Braving the Challenge of Extreme Heavy Rainfall in Brgy. Sianon, Badiangan, Iloilo

PHILNET-Visayas and PANAY RURAL DEVELOPMENT CENTER, INC.

Understanding community hazards, exposure and vulnerability: PCVA

Giving time for parents to learn about DRR through child-minding efforts

Improving physical infrastructure to secure community safety:
community footbridge then and now

SUSTAINING LIVELIHOODS in the FACE of EXTREME HEAVY RAINFALL

Securing the seeds for the future: The Wisdom of a Seed Bank

Extreme heavy rainfall and flooding wash away crops. Without saved seeds, it has become very difficult for farmers to get back to farming without getting indebted to seed traders. PRDCI has encouraged home-based seed storage (that which individual households can carry during evacuation). As a back-up, farming households contribute to the community seed bank.

Community seedbank, bamboo capsules for rice seeds covered with agdao leaves
(used as insect repellant)

Setting up the community seedlings nursery

Use of alternative and endogenous technologies to reduce risk of farming crop failure (and accompanying excessive farming cost) due to natural hazards

Demonstration Farm for Organic Farming Technologies

Attempts at protecting crops from extreme heavy rainfall:
Mosquito net and "Tulakbong" modules

Vegetables in bamboo plots to keep them from being destroyed or washed away by heavy rainfall

Harvest within 1-3 months
Processing of Vegetables to Ensure Access to Healthy and Nutritious Food During Emergencies
in partnership with University of the PHilippines in the Visayas School of Technology, Iloilo

Name of Organization	PhilNet Visayas
Implementing Partner	Panay Rural Development Center, Inc.
Project Location	Brgy. Sianon, Badiangan, Iloilo
Contact Person	Andres Tionko
Address	San Matias St, Barangay San Jose, Molo, Iloilo City
Contact Number	033-5082083 or 033-3383226
Email address	inquiry@prdciph.org, chito.tionko@gmail.com