This year’s celebration of International DRR focuses on Target G of the Sendai Framework: “Substantially increase the availability of and access to multi-hazard early warning systems and disaster risk information and assessments to people by 2030.” A2D Project implements the project entitled “… More

Roderick Auza is the Training Development and IEC Officer of DCW project. Before joining A2D Project, Erick has more than 6 years of work experience as an Information Officer at the Environmental Legal Assistance Center and 1 year as IEC Specialist at Soil and Water Conservation Foundation. He was also the Sustainability Manager for a Canadian BPO company and Chief of Staff of the Office of the SP Chairperson for Housing and Urban Development in the City of Talisay. Mr. Auza brings in years of experience in working with NGOs and advocacy conducting environment awareness seminars, community and policy development.

Keeshia Austria is the Project Assistant of DCW Project. Before joining DCW, Keeshia was with OXFAM as Monitoring Evaluation Accountability and Learning (MEAL) Assistant for Oxfam’s Northern Cebu Haiyan Response. She has a degree in Psychology from the University of San Carlos and has units in Community Organizing from University of Southern Philippine Foundation.

Carmelita Egot is the Project Manager of Danajon Communities WATCH Project. She has worked with NGOs for a number of years in various capacities as Community Organizer, Project Coordinator/Director and Monitoring and Evaluation Officer. Over these years, she has managed and coordinated projects to respond to issues on children, health, environment and education. Likewise, she has worked as research/evaluator for anti-trafficking and other child protection projects. Moreover, Mimi is a licensed Social Worker who graduated from St. Theresa’s College and has units of Graduate Studies in Public Administration and Social Psychology.

Endreyco L. Servandel is a senior Sociology major at the University of San Carlos. He was a former school representative, and now sits as the Vice-President Internal of the Carolinian Sociological and Anthropological Society (USC-CARSAS). He is currently doing his internship in A2D Project–Research Group for Alternatives to Development Inc. for the Barangay Level Disaster Risk Sensitive Shelter Plans in the Municipality of Ubay, Bohol.

Anne Borisch is a German student conducting an internship at A2D Project for three months (Nov 2014 – Jan 2015) and is contributing to the End-of-Project Evaluation of “Protection of Children in Conflict with the Law below 15 in the Province of Cebu, Philippines” (JPIC-IDC/KKS) and to “Strengthening Capacities for a Child-Centered Disaster Risk Reduction and Management in the Municipalities of Bantayan and Daanbantayan in the Aftermath of Haiyan” (UNICEF). In October 2014 she completed her bachelor’s degree in “Cultural Studies” at the University of Koblenz in Germany. Her bachelor’s programme combines the interconnected core subjects Social Anthropology, Media Science and Philosophy. In her bachelor thesis she examined “effective programmes of NGOs against sex trafficking in the Philippines“ focussing on the law-enforcement based approach of the NGO “International Justice Mission” for which she volunteers as an “ambassador” to raise awareness about the violation of human rights. Besides, her research interests include the transformation of identities in a globalised world and visual anthropology.

Jon Oliver Balili graduated from the University of San Carlos with a bachelor’s degree in Economics minor in Law and Politics. In March 2013, he received a nomination for The Outstanding Leader during the 30th USC Excellence Awards. Apart from being Website Manager, he also actively participates in A2D Project’s research endeavors.

Djanil B. Barrera a graduate of Bachelor of Science and Commerce major in Business Administration from University of San Jose Recoletos year 2002. She is the Office Assistant of A2D Project.

Marivic Y. Codinera graduated from the University of the Philippines-Cebu College with a degree in BA Political Science. Since college, she was already active in doing research with different NGOs in conducting surveys and FGD’s and was hired documenter in different government-sponsored events. She was a student leader and appointed as deputy secretary in UP student council. She also served as Class representative for four years. Recently, she is a Master of Education (M.Ed) candidate from the same university with concentration on Social Studies.

