In the Philippines, a disaster can strike almost anytime. With a higher risk brought by pandemic, go bags or survival kits come in handy. While the usual inclusions of a go-bag should be prepared, water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) materials and gender-inclusive items should also be considered to make sure no one gets left behind […]

Malabon City is in Metro Manila, the National Capital Region of the Philippines. It is part of a sub-region called CAMANAVA (composed of the cities of CAloocan, MAlabon, NAvotas and VAlenzuela) located in the northern part of Metro Manila Bay and situated in the estuary of several river deltas. Malabon is one of the most […]

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 […]

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 […]

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: Obando, Bulacan in the north; a system of riverways comprised of the Binuangan […]

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 […]

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 […]

Given the context of continuously rising COVID-19 cases in the country and the immediate need to address hospitals’ surge capacity, the Moving Urban Poor Communities Toward Resilience (MOVE UP) Project, with its success in piloting and replicating alternative temporary shelter (ATS) systems as an urban resilience strategy, will build a 40-bed Community Quarantine Facility (CQF) […]

Through the EU Humanitarian Aid, the Move Up Project has been able to reach out to the most vulnerable families affected by the social and economic impacts of COVID-19. Cebu City, which has been under stringent community quarantine measures due to its increasing COVID-19 cases, is home to more than 900,000 people as of 2015. To date, the […]