Post Haiyan shelter project wraps with 660 families getting resilient houses and households strengthened against diaster | Division for Inclusive Social Development (DISD)

The UN-Habitat project of rebuilding houses that were destroyed by the Super Typhoon Haiyan came to a close this month. The primary goal of the project was to capacitate Yolanda-affected communities in the Philippines as well as local government units through a community driven approach called People's Process that is hinged on enabling a community to champion its own recovery.

The original target of the project was to aid 20 communities, build 610 houses, and 20 infrastructures. These numbers were exceeded as the project was able to aid 28 communities, build 660 houses, and 54 community infrastructures. To achieve this, the UN-Habitat trained 323 artisans and 31 foremen to help with the construction.

In addition to going beyond the goals set, the Post-Yolanda project also brought together the communities affected to work towards common goals. People discovered their voice and can now ask the government and the private sector for assistance in improving their communities. This project showed that recovery can be a shared endeavor with the government, the communities, and the families involved.

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