SINGAPORE, 17 June 2022 – Mercy Relief is responding to Tropical Storm Megi which hit the Philippines on 10 April 2022. Named Agaton locally, the cyclone made landfall on Calicoan Island, Guiuan, before moving through the eastern and southern coasts in the...
Focused Sector(s): Sanitation, Sustainable Livelihood, Disaster Risk Reduction Project: Ground Up, Clean Up Date: July 2012, July 2013 / 12 months each Location: Baseco, Manilla Beneficiaries: 3,235 people Problem(s): High population density of estimated 50,000...
Focused Sector(s): Livelihood Project: Mitigation and Resilient Zambales Date: October 2011, October 2012, October 2013, October 2014 / 12 months each Location: Zambales, Municipality of Botolan Beneficiaries: 382 households (1,910 villagers) Problem(s): The coastal...
Focused Sector(s): Livelihood Project: Mitigation and Resilient Bicol Date: October 2011, October 2012, October 2013, October 2014 / 12 months each Location: Legazpi, Albay, Bicol Region Beneficiaries: 400 households (2,000 villagers) Problem(s): Poverty resulting...
Focused Sector(s): Education, Livelihood Project: Cargill’s Mangrove Information Centre Date and duration: 2010 / 3 months Location: Zambales, Palauig Beneficiaries: General Public Problem(s): Coastal communities were very poor Threats to livelihood (fishing) as a...
