon
Sendong devastated most of the communities in Iligan
City and many of the survivors have now returned to
their homes from evacuation centers, relief and assistance
continues as Duyog Iligan: Tri-People Solidarity for
Sendong Survivors volunteers deliver food as well as non-
food items to various aected villages.
Partnering with the Humanitarian Resource
Consortium (HRC), Plan International, Save the Children,Coalition of Licensed Agencies for Domestics and Service
Workers (CLADS), the Ranaw Disaster Response and
Rehabilitation Assistance Center (RDRRAC) reached out to
aected residents of Iligan City.
Following the home-based distribution in Brgy.
Tibanga, Brgy. Ubaldo Laya and Brgy. Bagong Silang on
January 17, 2011, the relief and distribution team reached
out to two (2) evacuation centers and eight (8) communities
which have a total of one thousand three hundred fourteen
(1,314) evacuation center-based as well as home-based
households from January 23, 2011 to February 5, 2012.
Evacuation CentersThe Laville Evacuation Center in Brgy. Tubod,
with 54 families, is the adopted evacuation camp of the
RDRRAC-Duyog Iligan since December 26, 2011; catering
to the needs of the evacuees by engaging them as partners
in putting up mechanisms of camp management. These
mechanisms ensure proper delivery of relief goods and
services by various donors. Through the partnership
with the Humanitarian Resource Consortium (HRC),
Plan International, Save the Children, Coalition of
Licensed Agencies for Domestics and Service Workers
(CLADS), the relief and distribution team was able to
deliver one hundred ten (110) packs consisting of
hygiene kit, lashlight, malong, bath and detergent
soaps, bathing and cooking materials on January 23,
2012.Meanwhile, forty-eight (48) households
catered at the Ubaldo Laya evacuation center were
given sleeping mat, blanket and mosquito nets from
the Integrated Pastoral Development Initiative (IPDI);
lash lights, malong, bath soap and laundry soap from
Plan International.
Home-BasedMost of the served Internally-Displaced
Persons were home-based in their communities or
those who have returned from evacuation centers to
start rebuilding their lives since the typhoon hit the city.Since most of the relief operations focused primarily in
the evacuation areas, the RDRRAC-Duyog Iligan decided
to address also the staggering needs of the home-based
survivors as well.
A total of one hundred and three (103)
households in Purok Manuang, Ubaldo Laya; seven
hundred seventy-eight (778) households in Purok 1,
Purok Orchids, Purok 2-A, Purok
2-B, and Purok 4-A of Brgy. Santiago;
one hundred ninety-seven (197)
households in Brgy. Mahayahay and
seventy-eight (78) households inPurok Orchids, Brgy. Santiago.
Pursuing a rights-based
approach in relief and rehabilitation
assistance, the Ranaw Disaster
Relief and Rehabilitation Assistance
Center (RDRRAC) through its
Duyog Iligan campaign continues
to gain support and partnership
from humanitarian organizations
as well as the local government unit
to ensure proper distribution of
goods and services to the aectedcommunities.
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Relief distribution Team represented by Jocelyn Bungcal(center) reviews documents for distribution.
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Tambacan Barangay
Ofcials walked out
during the consultationIrish Pasco
Barangay Oficials of Tambacan, Iligan City, headed by
Hon Celso Ponce with his 7 active council members conducted
an expanded special session in Tambacan Elementary School
Gymnasium last February 8, 2012. The said session is specially
participated with 78 in house Internally displaced families, Emmie
Collado from CSWD, one representative from HRO and a faculty
from the school. The session was for the purpose of consulting
the Internally displaced families regarding the newly approved
Barangay Resolution.
Barangay Resolution
The barangay resolution is to relocate and or transfer
the in house families of the Tambacan Elementary School ground
to Purok 4A excluding the renter and the sharer. According to the
Barangay oficials, this resolution will enable the construction of
temporary shelter with the help of Gawad Kalinga in Purok 4A at
Mac Michael lot with a total land area of 1,700 square meter which
is near to the sea shore. Accordingly, barangay oficials will install
water, electricity, temporary kitchen and fence the area to safe guard
the IDPs.
