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Mark Daza

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Asia, Philippines, Southeast Asia
As seen in: Facebook, Medium, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Rappler, ABS-CBN News, Australian Outlook, Pioneers Post
Covers:  business, enterprise, human rights, mental health, climate change, disasters, public health, education, agriculture, gender equality, poverty, children's rights, etc.
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Mark Daza’s Biography

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Mark is a freelance writer and communications professional from the Philippines. He was a fellow of the Indo-Pacific Cooperation Network in 2024-2025, one of the global "Changemakers" by Thomson Reuters Foundation in 2021, a Climate Tracker journalism fellow in 2020, and a Pioneers Post social enterprise journalism fellow in 2016.

Aside from writing Southeast Asia business and enterprise stories for print publications, including the Philippine Daily Inquirer, he has also produced television do…

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Data collection critical to disaster mitigation

Data collection critical to disaster mitigation

On Dec. 16, 2021, Supertyphoon "Odette" (international name: Rai) made landfall as a category 5 typhoon in th…

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Indigenous farmers find strength in numbers, defy pandemic

Indigenous farmers find strength in numbers, defy pandemic

By Mark Toldo

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Pandemic-hit MSMEs get a digital lifeline

Pandemic-hit MSMEs get a digital lifeline

For a Filipino enterprise to increase its chances of surviving the COVID-19 pandemic, digital transformation …

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The long-term needs of coastal communities

The long-term needs of coastal communities

Blog by Mark Toldo, Communications Specialist at HHI's Program on Resilient Communities One of the stark real…

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Why heeding the voice of at-risk populations is crucial to resilience

Why heeding the voice of at-risk populations is crucial to resilience

Blog by Mark Toldo, Communications Specialist at HHI's Program on Resilient Communities Since the establishme…

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Bicolanos seek alternative energy sources amid post-typhoon brownouts

Bicolanos seek alternative energy sources amid post-typhoon brownouts

The Bicol region underwent a total power blackout after typhoons Quinta, Ulysses and Super Typhoon Rolly topp…

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Articles

What Indo-Pacific Countries Can Learn from Japan on Disaster Resilience - Australian Institute of International Affairs

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By Mark Daza, Daisuke Kageyama
| Australian Outlook Verified
Efforts in Japan to develop memory preservation, infrastructure reinforcement, and community involvement have helped to build more resilient societies in responding to disasters. As countries in the Indo-Pacific continue to grapple with climate and disaster events, the lessons learned in Japan provide a framework for preparing for an effective response.
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What Indo-Pacific countries can learn from Japan on disaster resilience

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By Daisuke Kageyama, Mark Daza
| Rappler Verified
Being a hotbed for disasters and climate-related hazards, the Indo-Pacific region continues to battle the immediate and long-term impacts of increasingly devastating disasters. Thus, there’s a need not only for investments and resources in disaster risk reduction but also for robust cooperation and collaboration among countries, DRR actors, and communities in the region on disaster resilience.
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[OPINION] Strengthen civilian agencies, limit military involvement in disaster response

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By Mark Daza, Vincenzo Bollettino
| Rappler Verified
As the incoming administration led by president-elect Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. and vice president-elect Sara Duterte prepare and plan how to tackle the country’s many socio-economic issues, it is crucial for the Philippines to be reminded of one of its most pressing humanitarian issues — how to prepare for and respond to disasters. Globally, climate change is the defining challenge of our era.
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Awards

Save the Children Media Awards

2017 - Most Outstanding Short Film

Awarded to the episode entitled, "Sustansya" of ABS-CBN documentary program, "Mukha" (Faces). The episode highlighted the story of Lydia Tabada, a mother who strives to save her four remaining children from hunger and sickness. One of her kids died due to complications caused by malnutrition in 2015 and her four other kids have been sick since then.

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New York Festivals

2016 - Documentary/Information Program

Finalist, Best Television - Documentary/Information Program Category Awarded to the episode entitled, "Serbisyo" (Service) of ABS-CBN documentary program, "Mukha" (Faces). The story documented a few anti-illegal drug operations by the Philippine National Police in the slums of Metro Manila during the first year of Rodrigo Duterte's presidency and the launch of his bloody "war on drugs."

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