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Introducing Asia Pacific Alliance
for Disaster Management

Asia Pacific Alliance

National Platform Member Organization

The Philippine Disaster Resilience Foundation (PDRF) is the country's major private sector vehicle and coordinator for disaster management.

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At approximately 8:38AM on Jun 8, 2026 (JST), a deadly 8.2M earthquake struck off the coast of Mindanao. As of 11...

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On May 2, 2026, Mount Mayon, located in the southern part of Luzon Island, Philippines, erupted. Since then, highly acti...

Minet Aguisanda Jerusalem

Chairperson, A-PAD Philippines
A member of Board of Trustees, Citizens' Disaster Response Center (CDRC)

Setting-up the Regional and National Platforms – Networking with different Stakeholders and formalization of the Regional and National Platforms. The National Platform will be composed of the 3 Regional Platforms which will be established in each of the three main group of islands, namely Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao.
Capacity Building of Stakeholders (Trainings, Equipments, etc.) – The aim of these trainings is to help develop the capacity of the different stakeholders in preparing and responding to disasters. The trainees, coming from the LGUs, CSOs and Private Sector, will also serve as the pool of volunteers during emergency response.