Philippine Self-Help Foundation
Additional Recipients of a full house re-build...
Ricardo, a sugarcane worker.
I (Jacqueline) came across Ricardo when I was accompanying a co-teacher doing a home visit. He was gathering lumber and other materials in order to fix his house. He told me he had been living with his mother Nancy until the day before the typhoon. When the forced evacuation order was announced, he took her to the home of a relative which was not prone to flooding. Ricardo, himself went to the evacuation centre where he stayed the night. Towards noon the next day, when the winds started to ease, he went back to his house only to find that it was gone; everything lay collapsed on the ground.
The plan: The construction of a 12 foot by 10 foot home with bamboo flooring resting on four concrete posts for elevation purposes as Ricardo’s area is prone to flooding.
Marlon, a farm labourer.
Marlon is a 48-year-old widower with three children named Vivian (16) Marjun (13) and Marian Joy (10). He tragically lost his wife in 2016 when she was giving birth to their fourth child who also died.
Marlon relates what happened on the day of the typhoon:
" It was 10 in the morning when I left my children at the Evacuation Center for their own safety. I asked one of my neighbours to look after them as I needed to return home to pick up some clothes and my children's birth certificate. The strong winds and heavy rain had already started as I made my way home. I need to hurry up because some big tree branches were already starting to fall. When I reached home, I quickly picked up the things I needed and decided to go back to the Evacuation Center. After a short distance, I turned around and saw with my own eyes my home being torn apart by the strong wind. I wanted to scream out at that moment as I feared for the future of my family.”
The family are now staying with a close relative and will remain with them until their new home is completed.
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The plan: The construction of a 16 foot by 16 foot home, divided into two equally-sized rooms.
Jingky and Joselito.
This afternoon when I (Analyn) and Ate Sherry went out to see the ongoing construction of Lolita’s house, Robert and Ryan (our carpenters from Bohol) told me that they had seen a house with no roof just a few metres from Lolita’s place. We approached the house and met Jingky, a mother of 6. The four eldest children aged 8 to 14 are studying whilst the two youngest are 3 years old and one month old, respectively. Her husband Joselito works as a baker and is the sole provider of the family earning 300 pesos (US$5) a day.
According to Jingky, when typhoon Tino hit, she was in the hospital with her husband after giving birth to their youngest son on November 1st. The other children were at home at the time but thankfully were rescued by the barangay officials and brought to the evacuation centre. Jingky cried upon seeing her home after she got discharged from the hospital and felt very worried for her newborn baby. Currently, the family are all living in Jingky’s father's house which is tiny – only about 8 sq.metres in size.
The plan: The construction of a 16 foot by 16 foot home, divided into two equally-sized rooms.