List of disaster agencies in the Philippines

The Microfinance DRRM Resource Center provides links to microfinance and DRRM related materials and references as well as links to websites of government agencies and non-government organizations involved in DRRM. It is a component of the Disaster Risk Reduction and Mitigation for Microfinance Institutions Program – a project of a consortium composed of the Microfinance Council of the Philippines, Inc. (MCPI), National Confederation of Credit Cooperatives (NATCCO), PinoyMe Foundation, and Peace and Equity Foundation (PEF) that aims to help build disaster resilient microfinance institutions.

DRRM Guide for MFIs

Disaster and Microfinance

• Surviving Disasters and Support Recovery: A Guidebook for Microfinance Institutions
• The First 30 Days: A Practical Guide to Managing Natural Disasters for Microfinance Institutions
• Loan Rescheduling after a Natural Disaster
• Microfinance and Disaster Management
• Recovery from the Tsunami Disaster. Poverty Reduction and Sustainable Development through Microfinance
• MFI Liquidity Problems after a Natural Disaster
• Microfinance in the Wake of Natural Disasters: Challenges and Opportunities
• Housing Finance for the Poor: Emerging Lessons in Post-Emergency Environments
• Reconstruction Initiative through Social Enterprise: A Poverty Sector-Focused Post-Yolanda Response in the Philippines
• Making Money Transfers Work for Microfinance Institutions

Disaster Response

• Disaster Assessment (OCHA-UNDAC)
• Guidelines for Assessment in Emergencies (IFRC and ICRC)
• Emergency Rapid Needs Assessment Guidelines
• The Sphere Project Handbook

Disaster Risk Reduction and Resilience Building

• Building Resilient Communities
• Building Resilient Communities: A Training Manual on Community-Managed Disaster Risk Reduction
• Project Dina (OCD)
• Valley Fault System Atlas
• Philippine NDRRM Plan 2011-2028
• Making Risk Sharing Models Work with Farmers, Agribusinesses and Financial Institutions
• Assessing Green Microfinance

Government Links

• National Disaster Risk Reduction Management Council (NDRRMC)
• Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PhiVocs)
• Project Noah
• Office of Civil Defense (OCD)
• Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD)
• Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA)
• Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB)

Links to Humanitarian Organizations, NGOs, and other online DRR resource centers

• United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA)
• United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UNISDR)
• Humanitarian Response
• Citizens’ Disaster Response Center
• Philippine Business for Social Progress (PBSP)
• Center for Disaster Preparedness (CDP)
• Asian Disaster Preparedness Center (ADPC)
• The Global Development Research Center
• Microfinance Gateway

Disaster Management Services (DMS) is one of the major services of the Philippine Red Cross, primarily tasked to deliver humanitarian assistance during emergency and disaster situations. Through its wide network of well-trained, skilled, and committed staff and volunteers across the country, the DMS implements its mandate through an integrated holistic approach to save lives, minimize human suffering, and to reduce losses and damages.

Apart from emergency and disaster situations, DMS has a significant role to build the capacity of communities to minimize the risks, and to immediately cope and recover after the impact of disasters.

Core programs of DMS

Disaster Risk Reduction

Contributes to the development of safe and resilient communities, schools, and workplaces through RC143 in order to capacitate them to prepare, respond, and recover from any emergency situation.

Disaster Preparedness

Strengthens the preparedness capacity of the PRC (both the NHQ and Chapters) for timely and effective response.

Disaster Response

Provides appropriate humanitarian services in the areas of rescue, relief, health, welfare, and emergency shelter to the most vulnerable groups among the total affected population

Disaster Recovery

Involves the provision, restoration and improvement of shelter, livelihood, and basic community facilities, to improve living conditions and reduce disaster risk, supporting long-term approaches of building back better and safer.

Disaster Operations Page

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