The resolution underwent a productive debate among the
council members. Two out seven members of the council prefer not
to vote for its creation. For the two council member, they feared thatthe IDPs could not avail the daily supply of food from the CSWD and
the obviously barangay has no longer fund to sustain the IDPs as it
already spent its calamity fund. Secondly, the proposed site is near
the seashore which is somehow not too safe.
But majority of the barangay council members considered
that the presence of the IDPs in the school hampers the peaceful
environment of the students. The playgrounds are being converted
into temporary shelter. The principal also reported to the barangay
oficials that Internally Displace Persons (IDPs) are messing around,
engaged into gambling which he considers as not a good example
for the students and the untimely removal of smelly portalets is
disturbing for them. Further, the graduation is approaching and
they demand for huge space for students rehearsal.
IDPs/Survivors Stance
The evacuation center is managed by the City Social Welfare
and Development (CSWD) who usually attend to the survivors in the
camp 12 to 24 hours a day. While the barangay oficials seldom
showed themselves to the area nor support the immediate needs
of survivors. The remaining in 78 house families is composed of
owners and renters/sharer. Musa, a member of Iligan Survivors
Movement and the Purok 2B leader of the same barangay, who
also help the management of the camp said, we maintain the
cleanliness of the surroundings, and avoid any unruly behavior
because we are inside the school. And he strongly refused toadmit the accusation of the teachers.
He added, We will not transfer to the area the
barangay oficials are suggesting because it is not yet assessed
by the right agency whether it is safe zone or not. Some of the
IDPs who used to live in the riverbanks have still trauma of what
happened to them during the Typhoon. By doing so, it is like
they are exposing us to risk once again.
The consultation paves the way for the survivors to
organize and unite themselves in the name of their plight. Their
belief that they can be relocated to a safer place push them to
stand and defend their rights.
The approved barangay resolution without prior
consultation is a culpable violation of their rights as IPD which
is stipulated in the United Nations Guiding Principles on InternalDisplacement (UNGPID), IDPs have the right to full participation
and planning and management of their return, resettlement and
reintegration.
Thus, as IDPs altogether clapped their hands, they
unanimously agreed not to transfer nor to be relocated to the
proposed site of the barangay oficials.
A glimpse of Exchanges and Learnings
The exchanges of the barangay oficials and the
survivors did not go well as expected. For the survivors, it did
not give a chance for them to be heard as well as them giving a
choice to plan for their future.
The hasty passage of the resolution was due to a copy of
minutes of the meeting they believed to come from the Housing
and Resettlement Ofice (HRO). The brangay oficials were in a
dilemma upon seeing that aected families of their barangay
were not among the top priority who could be relocated to the
relocation site in Santa Elena. However, this copy of minutes was
later found out not from the HRO but from the meeting of the
Shelter Cluster that destroyed the argument and the urgency of
the resolution of the barangay council.
Emilia Collado, the CSWD in charged in Tambacan
Evacuation Center, contradicted further the argument of the
barangay oficials when she gave her explanation on the issue.
She said that the in-house or those families living inside the
evacuation camp could still be accommodated in Sta. Elena
because the estimated number of houses to be built in suchrelocation site is greater than the number of families staying
inside the evacuation center at the present time.
One of the unforgettable line belted out by Brgy.
Captain Ponce, we are not forcing you, but if you dont transfer
to our proposed relocation site, the barangay will no longer help
you. Mrs. Collado will take charge of your relocation. After that
being ignored by the people, barangay oficials amended the
resolution that the barangay will no longer attend to the needs
of the evacuees and after that they walked out.
As the barangay captain with ive (5) council members
walked out in the middle of the consultation having not gain
the popular vote on their imposed resolution, signiies the
beginning that the government oficials should try to listen the
voice of their constituents.
Barangay Chairman Celso Ponce of Brgy. Tambacan is
showing the Council resolution to the IDPs.
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CAMP MANAGEMENT
SA LAVILLE
GYMNASIUM
Omar Hadjisocor
Ang city government ay nagpatawag ng konsultasyon
ng mga local NGOs, International NGOs at ibat-ibang agencies.
