Tuguegarao City, Cagayan -
Oxfam conducts forum calling for the implementation of a Disaster Risk
Reduction Plan in the Super Typhoon LAWIN affected areas in northern Luzon,
that is, in the provinces of Cagayan, Isabela and Apayao. The forum was
attended by members of civil society organizations, officials from the local
government units (barangay, municipal and provincial), media personalities and
also members from the Cagayan Valley Bloggers Society, Inc. The forum was held on February 15, 2017 at
Hotel Roma in Tuguegarao City, Cagayan which reviewed the responses to the Super Typhoon Lawin aftermath and called for the implementation for a Disaster Risk Reduction Plan for agriculture after seing that the farmers are most vulnerable to the cycle of indebtedness after every occurence of typhoons and calamities.
Oxfam, a non-government agency
(NGO) is an international confederation of 18 organisations working in more
than 94 countries fighting poverty. The name “Oxfam” stands for the Oxford
Committee for Famine Relief, founded in Britain in 1942. It started when the
group campaigned for food supplies to be sent through an allied naval blockade
to starving women and children in enemy-occupied Greece during the Second World
War. It then eveolved as a world leader in the delivery of emergency relief. It
long-term development programs in vulnerable communities. It supports campaigns
to fix the global food system, end unfair trade rules, and combat climate
change.
When Super Typhoon Lawin
(international name: Haima) hit the Philippines in northern Luzon, the areas hit
by Super Typhoon Lawin had already been suffering from the devastation of
recent typhoon that just hit the area, that is, Typhoon Sarika (local name:
Karen) a week earlier and the prolonged El Nino phenomenon in 2015 and early
2016.
Tuguegarao City, Cagayan - Oxfam conducts forum calling for the implementation of a Disaster Risk Reduction Plan in the Super Typhoon LAWIN affected areas in northern Luzon, that is, in the provinces of Cagayan, Isabela and Apayao. The forum was attended by members of civil society organizations, officials from the local government units (barangay, municipal and provincial), media personalities and also members from the Cagayan Valley Bloggers Society, Inc. The forum was held on February 15, 2017 at Hotel Roma in Tuguegarao City, Cagayan which reviewed the responses to the Super Typhoon Lawin aftermath and called for the implementation for a Disaster Risk Reduction Plan for agriculture after seing that the farmers are most vulnerable to the cycle of indebtedness after every occurence of typhoons and calamities.
Oxfam, a non-government agency
(NGO) is an international confederation of 18 organisations working in more
than 94 countries fighting poverty. The name “Oxfam” stands for the Oxford
Committee for Famine Relief, founded in Britain in 1942. It started when the
group campaigned for food supplies to be sent through an allied naval blockade
to starving women and children in enemy-occupied Greece during the Second World
War. It then eveolved as a world leader in the delivery of emergency relief. It
long-term development programs in vulnerable communities. It supports campaigns
to fix the global food system, end unfair trade rules, and combat climate
change.
When Super Typhoon Lawin
(international name: Haima) hit the Philippines in northern Luzon, the areas hit
by Super Typhoon Lawin had already been suffering from the devastation of
recent typhoon that just hit the area, that is, Typhoon Sarika (local name:
Karen) a week earlier and the prolonged El Nino phenomenon in 2015 and early
2016.
Heavily affected by Super
Typhoon Lawin were the provinces of Cagayan, Isabela and Apayao which were
dominantly agricultural and among the Philippines' top producer of corn and
rice. It devastated the livelihood of farmers and were forced to indebtedness,
food shortage and prolonged exposure to the elements as their houses were blown
away.
In addressing these situations
Oxfam in the Philippines initiated a humanitarian response in the provinces of
Cagayan, Apayao and Isabela with its partner NGOs: (1) People’s Disaster Risk
Reduction Network (PDRRN) for the province of Cagayan; (2) Citizen’s Disaster
Response Centre (CDRC) for the province of Apayao; and (3) Center for Emergency
Aid and Rehabilitation (CONCERN) for the province of Isabela.
