PHILIPPINES / NORTHERN CEBU
RECONSTRUCTION PROGRAM OF CARITAS SWITZERLAND
PHILIPPINES - CEBU - BANTAYAN ISLANDS
The mission was to formulate a strategy for the rehabilitation program of Caritas Switzerland in the aftermath of Typhoon “Haiyan”
that struck the Philippines in November 2013. The strategy followed two main areas of intervention: the rehabilitation of private houses,
and the reconstruction of schools. By analysing the context, it defined a draft concept of the reconstruction program, pointing out potential architectural components, the recommended implementing structure and the necessary financial and personnel-wise measures to be taken. According to the guidelines of Caritas Switzerland, a holistic, integrative approach has been followed.
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Caritas Switzerland is a member of the international Caritas network. This consists of 165 organisations worldwide, which are active in more than two hundred countries. In addition, the European Caritas organisations have joined together in Brussels to form Caritas Europe.
Caritas helps people in need, regardless of their religious and political beliefs or their ethnicity. Because its presence reaches into the local communities, Caritas is able to react quickly in a disaster, providing the appropriate emergency relief.
