GENELA CABURAL-BUHIA is an independent consultant on disaster risk reduction/ climate change adaptation (DRR/CCA) integration in community livelihoods and local development programs. She had facilitated trainings and field work on DRR/CCA and participatory risk assessment for vulnerable communities, local government units and international development agencies with programs in Southeast Asia on sustainable livelihoods and DRR/CCA. Her stint in Oxfam Hong Kong earned recognition for innovation on DRR/CCA and Sustainable Livelihoods for its Philippine program partners. Her experience in social development for more than two decades includes capacity building, program and project development and management, grants administration and monitoring in the areas of livelihoods, gender and humanitarian/disaster risk management. She graduated Bachelor’s degree in Accounting at Ateneo de Davao, completed her Masters in Development Management at University of the Philippines Mindanao and earned units in the Doctorate program on Development Studies at Ateneo de Davao.