22 February 2022 – With Typhoon Odette (Rai) destroying millions of houses, it has also disrupted livelihoods. Most of the affected are people in coastal areas and islands and their livelihood is also affected which leads to difficulty in recovery.
Pres. Carlos P. Garcia(CPG), an island municipality in Bohol, is one of the hardest-hit municipalities. Even over a month, the entire municipality continues to suffer from the havoc of the typhoon.
(UPDATED) BOHOL, 20, January 2022 – On December 16, 2021, Typhoon Odette (Rai) hit Candijay which has caused massive devastation to houses, infrastructure, and agriculture. As of January 18, almost 280,000 (Provincial Government of Bohol) damaged houses were affected in the entire Bohol, and 1,118 of these are in Candijay (RDANA, as of January 5, 2022).
John Justine Antonio is one of the ALS graduates and a sponsored child for almost nine years until today. Despite circumstances in his life, education has been important to him to achieve his dreams.
He has three siblings and is the eldest among them. His mother is the only one supporting their daily need as a fish drying helper because his father is already a senior citizen. They have been financially challenged which made him stop at Grade 8 in junior high school.
MANILA, July 7, 2021 – Good Neighbors Philippines (GN PHL) teams up with ShopeePay, an integrated mobile wallet that offers users easy access to digital payment services, to offer users an easy and convenient way to donate to the organization’s programs and beneficiaries.
The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) Region 3 (Central Luzon) through the Provincial Science and Technology Center in Bulacan, in partnership with Good Neighbors International Philippines, granted a Disaster Preparedness Kit in Barangay Tibaguin, Hagonoy, Bulacan last June 22, 2021.
Becoming a channel of God to help other people is one of the callings of a humanitarian worker of Good Neighbors working in the field of Prieto Diaz Community Development Project.
She is Maidy May Duran, an Income Generation, Energy and Environment, and DRR Staff-In-Charge. She also grew up as a sponsored child in an international NGO. This gave her an idea of what humanitarian organizations do and how dedicated the humanitarians are to delivering programs and services to their sponsored children.
Good Neighbors International Philippines (GNIP) and United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) recently sealed its partnership for a project dubbed Inclusive Child-centred Disaster Risk Reduction. This project is pivoted to address the needs of vulnerable children, including children with disabilities and indigenous children, and capacitate them on disaster response and preparedness.