Ang agenda ng nangyaring pagpupulong ay tungkol sa Adopt
a Camp at ipalawak at magbuo ng Camp Management, itoay tatawaging Camp Coordination and Camp Management
Committee (CCCM) for Disaster Response na pinamunuan
ni City Councilor Frederick Siao. Sa pamamagitan ng Ranaw
Disaster Response and Rehabilitation Assistance Center,
Incorporated o RDRRAC ay nagdeklara noong ika-disyembre
ng 26, 2011 na sila ang mangangasiwa sa mga evacuees
ng Mangga Elementary School na ngayon ay nasa Laville
Gymnasium.
Sa simula ay hindi naging malinaw kung ano talaga
ang Adopt a Camp, hindi na nagkaroon ng pagkakaisa sa
ibig sabihin nito. Kapag sinabing adopt dapat naka-pokus
ang isang agency sa napiling camp, na dapat tutok ka sa
pangangasiwa sa evacuation center, pero sa napansin ngRDRRAC ay sila lang ang totally focus sa nasabing camp. At
sa camp area naman ay ang RDRRAC mismo ang nakikitang
lutang na lutang sa pangangasiwa ng camp kumbaga siya
ang utak ng lahat.
Ang Camp Management ay binubuo ng istruktura
na kabilang dito ang RDRRAC, CSWD Sta at ang DSWD
Camp Manager. Sa simulat simula ang RDRRAC ang naging
tulay upang matulungan ang mga CSWD sta na mamahala
sa evacuation center. Sila din ang nanguna sa pag-proseso
ng mga papeles na kinakailangang matapos dahil sa mga
pangangailangan ng mga biktima ng sendong, ang mga
nasabing kailangan na ma-proseso ay ang pagkumpuni ng
mga cubicle rooms para sa mga biktima, water supply parasa kanilang inumin, portalets (Portable Toilets) para sa
urinary concern and waste disposal, pagkain para sa pang-
araw-araw, at iba pa.
Ang RDRRAC din ang naging dahilan para makipag-
coordinate sa BLGU, at sa iba pang agency para mapadali
ang pag-responde sa mga biktima ng Barangay Tubod.
Nakita din ang mga naging improvements ng Laville Gym na
siyang nakapagpasaya sa mga biktima, andiyan ang nabuong
kitchen area, portalets, paliguan at child friendly space para
sa mga bata. Ayon na rin sa sinabi ng CSWD sta na si Ms.
Annalou Barrientos ay kung hindi daw sa RDRRAC hindi rin
maganda ang takbo ng camp, at dahil sa RDRRAC daw ay
mas naging madali ang mga proseso sa mga kinakailanganna mga papeles.
Hindi rin magiging madali ang trabaho ng mga
RDRRAC Sta kung wala diyan ang presence ng mga CSWD
Sta and Voluteers, bagamat sa pag-intake lang at proiling
sila nakatutok ay malaki na rin ang tulong nila, sila ang
24/7 na nakatutok sa mga biktima at habang mahimbing na
natutulog ang mga evacuees, sila ay nakadilat ang mga mata
upang masiguro ang security ng bawat-isa.
Mayroon din mga naging gaps ang camp
management isa na dito ang limitadong koneksyon ng
CSWD Sta sa kanilang district supervisor na siyang hindi
maganda dahil hindi nakakarating sa tamang opsiyal ang
mga problemang kinakaharap ng camp management.
Halimbawa narin dito ang mga konting conlict sa pagitan ng
mga evacuees, ngunit madali rin naman itong masolusyunan
ng camp management.
Ang naging papel din ng mga evacuees ay naging
madali lang dahil narin sa kanilang kooperasyon at respeto.
Naging madali ang pangangasiwa sa camp dahil sa simula
pa lang naitinakda na ang mga patakaran sa camp. Isa lang
ang nakikita ng RDRRAC sa mga biktima kailangan nila
ang suporta ng mga emergency responders, volunteers at
mga NGOs na matulungan sila. Lalo nat kailangan nila ng
relocation site, livelihood, at pagkain. Lahat ng mga biktima
ng Sendong ay kitang-kita naman na kailangan nila ng
kalinga ng isang kamay, na tapat at handang tumulong sa
kanila.
Arlieto Berlan, RDRRAC Camp Manager is meeting the
IDP leaders of Laville Gymnasium.
