Disaster and Crisis Management



At the heart of Caritas Manila's Disaster Management Program are the donors and volunteers who are pressed into action during times of crisis and calamity. CM volunteers, including parents of Caritas scholars, are models of efficiency as they are tasked to prepare relief goods, coordinate with parishes, and distribute aid.

CM leadership and the resource mobilization team are just as efficient in working to secure funds and otherdonations needed for relief work. Funds generated go to the Caritas Emergency Fund, on which the disaster management program is anchored. In 2006, the funds provided assistance to the victims of the St. Bernard tragedy and typhoons Milenyo and Reming. Assistance was provided to some 73,087 families nationwide who were affected by calamities.