The study aims to develop a psychosocial model for victims during disasters, based on the assessment of the Psychosocial Care Activities (PCAs) undertaken for evacuees and the coping mechanisms of the families who experienced severe stress. This is a descriptive research, respondents are evacuees who were interviewed and the organizers of the activities who were part of the Focus Group Discussion (FGD). Statistical tools used were frequency, percentage and rank. The PCAs undertaken for the

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... ees were: life coaching, religious, education information and entertainment activities. The PCAs contributed to the psychosocial wellbeing of the evacuees. The coping mechanisms by selected family-survivors who had severe stress were physical, social, mental and spiritual, wherein physical coping mechanisms was the most utilized. The study hereby concludes that PCAs during disasters for the at-risk-barangays contributed to the well being of the evacuees and that disaster family survivors were resilient. The study hereby proposes a Psychosocial Care Model that emphasizes education, life coaching and survival science skills across the major phases of disasters.