Nelia Miñoza graduated from the University of San Carlos with a degree in Accountancy. She is a certified public accountant specializing in financial management for non-profit organizations

Katherine N. Velmonte graduated from University of the Philippines-Cebu with a degree of Bachelor of Arts in Political Science. During her college days, she served as UPPSS Third Year Finance Block Representative and UPPSS Treasurer. She had also conducted a research study entitled “An Assessment on the Barangay Health Centers of Brgy. Malubog, Brgy. Pamutan and Brgy. Paril, in terms of Maternal Health Care”.

Kaira Zoe K. Alburo is an Assistant Professor of Development Studies at the University of the Philippines and Executive Director and Founder of A2D Project. Under the Huygens Scholarship Program administered by NUFFIC, she acquired her Masters Degree in Development Studies with Merit at the Institute of Social Studies in The Hague, The Netherlands with a specialization in Women, Gender and Development, minor in Conflict Studies.

In 2012, she received a grant from the International Association for the Study of Sexuality, Culture, and Society (IASSCS) for her research titled “After the Storm: Promoting Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights in Disaster Risk Reduction and Management in the Philippines” under the Emerging Scholars International Research Fellowship Program. Her research experience and interests include Gender and Development, Intimate Partner Violence in Metro Cebu, Sexuality and Reproductive Health, Conflict and Human Rights.

Mr. Cañete is the Deputy Director for Strategic Partnerships and Institutional Advancement at A2D Project and the Project Manager of the Danajon Communities WATCH project. He holds a Masters degree in Health Social Science from De La Salle University under the Ford Foundation scholarship and BA and MA degrees in Anthropology at the University of San Carlos.

In 2003, he received a Fulbright scholarship to pursue doctoral studies in Anthropology at Arizona State University in the United States. Before working fulltime at A2D Project in 2012, Aloy was associate professor of Anthropology at the University of San Carlos for more than 10 years and was hired by the Ramon Aboitiz Foundation Inc. as consultant and senior program officer for research and knowledge management in the Eduardo Aboitiz Development Studies Center in Cebu City.

Bruce N. Ragas is the Regional Director of the Commission on Population, Regional Population Office 7, an attached agency of the Department of Health. He is a lawyer by profession and prior his government service, he has been into private practice of law and was engaged with various non-government organizations that worked on the development issues such as human rights, environment, gender and development, reproductive health and sexual rights. Such involvement has exposed him to the intricate works of advocacy, networking and research. Aside from earning his degrees of Bachelor of Arts Major in Anthropology from the University of San Carlos and Bachelor of Laws from the University of San Jose Recoletos, Cebu City, he had been a recipient also of a Ford Foundation scholarship on the Program for Development Managers at the Asian Institute of Management, Makati City, Philippines, and Hewlett Packard Foundation scholarship on the fellowship course on International Family Planning Leadership Program at the Public Health Institute through the International Health Program, Sta. Cruz, California, in collaboration with School of Public Health, Berkeley, California and Center for Reproductive Health Research and Policy, University of California, San Francisco, California, USA.

Dr. Resil B. Mojares is Professor Emeritus at the University of San Carlos in Cebu City.He was director of Cebuano Studies Center since its founding in 1975 until 1996, when he assumed the directorship of San Carlos Publications. A distinguished professor in Literature and History, Dr. Mojares has a bachelor’s degree in English, a master’s degree in Literature and postgraduate studies all at the University of San Carlos. His doctorate in Literature is from the University of the Philippines in Diliman.

A noted writer, critic and cultural researcher, he has won several National Book Awards from the Manila Critics Circle for works in literary criticism, local and national history, urban and rural history, and political biography. Mojares has received the Free Press and Carlos Palanca prizes for his short stories, a fellowship from the UP Creative Writing Center, and teaching and research fellowships from the Ford, Toyota, and Rockefeller foundations, Fulbright Program, and Social Science Research Council (New York), and two prizes from outside the country: the Grant Goodman Prize for History from the Association of Asian Studies, and the Fok Ying Tung Southeast Asia Prize for his contribution to the development of civilization, culture and science in Southeast Asian countries. He has also served as visiting professor or fellow at the Universities of Wisconsin, Hawaii, Michigan, Kyoto University, UCLA, and the National University of Singapore. At present he is General Editor for the biographies of Ramon Magsaysay Awardees.