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Conversations with Some
Survivors in Mandulog
Ching Borres
WhilewaingforthestartoftheGroundBreakingCeremonyof KAPUSO Village in Barangay Mandulog, DUYOG ILIGAN team
managedtoengageintofewdialoguestotworesidentsandsurvivorsof
theood.Theysharedallthehardshipstheyhadbeenthroughinorder
tosurvivefromthedelugewhichtheythoughtcouldhavekilledthem.
Belowistheirownshareofthestory.
CouncilorSangkayMaruhomofBarangayMandulog,IliganCity
OnthenightofDecember16,2011at11:00intheevening,
heheardaveryunusualnoisefromtheriverliketherewassomekindof
stonecrashing.Becausetheirhousewaslocatedneartheriver,hewent
outsidetocheck.Anduponseeingthewaterlevel,ithadrisenveryfast
andoverowedto theground.In justamaerofminutesthewater
levelhadreachedkneedeep.Heimmediatelydecidedtogooutsidethe
housetocheckonhismothershousebuthestruggledtogooutsidefor
thereasonthatthedoorwasbeingpushedbackbythestrongwater
currentthatalreadygotinsidethehouse.Whathedidwastopushhard
thedoorinordertogetout.
As he approached his mother s house he noced that the
waterlevelwasalreadyonhishipinaspanofaminute.Rightthen
andtheretheydecidedtovacatetheareatogetherwiththeirneighbors
crossingtotheoppositesideoftheriverpassingthroughthebridge.A
largevolumeofwaterslappedthebridgebuttheywereabletomanage
toreachtheothersideoftheriverwithmorethan20otherfamilies.
Theyallstayedinaconcretehousehardlybelievingtheyweresllalive.
Onthefollowingday,atthecrackofdawn,theywereterried
upon seeing that the enrehousesofPurok 2and Purok17 had all
vanished.TheonlystructurethatwaslewastheirMosque.
What do you think is the cause of the ood? Therewasahugebuhawibecausethewaterfromtheriver
spilledouttomorethan200metersfromtheriverbanks.
What was the barangays response to the tragedy?
Weconductedanemergencymeengandmade iniaves
becausetherewerenoassistancegiventotheareaforthrreedays.The
councilhaddecidedtoborrow30sacksofricefromBigasanfromour
womenorganizaon.
WetriedtoseekassistancefromDSWDbutwewereunhappy
oftheirsystem.Theywouldnotreleasegoodswithoutrecommendaons
from theareacoordinatorofDistrict5whereMandulogis apartof.
In sum, there were more assistance coming from dierent NGOs,
UN organizaons, and private instuons than from our own local
government.
Were the needs of IDPs answered?
Atpresent,theIDPsreallyneedfood,clothing,andshelterto
familieswithtotallydamagedhousesandthesewerenotfullyanswered
yet.Mostofthefarmswereseverelydamaged;wecannotplowbecause
ofthedebris.Theseneedtobeclearedrst.Mostofthefarmanimals
alsodied.Asofnowwereallyneedalivelihoodandfarmtoolsaswellas
workinganimals.What were the lessons learned from the tragedy?
TherewasnoDisasterDrill conductedinthearea.Weneed
trainingonsurvivaland rst aid for the people tobe prepared. We
wishtohavetheriverdredgeandifpossiblethegovernmentmusttake
aconsagainstreleasingofpermitstosandquarrying.Itisveryrampantinthearea
Werealizedthat it isnotsuitabletobui ldhousesnearthe
river. Aside fromthat, wewillencourage ourbrothersand sisters to
stopcungtreesbecauseitisoneofthemajorcausesofdestrucon.
SomepeoplepassedtheblametotheCreator.Forme,ourCreatorloves
usforheprovidedalltheresourcesandassignedtheresponsibilityto
humanbeingstotakecareofthem.Butwemismanagedandabusedour
environment.
How cooperave and supporve are the community if some
organizaons will provide assistance?
Wewelcomeandarewillingtocooperateinanyacviesthat
willbenetourpeople.Weareallthankfulforanyopportunitytohelpus
inrebuildingourlives.
