Requested by INCREASE local partner, CorDis-RDS, an informational material in Filipino language was created to outline specific steps that families can do when a member is infected with the virus.
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INCREASE or “Philippines – Increasing Resilience to Natural Hazards” aims to aims to increase the resilience of 45,00 women and men small scale farmers and fishers, including 720 extremely poor female-headed households, to natural hazards and the effect of climate change. The project will run from 2019-2021 in different parts of the Philippines, namely 36 barangays across 8 municipalities in the provinces of Cagayan, Mt. Province, Northern Samar, and Surigao del Sur. Its project components and activities include early warning systems, alternative livelihood, and climate and disaster governance.
This community-level minimum health standards design was created to be printed in strategic locations to help disseminate preventive measures for COVID-19.
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INCREASE or “Philippines – Increasing Resilience to Natural Hazards” aims to aims to increase the resilience of 45,00 women and men small scale farmers and fishers, including 720 extremely poor female-headed households, to natural hazards and the effect of climate change. The project will run from 2019-2021 in different parts of the Philippines, namely 36 barangays across 8 municipalities in the provinces of Cagayan, Mt. Province, Northern Samar, and Surigao del Sur. Its project components and activities include early warning systems, alternative livelihood, and climate and disaster governance.
From PUIs to PUMs, the Philippines has shifted to a new classification of COVID-19 patients. To make sure that communities are informed of these changes and to help them to better understand COVID-19-related news and information, this infographic was created.
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INCREASE or “Philippines – Increasing Resilience to Natural Hazards” aims to aims to increase the resilience of 45,00 women and men small scale farmers and fishers, including 720 extremely poor female-headed households, to natural hazards and the effect of climate change. The project will run from 2019-2021 in different parts of the Philippines, namely 36 barangays across 8 municipalities in the provinces of Cagayan, Mt. Province, Northern Samar, and Surigao del Sur. Its project components and activities include early warning systems, alternative livelihood, and climate and disaster governance.
“Philippines – Increasing Resilience to Natural Hazards” or “INCREASE” aims to aims to increase the resilience of 45,00 women and men small scale farmers and fishers, including 720 extremely poor female-headed households, to natural hazards and the effect of climate change. INCREASE will run from 2019-2021 in different parts of the Philippines.
INCREASE will be working with 36 barangays across 8 municipalities in the provinces of Mt. Province, Cagayan, Northern Samar, and Surigao del Sur. These barangays are among the most vulnerable communities that are the first to be impacted by strong rain and typhoons along the east coast of the Philippines. These communities share the same landscape – upland, riverline, coastal – building on the landscape approach of the project.
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Barangay Tanza is an urban coastal community in the northern portion of Navotas City.
The majority of the barangay is composed of fishponds, reducing the total habitable land area.
It is divided into two territories: Tanza 1 and Tanza 2.
In the north, it is bordered by the ponds that traverse Obando and Binuangan. In the east are the ponds of Dampalit and Batasan, along with the ponds of Chungkang and the barangay of Flores in Malabon. In the west is the Manila Bay, while the Malabon-Navotas River runs in the south.
This factsheet contains the following information:
- Quick Figures
- Location and General Description of Community
- Economic Activities
- Educational Institutions
- Infrastructure
- Ecosystem
- Disasters
Tangos is an urban coastal community located in the northern portion of Navotas City
On 25 July 2018, Tangos is divided into two barangays: Tangos North and Tangos South.
It is bordered by San Roque to the South, Tangos River and Barangay Tanza to the East, and Manila Bay to the West and North.
The factsheet below includes:
- Quick Figures
- Location and General Description of Community
- Economic Activities
- Educational Institutions
- Infrastructure
- Disasters
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Navotas is a flat and narrow strip of highly urbanized coastal areas located in the extreme northwest shore of Metro Manila.
The total land area includes the reclaimed area currently being utilized by the Philippine Fisheries Development Authority.
It is bordered by:
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- Obando, Bulacan in the north;
- a system of riverways comprised of the Binuangan River, Daang Cawayan River, Dampalit River, Batasan River, Navotas River, Bangkulasi channel, Malabon channel, and the Estero de Maypajo on the east
- the city of Manila to the South
- Manila Bay to the West
The facts sheet below includes the following information:
- Quick Figures
- Location and General Description
- Population and Housing
- Economic Activities
- Health
- Infrastructure
- Protective Services
- Environment
- Disasters
- Disaster Risk Reduction: Accomplished Activities (October 2017-September 2018)
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Caloocan has a combined total land area of 5,333.40 hectares and is located in the northern part of the National Capital Region (NCR).
The city is divided into two geographic locations: South Caloocan, with an area of 1,362.50 hectares; and North Caloocan, with an area of 3,970.90 hectares.
The factsheet below contains:
- Quick Figures
- Location and General Information
- Population and Housing
- Economic Activities
- Health
- Infrastructure
- Protective Services
- Environment
- Disasters
- Disaster Risk Reduction and Management: Accomplished Activities (March 2017-January 2019)
Barangay 160 is in the southern part of Caloocan City and it is separated in two by the North Luzon Expressway.
The barangay was formally created in 1989 through Republic Act no. 6714 or otherwise known as An Act Merging, Dividing, and/or Reviving the Different Barangays in Caloocan City and for Other Purposes.
The factsheet contains the following information:
- Quick Figures
- Location and General Information
- Economic Activities
- Educational Institutions
- Ecosystem
- Disasters
- Activities Conducted (January 2018-January 2019)
There are several assumptions about COVID-19 – how it can be spread, how it can be it be killed, among others. Apart from keeping our social distance and maintaining our health, we must also be fully informed about what COVID-19 is in order to assure that we can act and react best based on accurate facts about the virus.
Below is a set of social media cars covering myths about COVID-19.
The information featured in these designs was sourced from the World Health Organization.