This case study describes how humanitarian and media development agencies collaborated with local media actors to set up the station, and how it contributed to the accountability and effectiveness of the humanitarian response.

This case study was written following an event held on 15 April 2014, #CDACLearn: Philippines – Information, Accountability and Media. It describes the role of a humanitarian radio station in getting communities' questions answered, providing psycho social support and building community resilience in the response to Typhoon Haiyan in Guiuan, the Philippines.

In October 2012, over 40 agencies across the humanitarian and media development sectors gathered to take part in the first CDAC Network simulation. The two-day crisis simulation aimed to build the capacity of staff within CDAC Network Member agencies and partners, to be prepared for and plan a coordinated, collaborative, multi-agency response to an emergency.