Dialogue with Mrs. Loida Koka
LoidaKoka, 44yearsof age, is also asurvivor of Typhoon
Sendong and a resident of Purok 13, Barangay Mandulog, Iligan
City. During the interview Loida cried as she shared their terrifying
experience.
OntheaernoonofDecember16,2011uponhearingabout
thenewsthatSendongwillhitMindanao,theyhadnocedthechangein
weather.Ataround12:00midnight,hersonsawthewaterhadreached
atkneelevelandgotintothehouse.Shewasreluctanttoleavethehouse
becauseshewasworriedaboutthesafetyoftheiranimals.
Herhusbandforcedhertoleavebecausethelevelofwater
alreadyrisentotheirhips.Thatmesheisalreadyconvincedthattheir
animalswerealreadydead.Shedecidedtoleaveandmanagedtoinform
theirneighborstovacatethearea.Theyusedtheirairbedtotransport
the children to a safer place and she carried along with her their
importantdocumentsbutforgottobringtheirmoneytheygainedfrom
sellingowers.Theydidnotexpectittohappenthatfastandtodestroy
alltheirbelongings,leavingthemnothingbutashadowofdevastaon.
How did the tragedy aect you?
I am troubled and saddened of the devastaon that took
awayourbelongings,ourlivelihoodwhichisowerfarm,andkilledour
animals(cow,goatandchicken).Icannotacceptthefactthatinthat
instanteverythingwehaveinvestedforsomanyyearswaswipedoutbytheood.ButdespiteofitallIamsllthankfulbecauseweareallalive.
I havenocedthatI haveirregularbowelmovementsdueto
tension.Everymethereisrain,whetherlightorheavy,Ihaveanuneasy
feeling.Aertheoodmysondecidedtostopfromgoingbackschool.
HehadwitnessedhowtheoodwipedoutourlivelihoodbutIdidnot
allowhimtostop,ItoldhimwewillndwayswithGodshelp.
What do you think is the cause of the ood? I thinkitwastheactofnature,theloadsoflogsthatswept
theareacamefromtheforest;weevensawamonkeyontopofthelogs.
Itisundeniablethatthosecamefromtheforest.Anothercauseisthe
presenceofsandquarryandcrasher.
What have you learned from the tragedy?
Weshouldbemoreawareandwatchful everymethere is
typhoon.Wedidnotancipateitwillhappenbecauseourhouseisfar
fromtheriverbuttheoodsllreachedourarea.
What are your other needs?
School supplies for children and l ivelihood for every family
sowecanstartrebuildingourlives.Wecannotdependalwaysonthe
externalhelpandaids.Wewouldalsowelcomeskillstrainingandtraining
relatedtoecology.Weappealtothedonorsandtothegovernmentto
provideuslivelihoodassistance.
How cooperave and supporve is your community will be if some
organizaons will provide assistance? Wewil lsupportany iniavesas longas itwillbenetthe
aectedpeople.
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Figure Matters
List of Donors as of February 10 2012
Save the Children, Globe Telecom, Cotabato Network , KASAMAKA, CONZARRD and People from Zamboanga delSur, Duyog Tri-people Youth Organization, Purok from Barangay Maria Christina, Samahan ng Magsasaka at
Mangigisda sa Sigayan and Barangay Sigayan, Sultan Naga Dimaporo, People from Municality of Parang, IRA511,
St. Martin, de Porres Parish, Easter Joy School, Pro-ARMM, Mt. Carmel Parish, and Rev. Fr. Joselito Borja, Ayala
Business Club, Peoples Organization from Sultan Naga Dimaporo, Lanao del Norte , Integrated Pastoral
Development, Inc, University of the Philippines Center for Social Work & Community Development (UP CSWCD),
Center for Community Journalism and Development (CCJD), National Union of Journalist in the Philippines (NUJP)
and Center for Disaster Preparedness Foundation, Inc., UNHCR and CFSI, Akbayan and UNILAB, Medical Action
Group (MAG), National Acupuncture and Detoxification Association, Humanitarian Response Consortium,
