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Completed project

Emergency Relief for Victims of the 2013 Earthquake

Philippines
Adapting to climate changeWomen’s Economic Empowerment
Date

November 2013 to March 2014

Financial contribution

CAD$ 292,767

Minister of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development Canada – International Humanitarian Assistance (DFATD – IHA): CAD$ 249,991 ; CECI : CAD$ 40,976 ; Center for Emergency Aid and Rehabilitation (CONCERN Inc.) : CAD$1,800

Consortium partner

Center for Emergency Aid and Rehabilitation (CONCERN Inc.)

Impact for

10,000 people

2,000 families

On October 15, 2013, a 7.2 magnitude earthquake rocked the island province of Bohol, in the Philippines. More than 350,000 people were displaced by the disaster. Damages exceeded $53 million and destroyed 60,000 homes, in addition to seaports, airports, churches, government and public buildings, schools and hospitals. Aftershocks continued to rattle the province in the following weeks, causing additional damage to temporary shelters.

In response to the crisis, the Centre for International Studies and Cooperation (CECI) set to work in several areas to help the disaster victims. The emergency relief project strived to meet the immediate needs of 2,000 families in extremely vulnerable situations in the municipalities of of Tubigon and Catigbian (province of Bohol).

Results achieved

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Reconstruction / Rehabilitation

  • 760 individual families (3,800 people) repaired their homes.
  • Six communities led operations to clean up the area and collect debris to make space for the construction of new shelters.
  • Four irrigation pumps were installed so that 180 farmers could manage excessive water in the rice paddies.
  • 50 carpenters were trained to help with reconstruction efforts.

Risk prevention

Pre-emergency prevention – A solar energy system was installed in an evacuation centre for six communities.

Economy

  • 560 women, 110 fishers and 180 farmers restored their economic activities.
  • Communities created an emergency fund with grants given to women and subsistence fishers.

Victim support

  • 53 youth received post-traumatic therapy to help them handle their psycho-social stress.
  • Pedagogical and technological material was provided to six daycares, six primary schools and one secondary school.
  • An awareness campaign on building safe dwellings reached 2,000 families (10,000 people).

Putting our expertise to work

Targeting key interventions to meet dire needs

The sheer scope of the disaster was hindering access to basic resources. CECI provided relief to the local populations and supported key actors in the region by providing services adapted to victims’ needs:

  • Supplied materials for building shelters through the cash-for-work program.
  • Allocated cash grants to restore women’s livelihoods.
  • Offered art-therapy training sessions to teachers so they could help students express the trauma they experienced and reduce anxiety caused by the earthquake.
  • Installed solar lamps and panels to meet energy needs.

Results that count

3,800

people repaired their homes (760 families)

560

women, 110 fishers and 180 farmers restored their economic activities

53

youth received post-traumatic therapy to help them handle their psycho-social stress

10,000

people reached by an awareness campaign on building safe dwellings

50

carpenters were trained to help with reconstruction efforts

1

emergency fund created by communities with grants given to women and subsistence fishers

Our partners

Thank you to our financial, consortium and implementation partners, without whom this project would not be possible.

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