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| IsrAID Philippines Country Manager Netanel Nisan discusses accomplishment of IsrAID in Ormoc. |
Barely two years in operation in the Philippines, the
sole NGO flagship carrier of Israel is now on the verge of expanding its
activity, they come in Ormoc and Tacloban within 48 hours after Typhoon Yolanda
hit and devastated the place, they immediately conduct medical assistance and relief
operations, and since then they choose to stay.
IsraAID started in 2011 and they are in more than 35
countries in the world now, they are getting funds from different sectors that
believe in their causes. Among their
programs for disaster stricken areas are mental health and psycho social
support, family counselling program, food security and agriculture, livelihood
programs, trainings with partners from academe community, identifying water
resources, farmers cooperative and teaching Israeli irrigation water system,
that they claim is one of their biggest contribution in agriculture.
On a conference at Barbara’s in Intramuros, Netanel
Nisan, IsraAID Philippines Country Director
inform us that there is more that they can contribute in nation
building, helping communities to stand up from any turmoil, and they are now in
the situation of reaching other areas of the Philippines and extending
assistance that they are best at.
“We have very successful program in Ormoc, and we want to
duplicate it to other places, and to expand our activity as much as possible.”
Nisan said.
Nisan himself admit that he likes staying in the country,
he find working here and sharing their programs a joy of a lifetime, he also
clarify that even they carry their country name Israel, they are not a
Government support. As a NGO their funding usually are coming from donors all
over the world, and even private companies here in the Philippines are giving
them support.
“Immediately when I landed in this country, I fell in
love with the country and the people, it’s a greatest experience, of course
there are cultural gap that we need to overcome, but as I experience in our
program in Ormoc, we get along very well.”
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| Nisan is join by Ms.Barbara Gordon-Delos Reyes in talks about IsrAID. |
IsrAID didn’t disclose to us yet where and what Cities or
provinces in the Philippines they are extending their programs, it is a work in
progress as of now since talks and negotiations are ongoing. Nisan also clarify some notions that NGO’s
like IsrAID are just tolerating some people in stress areas by giving foods,
they are more than that.
“We don’t feed anyone, we bring some technologies, but we
don’t just bring equipments, we also bring knowledge that will stay here, and
we also teach them how to rely on themselves, to be responsible for their
future, we won’t be here forever, they need to save money, we are working with
them.” Nisan said in closing.
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| IsrAID Philippines Board of Directors, David Santos, Ms.Barbara and Netanel. |
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