Integrated Rural Development Foundation, Inc., AKMK Caraga Cluster, Senators Pia and Allan Peter Cayetano,
Apo Ranaw and Amerol Family, Cong. Varf Belmonte, Coalition of Licensed Agencies for Domestics and Service
Workers (CLADS) , Plan International, Dr. Emie Tubias, Phd, Dr. Malou Pacubas, Dr. Romulo Ybiernas, M.D., UST
Psychosocial Clinic
Task Force Food Sovereignty (TFFS) donated, Task Force Detainees of the Philippines (TFDP), KASAMAKA,
CONZARRD and People from Zamboanga del Sur, Philippine Alliance of Human Rights Advocates (PAHRA),
Philippine National Volunteer Service Coordinating Agency Employees Association (PEA) and Director, Alyansa ng
Kabataang Mindanao para sa Kapayapaan (AKMK) MagCot, Dr. Erlinda Senturias, VSO Bahaginan and Mindanao
Peace Partners, Puok 8 from Barangay Maria Christina, KALASAG Foundation, Mary Theresa Conway and her
friends, Alex de Jong, Maurits Maas , Susan Caldwell, Yanick Matteau, Genevieve Talbot, Mary Therese Norbe ,
Josein Steenbergen, Nexus Travel and Tours, Integrated Pastoral Development, Inc, Europe Solidaire Sans
Frontires, Rufina Food Manufacturers (RFM), Humanitarian Response Consortium, Development & Peace
Canada, Entraide et Fraternite, Vhong and Goldy Fenis, Ching Borres, Ms. Ibrahim, Partnership of Philipine
Support Service Agencies (PHILSSA), Mindanao Peoples Peace Movement (MPPM) and its secretariats
RDRRAC Financial Update
InKind(GoodsandLabor)
InCash
The total amount of cash
donaons received by Ranaw
Disaster Response and Rehabilitaon
Assistance Center (RDRRAC), Inc. is
Php 3,170,598.21 and below is how
it is spent.
1.) Relief Operaon
Cost covers
markeng, hauling,
packing, data
validaon and
actual distribuon.
This is 63% of the
total expenses.
2.) Operaonal Cost
includes volunteers
transportaon, food
and allowances,
communicaon and
oces supplies. This
takes the 31% of the
total expenses.
3.) Campaign and
Advocacy comprises
consultave
forums, focus
group discussions,meengs and
publicaon of
The chart shows the percentage of cash donaons
RDRRACreceivedfromdierentpartofplacesintheworld
tohelpoutthevicmsofTyphoonSendonginIliganCity.
educaonal materials. This makes up the remaining 6%
of the total expenses.
For the relief goods distribuon of RDRRAC
and for the places or locaon where the goods were
distributed.
, Jakob
Wedemeijer
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Mga Testimonya sa Pipila ka mga DUYOG
ILIGAN Volunteers
An-an Chuy
Aldren Paul
Max Junjun
Rex
Rodel
Jerbee
Ang akong maingon base sa experience kay dili diay dali
magvolunteer ug magrepack ug maghatag ug relief. Parehas atong
pag-adto namo sa Mandulog kay lisod kaayo ang dalan. Ang uban
pa nag-ingon nga dili mayo ang ilang nadawat unya ang uban
nga wala naapektuhan kay makadawat. Ang mga gipanghatag
sa ila kay pili-an na. Tapos gusto nila nga adtuan jud sila sa
ilahang mga balay. Makit-an nimo nga nangawala ang mga balay
sa kadaghanan. Makaingon gyud ko nga dili dapat pamutlon ang
mga kahoy ky walay magpugong sa tubig. Undangon pud dapat
ang mina.
Ako nakit-an sa Rogonon kay opaw jud ang lugar.
Akong nakit-an sa mga balay dli guro ingon ato ka dako angguba kung tubig ra pero naa may troso nga bisan concrete nga
balay kay apil og kalaras. Ang mga otoridad dani walay ginabuhat
ky paagion ra ang mga troso nga molabay kay basi og hatagan
sila og kwarta. Maong nadaot samot ang kinaiyahan kay wala nay
mga dako nga kahoy sa Iligan. Kapoy kaayo magrelief. Parehas sa
Rogongon kay pag-adto kay init unya pagbalik kay ulan. Tapos
pagkabuntag ky trangkaso dayon.
