Philipp Danao is born and raised in the Philippines and currently based in Myanmar for over five years. With more than 10 years of demonstrated experience in disaster management nationally and regionally in Asia, he is involved in managing projects on inclusive community-based disaster risk reduction (DRR), mainstreaming DRR into development, and climate change adaptation. Currently, as the Country DRR Coordinator of Malteser International, he is committed to build community resilience through enhancing local adaptive capacity and partnerships in DRR, addressing underlying vulnerabilities with women and persons with disabilities, and managing mangrove reforestation.