December 2014 Philippines deployment, technical report.
With the end of the December Philippines deployment now just over a month behind us we have completed the technical report for this deployment. Following is a short summary; Mission statement: To provide internet access to the main buildings & locations in Camp Arapal. To establish an internal (and external) VoIP service. To provide basic […]
Follow-up deployment to Cebu, Philippines.
During our initial deployment to the Philippines, following typhoon Haiyan in November 2013, we worked in several areas across the Northern half of the island of Cebu. Our teams built communications infra-structure, provided communication services, ran medical clinics and trained several teams of local volunteers in first aid and medical skills. Out of all the […]
Technology & humanitarian aid: follow up mission to Philippines.
Following our successful 4-month deployment to the Philippines which finished last April we have now started planning a follow up mission and are looking for volunteers! The team for the upcoming mission will deploy to Arapal Camp on the island of Cebu. Arapal Camp is in many ways a unique community. It’s in a rural […]
December 21st Philippines update: Bantayan.
The last 9 days have seen our work in Cebu has seen a lot of progress. On December the 13th Sean arrived from Dublin together with a big bag of medical supplies. Sean’s primary task was to carry out a medical needs assessment in the areas that we were planning to operate in. Back in […]
Philippines progress update.
Progress has been made but there is much more to do! Yesterday our Swedish volunteer Rickard departed for home and handed over the tech work to Eric who had arrived from the US the day before. Yesterday also saw Sean, an EMT with Dublin Firebrigade, depart from Dublin to Cebu. With another 5 volunteers departing […]
December 4th 2013, Cebu Philippines update
Our advance team has been following up on the planning and communications we have had prior to their deployment. They have established direct contact with doctors at local hospitals in Cebu in order to more closely assess needs for medical assistance as well as Internet access and IT support. They’ve also been in contact with […]
Update on Philippines deployment.
Following is an update on Disaster Tech Labs current deployment to the island of Cebu in the Philippines; As of today we have our first people on the ground in Cebu. Our advance team landed there earlier today. The team will work to follow up with local contacts to plan, prepare and initiate our projects. […]
Philippines deployment update.
November 15th 2013: As posted here earlier this week, we’re sending a team to the Philippines and plan to send another team a week later. Location wise we’ve decided to concentrate on the area North of Cebu which has been badly hit but which is receiving far less attention and aid than Tacloban. We have […]