Before ko nagvolunteer kay naay nagbalita sa
amo nga banlas daw angIligan. Nahadlok mi kay naa man mi
mga relatives sa Hinaplanon. Pag-ingon nga nanginahanglan og
volunteer nitabang gyud mi dili lang sa mga tao kay sa mga
relatives pud namo. Maski wala mi matabang nga kwarta pero
amo kusog nalang among itabang.
Ang mga patay kay wala gilubong diretso unyamakadaot baya sa health sa mga tao. Naasign pud ko sa critical
area makakita ka og mga tao nga gadala dala ug caliber 45 unya
magpalista sila wala mi mabuhat kay gadala sa pusil.
Katong baha kay uban ko og tabang sa kauban. Ang
tubig kay nibuylo sa taas kay napugngan sa tulay.
Sa relief sa January 3 na ko nakatabang kay niuli
ko pero pag-abot kay namawi og tabang. Nakit-an nako nga wala
gyud kayo natabang ang gobyerno tapos dili sila prepared ani nga
panghitabo. Tapos mao to pasensya gihapon ug maayo ky nameetnako ning mga kauban nga volunteers pud. First time pud to nga
nakaapil ko aning pagvolunteer sa disaster.
Maski kinsa paka basta kalamidad ang
kalaban wala jud ka mabuhat. Ingon sa mga driver
nga ang dapat sisihon gyud ani kay kanang mga tao
nga gapamutol sa mga kahoy. Daghan ko na-meet
sa mga kauban nga nagbabad pod sa pagresponde
sa kalamidad. Kapoy kaayo pero relieving gihapon
kay makit-an nimu ilang mga smile.
Sa distribution bisan na kapoy kay ok lang
kay makatabang ko sa uban tao.
Sa uban area mawad-an gyud ka og tingog
kay dili magfollow ang uban. Naa koy gikalagutan nga
babae nga balik balik iya name pero gi ok nalang
namu ky murag ok raman sa uban. Katong babae kay
manguha ug number. Lain kaayo sa mga gapanghatag.
Pag-adto namu sa Digkilaan nakit-an namo
ang mga naguba. Ang suba kay murag
nakaupat tapos init kayo kung magrelief
mi.
Nianhi ko para mutabang og ganahan ko
ky nakaadto sa uban lugar. Excited ko tapos naay uban
nga i-Sir gud ka. Dili dali magvolunteer kay hago. Tapos
makit-an nmu luoy kayo ang uban kay naay missing, patay,
ug walay balay. Lisod jud ning mabahaan ta kay wla nay
gamit, mawala ang uban pamilya, walay maulian.
Gitahasan ko nga magvalidate og data sa mga area.
Kani nga trabaho kapoy gyud siya kay sayo kaayo ka magmata.
Maayo pud nga experience kay nakasulod ko sa mga tago nga lugar.
Nakakita pud ko sa lugar sa mga Higaonun ug hadlok pud siya kay
pangpang ang mga dalan.
Naa pud tong habal2 kay gikuha ang pusil nga gibilin
sa kasagbutan ky naay rido. Ang uban pa kay pag-abot nimo mgduol
sila nga gadaladala ug pusil abi nila gikan me sa gobyerno.
Bisan pa man, magpadayon gihapon ko.
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DUYOG ILIGAN Documentation and
Communication Team was created in response to
the disaster brought about by Typhoon SENDONG
which started on the night of December 16,
2011. Since then, the team also started its taskin documenting, word processing the list of
survivors, validating the data, social networking,
blog updating, and many more. All these hard
works are submitted in the name of volunteerism
and in helping the survivors reclaim their rights,
restore their dignity, and rebuild lives.
Composed of seasoned and well-
rounded young individuals coming from dierent
network organizations of RDRRAC, the team was
able to perform tons of works with a combination
of seriousness and amusement. They even fondly
call themselves Tarantistas.
So who exactly are these Tarantistas?
Tarantistas (sing. Tarantista) coming from a
Spanish term, taranta, that purports to mental disturbance
and madness. This explains the sum total of this teams
conative behaviour as they are always in the state of panic
so to deliver relevant information and efcient services to
the teams under the disaster response structure as well asto the people who might be needing their service.
He chose to stay to nish his work even
risking not spending quality me with his
family during Christmas and New Year. Mark
facilitates all the meengs of the team. He
is responsible for updang the 3Ws report
and has an inventory of all available data
gathered by RDRRAC through its reputableDUYOG ILIGAN Volunteers.
