From project manager to global citizen in a month

This past week, we have been featuring

emergency response, preparedness, and exercise

videos from Davao City, Philippines.

The complete story, featured on ibm.com, can be found at:

First IBM volunteers return home with stories

then, CSC in Philippines (complete story).

Update on C-130 Military Aircraft

This summer, Neighbors Helping Neighbors featured some of the emergency and disaster response programs we worked with in Davao City in the Mindanao region of the Philippines.

The front page of the Sun Star newspaper provides an update on the C-130 crash that we have been featuring the response activities on this website.

In Shock That They Would Need To Use ICS, At Least So Soon

As readers of the Neighbors Helping Neighbors blog know, we spent the majority of the summer working with emergency response personnel in Davao City, Philippines.

Less than one week after returning home, a major incident occurred in the region, which impacted the majority of the organizations we worked with.

The complete article, including quotes from some of the people and organizations we trained, can be found at:

http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/net/2008/08/27/c.130.plane.debris.body.parts.found.html

Our thoughts and prayers go out to everyone.