The Department of Science and Technology (DOST), Philippines in association with international and local partners launched the Moveable and Deployable ICT Resource Unit (MDRU) in the town of San Remigio, Cebu, a municipality ravaged by typhoon Yolanda. The donations for the MDRU have come from the efforts of the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) and the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications of Japan (MIC) and the Central Visayas Information Sharing Network Foundation (CVISNet). MDRU is self-reliant unit running on its own power source and/or is able to harness other power sources such as power generators or local active power lines and can be quickly deployed to restore communications in communities in the aftermath of a disaster. The MDRU donated by Japan comes in two configurations. The small version contains the necessary equipment and software necessary to provide basic voice and data communications within a small area for up to 500 concurrent users. The attaché case version of the MDRU can do the same for a much smaller area. The MDRU can also act as a data center, it is built in with an Evacuee Management System that allows relief workers, to use their smartphones or tablets to track and tabulate those who have been displaced by a disaster. According to Ioane Koroivuki Regional Director, Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific, International Telecommunication Union (ITU); “The ITU acknowledges that it is absolutely crucial that in times of emergencies that communications are restored in the shortest possible time, it also recognizes that having the right tools in place to enable this. The MDRU is one such tool that enables the establishment of an ICT network and emergency communications services in the fastest time possible”.