Ching can manage to do both nance and
documentaon work. How? Follow her twier
@my_ching. As smart as her smartphone,
she always makes sure to update the RDRRAC
status and acvies over social networks. She
manages to go back and forth from the oce,
to other oces, to the bank transacons and
then back to her haven, the Tarantarium (our
own version of war room). Considering thefact that shes a loving Mom to her beauful
and gied daughter Isabelli, she nishes the
tasks given to her before going home.
He is meculous in handling the EXCEL
formang and encoding of validated data.
He always has a good morning greengs
to all with a smile. When everyone is already
troubled and overburdened of their tasks, he
is gied of strategies to upli them. Simply
amazing indeed, he can turn the storm back
into the sun.
Endowed by a plethora of terminologies,
this walking Meriam Webster startlingly
spells out-of-this-world words to the team.
Upon joining the team, he developed his
love for twier and, faster than the wink of
an eye, has gained a mass of followers. You
may follow him @Isboyvismo.
Also known for his eding prowess, Isboy
was the one who exerted eort to pursue
the rst release of the DUYOG ILIGAN
Newsleer.
The cutest among the team,
Aga made a great contribuon
in skinning the identy of the
survivors data. He can also keep
his cool and manages to withstand
the pressures he got from theTarantarium and his HR work.
The most silent among the team,
he was praised when he did the
cartooning of the rst newsleer
issue. Burt can also fast track the
word processing of documents.
He is indeed prey silent, but
prey impressive.
Matet was the one responsible forthe stunning photos of Duyog Iligan.
Nothing escapes the lens of her
beauful, not to menon, expensive
camera.
Originally hailed as the Tarantariums
External Relaons Personel, Omar
has been responsible in monitoring
and updang the situaon in Laville
Gymnasium (the adopted evacuaon
center of RDRRAC). His connecons
to INGOs are making a blast. He
usually oers drinks during panic zone
moments.
In a span of two months, these people
have built an indestructible camaraderie, respect,
and trust for each other. No matter how immense
the pressure they get from this endeavor, their
bond and good working relationship is the
debrieing mechanism that relieves them before
the day ends.
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Wag nalang sana
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Our heartfelt thank you and felicitations
to all the donors and friends for the solidarity
and in helping out IDPs in this in this dificult
time. No picture can capture this feeling.
We are hoping that your camaraderie will
accompany us in the process of rebuilding
our lives.
Pasalamat sa mga donors ug
kahigalahan sa kaayohan ug pakigduyog sa
panahon nga gikinahanglan sa IDPs. Walay
pictures nga maka-capture sa gibati. Hinaut
nga magpadayon og kuyog kanamo sa
padayong paglawig aron makatukod balik sa
among kinabuhi.
Thank You BOX How can You help?
Any donation can be channeled to our
network command center, RDRRAC,
(Ranaw Disaster Response and
Rehabilitation \Assistance Center
Inc.) at Door 2 Maca-agir Apt., 6th
East, Tubod, Iligan City, Lanao
del Norte Philippines, telephone
number +63 63-223-3171. You may
deposit your monetary donation in
its accounts:
Land Bank of the Philippines Account
Number: 0321-1964-03, Iligan City,
Ranaw Disaster Response and
Rehabilitation Assistance Center
(RDRRAC Inc).
China Banking CorporationAccount Name: RDRRAC, Inc. with
account no. 186-123321-9 Swift
Code: CHBKPHMM
Allied Bank Dollar Account Name:
RDRRACI Account No. 0672-00299-8
Swift Code: ABCMPHMM or Paypal
We are hoping for your compassion
and solidarity.
ADONA G. ORQUILLAS
Executive Director, RDRRAC
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Duyog Iligan is the name of
RDRRACSs (Ranaw Disaster
Response and Rehabilitaon
Assistance Center) disaster
response campaign.
The logo signies the essence of the Tri-People
perspecve. It means that RDRRAC puts primary importance
and respect to the existence of Katawhang Lumad (Green),Bangsamoro (Red), and Katawhang Migrante (Blue) in any
disaster response and intervenons.