News about Davao

The trip exposes them to the programs of international Tzu Chi chapters

Helping others is one of many lessons from Tzu Chi that Mira Pondol takes to heart

Manila and Davao volunteers explore ways to rebuild safe classrooms and help students return to face-to-face learning.

From childhood hardship to a life of purpose, Tzu Chi Davao scholar alumna Arabella Nicole Monterola now serves as a learning support assistant at Tzu Chi Great Love Preschool Philippines.

From heavy construction work to welding, Mariel Gencianos took on every job to stay in school until the Tzu Chi Scholarship Program eased her financial burden.

With combined efforts and deep compassion, Tzu Chi volunteers from Davao and Manila wrapped up a successful relief distribution of basic necessities on June 27 to 1,382 households in the Municipality of Glan in Sarangani Province, and barangays Sugal and Butulan in the Municipality of Jose Abad Santos. Impacted by the magnitude 7.8 quake last June 8, many of the victims have lost their homes and continue to seek shelter in tents pitched outdoors.

Volunteers distribute rice, blankets, solar panels, and vouchers for construction materials

Survivors of the magnitude 7.8 quake in Jose Abad Santos, Davao Occidental, recall the trauma and mercies following the destruction and loss.

In teams of two, they visited the municipalities of Glan and Jose Abad Santos

Two days after a magnitute 7.8 quake reduced parts of Sarangani and General Santos in Mindanao into rubble on June 8, Tzu Chi Davao volunteers bravely took to the streets, surveying the extensive damages and their effects to the thousands of displaced families. With victims too scared to go home or with no homes to return to, evacuation centers have been packed and local leaders call for a need for necessities like food, water, blankets, and means of communication.