Philippines Typhoon Response

CCA Joint ImplementationCLWR / ERDO / WRenew

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Working with

volunteers from the Christian Reformed Church of the

Philippines

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World Renew was there within

17 days, providing

emergency NFIs

(Phase I)

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Working with local CRCP leadership, 6 municipalities on the 3 islands

were identified

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THREE OFFICES SET UP Panay and Tacloban offices, December

2013 Eastern Samar office Mar 2014 (UN

compound)

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10 IRMS SERVED

Phase 2 Harry and Annie

Bergshoeff Harry and Greta

Harsevoort Bernie Schaaf

Phase 3 Ron and Lauris Fuller Dwayne Neinhuis (no

photo) John and Hilda Van Gyssel

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CCA CO-FUNDING

ERDO and CLWR are both partnering with World Renew’s next phases: Phase II: $ 145,000 combined Phase III: $ 300,000 combined

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CCA JOINT MEMBER VISITS

ERDO visited

January 19 – 23

CLWR visit

planned Jun 15-18

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MEETINGS WITH MAYORS

Nov 17th to Dec 14th Jan 19 - 27th 2014

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HUMANITARIAN ACCOUNTABILITY PARTNERSHIP (HAP) STANDARD: Before project activities, staff posted

beneficiary lists in communities (transparency)

Cell-phone number was included for community members to contact World Renew

Provided opportunity for them to ask questions or to report irregularities (Complaint mechanism).

Helped to finalize the list, ensuring that only one name was listed for each household

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8276 Households received:• Stoves• Cooking supplies – pots

and dishes• Sleeping mats• Wash basins, large buckets,

towels• Solar flashlights• Generators

In Phase II (Dec-March 2014), World Renew provided more NFIs:

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GENERATOR COMMITTEES25 community generators powered street lights,

and daycares, providing safety and security, recharging of cel phones

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Trauma counseling is a critical component of this outreach

Phase II: Stress debriefing seminars were held for 67 community leaders along with World Renew COs

- They were then trained in psychological first aid to recognize signs of trauma and provide counseling

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TRAUMA COUNSELING .

Phase III: Follow-up PSS training focused on identifying child victims of trauma and signs of trauma to look for.

Three child stress debriefing sessions held.

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TRAUMA COUNSELING Phase III: 3 more Stress Debriefing Workshops More sessions yet to come.

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CASH-FOR-WORK Phase II: Cash for Work (CfW) was included

on this project because everyone’s livelihood was destroyed - “EMERGENCY EMPLOYMENT”

US$ 250,000 was programmed in CfW activities in order to boost the purchasing power of families

Community leadership was involved from the beginning to decide what community projects would be most helpful

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Length of work varied from 5 to 10 to 12 days (as some

had received CFW from another NGO).

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COMMUNITY PROJECTS

4155 HH participated

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CASH-FOR-WORK Many positive outcomes, including:

Towns were beautifiedRepairs made to community buildings15 homes of elderly people repaired700 meters of roads repaired

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CASH-FOR-WORK Many positive outcomes, including:

8.7 km of creeks, 6km drainage ditches, 17.5 km streets, 4.6 hectares cleared of debris

40 community gardens across 11.5 hectares

Debris cleared from market and part of airport areas

A town water line was extended to provide water to remote areas

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USE OF CASH-FOR-WORK INCOME “The CFW project not only had immediate

benefits, but it also restored and healed groups of friends, neighbors and families.

After the devastation caused by the typhoon, it was therapeutic for people to restore the village in which they lived and reclaim what was taken from them.

With their earnings, people bought nutritious foods for their families, purchased medicine, started small businesses, and purchased materials to rebuild damaged housing. ”

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SUSTAINABLE LIVELIHOODS

Phase III: Rehabilitation of 508 fishing livelihoods

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SUSTAINABLE SHELTER

Phase III: reconstruction, typhoon resistant shelter (up to 250 kms / hour)

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SUSTAINABLE SHELTER

Prototype: 1915 completely reconstructed, or repaired

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“Little by little we recover. We do not know how long it will take to recover. We think more than a year. But the Word of God gives us hope. Agencies like World Renew that have come to help us have also given us hope to rebuild our lives.”

-Joey Tapa, Camote Community Leader

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