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Community Pantry Beyond The Pandemic

It has been a year and half since the Covid19 pandemic started in the Philippines, and the number of Filipinos infected by the virus...

Growing community resilience through community gardens

Opportunities for sustainable change are abundant, even in a time of upheaval. It's a time to address what is/isn't working towards the...

How We Are Responding to COVID-19

Our work started in response to super Typhoon Haiyan (called Typhoon Yolanda in the Philippines) that severely impacted lives and...

Back-to-back earthquakes hit the Philippines

CNN reported a magnitude 6.0 earthquake affecting four countries: Japan, Philippines, Taiwan, and China. Several killed and injured...

Daycare center needs care

In the Philippines, small communities such as the "barangay" operate daycare centers for pre-school children, identified by volunteer...

Rebuilding the cathedrals, but what happens to the small churches?

One of the saddest outcomes of the 7.2 earthquake that hit Bohol in October 2013 were the damages on centuries old churches in the...

Getting Ready for the Next Mission

In October 2015, the Philippines was hit by typhoon Koppu (Local name Lando) killing 47 and affecting 2.8 million people especially in...

2015 HAND Mission Focus on Tungod Elementary School

During the 2015 mission in May, HAND volunteers provided medical service to more than 1000 patients, which included pediatric care, adult...