Maria Cecilia C. Gastardo-Conaco is currently Professor of Psychology at the University ofthe Philippines Department of Psychology in Diliman, Quezon City. She obtained her Ph.D. in (social) Psychology at the University of California, Santa Barbara under a Fulbright-Hayes fellowship. A Rockefeller grant supported her additional training for the certificate in political psychology from the Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio. In 1991, she was awarded as one of the nation’s Outstanding Young Scientists by the National Academy of Science and Technology of the Philippines.

Her research experience is broad and she has published on a variety of topics, including women’s health and sexuality, adolescent reproductive health, social identity and participation in social movements, cognitions of human rights, the psychology of poverty, cross-cultural relations, and indigenous psychology. She has done consultancy work for government and various non-governmental organizations, doing evaluation research and social impact assessments. She is also frequently invited as a resource person for research training workshops.

She currently holds the University of the Philippines Centennial Professorial Chair in Psychology for work on social psychological concepts in Filipino indigenous psychology.

Patrick John Y. Lim, Ph.D is a Professor of Chemistry at the Department of Chemistry, University of San Carlos (USC), Cebu City. He completed his bachelor’s degree at USC and earned his doctorate on synthetic inorganic and organometallics chemistry at the University of Melbourne, Australia in 2000. After returning to the Philippines, he has served as Chair of the Department of Chemistry at USC from 2004 to 2011 and as a member of the Commission on Higher Education Technical Committee for Chemistry from 2007 to 2009.

He became involved in chemical safety and security through collaborations with experts from Sandia National Laboratories in New Mexico, culminating with his appointment to a U.S. National Academies Committee on Promoting Safe and Secure Chemical Management in Developing Countries from 2009 to 2010. His engagement in chemical safety and security included travels to Pakistan, Yemen, Thailand, and Switzerland, the last one for the IUPAC Workshop 2012 on Impacts of Scientific Development on the Chemical WeaponsConvention. Currently, he serves as Editor of The Philippine Scientist, a journal published by USC Press and listed in the Zoological Record and BIOSIS Previews.

Roxanne O. Doron is a Faculty member of the University of San Carlos, School of Business and Economics and currently the Founder and Executive Director of Bisdak Pride, Inc.—a human rights organization dedicated to advance, uphold and protect the rights and responsibilities of persons with different sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI). He also served as the Education Committee Head for the Coalition against Pork Barrel System, Secretariat of Cebu Archdiocesan Discernment Group and Festival Coordinator for Binisaya Film Festival – A project of the National Commission for Culture and the Arts Sub-commission on the Arts (Cinema).

He was part of the group of researchers on “HIV Prevention in Big Cities Project in the Philippines”, a project of Philippine NGO Council on Population, Health and Welfare, Inc. (PNGOC) and Population, Services International (PSI) funded by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and World Bank (WB) and “Strategic Information and Community Leadership among Men Who Have Sex With Men (MSM) and Transgenders (TGs)”, A project of Health Action Information Network (HAIN) with support from United Nations Development Program (UNDP)

He is a Writer of the Daniel Magazine (Los Angeles, California), trained human rights worker and gender equality advocate.

Alfredo A. Arquillano, Jr. served as Municipal Mayor of San Francisco, Cebu province, the Philippines for three terms. Under his leadership, a “Purok” community empowerment program was developed to boost the resilience of families living below the poverty line. In the Purok “Capital Build Up” program, communities actively participate in developing local solutions for disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation. The system has won the municipal government several national and local awards, including the UN Sasakawa Award for Disaster Risk Reduction in 2011.

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Dr. Leodinito Y. Cañete is the Secretary of the Board of Regents of Cebu Normal University. He is also its chief planning officer. At CNU, he handles graduate courses in theory development, research process, and current pedagogical issues. Dr. Cañete has published research projects in demographics in basic education development, gender-responsive community development and children’s rights and education. He completed his Doctor of Pedagogy with Highest Honors at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece. He also had a career at the National Economic and Development Authority starting as an economic development specialist and culminating as the Chief of the Operations Division of its Regional Office in Central Visayas.

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