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Mining firm gives in to Pablo victims’ demands
Barricading Typhoon Pablo victims hailed the decision of Apex Mining Co. Inc. to award them a PHP 3-million worth of reparation after 30 hours of militant protest at the company gates. Posted 3/27/13 8:06 PM

Pablo victims hopeful as mining firm agrees to pay for damages
Typhoon Pablo victims from the Mansaka tribe and the large-scale Apex Mining Corporation settled for the latter to give assistance.. Posted 3/15/13 1:57 PM

Three days of ‘People Power’, Pablo survivors’ version
It was a day that Davao City has not seen for many years: thousands of people barricading the streets, storming the gates, Posted 3/1/13 4:30 PM

Protesters return home victorious but “feeling shortchanged”
Boarding at least 20 buses, typhoon Pablo survivors under Barug Katawhan left the city Thursday victorious Posted 3/1/13 4:30 PM

Pablo survivors, DSWD reach agreement
After three days of barricading the Department of Social Welfare and Development regional office, the typhoon Pablo survivors finally got what they came here for. Posted 3/1/13 4:30 PM

Barricading Pablo survivors gain support
Pablo survivors barricading the DSWD regional office gained public support from lawyers and religious Posted 3/1/13 4:30 PM

Angry Pablo victims storm DSWD; seize relief goods
Hungry and angry, survivors of typhoon Pablo stormed the Department of Social Welfare and Development regional office Tuesday morning Posted 2/28/13 3:43 PM

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Group of typhoon survivors stages barricade over use of Pablo relief funds for election bid of Malanyaon camp
An earth day rally of around a thousand Typhoon Pablo survivors demanding environmental justice turned into a barricade today in the main road here after being blocked by anti-riot police, military vehicles and firetrucks Posted 4/27/13 4:24 PM

Mission group to AFP: Lumads, not the military, hosted us
Arriving back at Davao City at Monday dawn, the 70 delegates of the three-day National Humanitarian and Fact-finding Mission remain apprehensive of more boding violence now possibly aimed at the Mandaya communities that hosted the mission delegates Posted 4/27/13 4:24 PM

National groups to probe Pablo-related injustices and deliver humanitarian aid in DavOr
Some 150 individuals from the academe, religious groups, health and legal professions, women, peasants and youth sectors from Metro Manila, Zamboanga, Iligan, Cagayan De Oro and Davao City will embark on a three-day national humanitarian and fact-finding mission Posted 4/27/13 4:24 PM

Recovery Support for the TS Washi-Affected Communities Underway
While the humanitarian organizations have joined hands in doing relief delivery operations, much is still to be done for the survivors of TS Washi (Sendong)... Posted 3/28/13 6:17 PM

Thousands march on Cristina Jose’s funeral
Despite being blocked along the road by the police, around a thousand indignant typhoon Pablo survivors from the provinces of Compostela Valley and Davao Orental trooped in a funeral march today as they cry for justice for the slain Barug Katawhan leader Cristina Morales – Jose Posted 3/24/13 8:53 AM

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Typhoon Pablo Disaster

      6.2 million Affected people
   1,067 Reported deaths
       834 Missing
959,267 Displaced people outside              evacuation centers
13,940   Displaced people inside             evacuation centers
216,817 Houses totally or partially              damaged
       307 Formal schools (excluding              dozens of community learning                       centers) damaged

Source : United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA): Typhoon Bopha Situation Report No. 11 (as of 27 December 2012)

Since 2011, two major typhoons have brought tragedy to Mindanao, Southern Philippines.

On December 17, 2011, Typhoon Sendong (Washi) triggered flashfloods in Northern Mindanao killing 1,403 persons dead, with 1,089 missing, and displacing 70,000 families.

Nearly a year hence, on December 4, 2012, Typhoon Pablo hit Southern Mindanao, a first for the region in recent history, with around 1,100 dead and 800 missing.

The wrath of this storm is far worse than Sendong as it also devastated thousands of hectares of agricultural lands and forests.

Nearly 90,000 families from Compostela Valley and Davao Oriental are displaced or lost their homes and need help. Their livelihood on coconuts, rice, and bananas worth billions of pesos perished. More than 2 million are in dire need of food and emergency assistance.

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Balsa Mindanao after Super typhoon Pablo and Davao City Flooding

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Balsa Mindanao Feeding:
Matina Grabahan, Davao City

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Balsa Mindanao community visit in Waan, Buhangin District, Davao City

These nuns volunteering for Balsa Mindanao listened to a Moro elder in Waan, Buhangin District on their condition after the January 20 floods affected their community.

Benedictine and Religious Virgin Mary nuns together with an Italian Franciscan priest visited the Waan community to see the impact of the floods.

Balsa Mindanao brings Christian and Moro communities together in helping to overcome the floods in Davao.

Balsa Mindanao's People's Kitchen serves 1,200 in Maa & San Rafael, Davao City

Videos

Balsa Mindanao after Super typhoon Pablo and Davao City Flooding

After Pablo: Gabarug ang Katawhan (The People Are Rising)

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