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Building back better in San Roque Ecovillage: Safer homes in post-Haiyan Philippines
The Environmental Science for Social Change (ESSC), with support from Xavier Network and the Philippine Province of the Society of Jesus, is assisting the relocation
Building back better and capacity strengthening in disaster preparedness with Xavier Network
Xavier Network is providing critical assistance to Jesuit efforts in post-disaster response in the Philippines. Simbahang Lingkod ng Bayan and the Environmental Science for Social
Contributing to a global post-2015 disaster risk reduction framework
Philippine Working Group on Disaster Risk Resilience As the current global blueprint for reducing disaster risk, the Hyogo Framework for Action 2005-2015: Building the resilience
The Pope and Tacloban: Social and economic inclusion of the poor in post-disaster response and humanity’s need to reconcile with Creation
Pedro Walpole The visit of Pope Francis to the Philippines is a religious and deeply cultural occasion. Though he asked for no images of himself
A Yolanda housing update: Where are we and how do we move forward in building back better and safer in post-disaster housing reconstruction in the Philippines?
Sylvia Miclat In the recovery, rehabilitation, and reconstruction plans and activities after typhoon Yolanda (Haiyan) hit central Philippines a year ago, a major lesson learnt
Post-disaster relocation considerations in Culion, Palawan, Philippines: A landscape and seascape of beauty, poverty, and livelihood and water insecurity
Established formally as a municipality in 1992, Culion in northern Palawan, Philippines is a beautiful, scenic part of the country, and has since sought to
Collaborative response in disaster risk reduction
Pedro Walpole, SJ As we enter the next phases of post-disaster response in relation to typhoon Yolanda (Haiyan), we are called to ask ourselves what
The role of structure and infrastructure in disaster reduction
Pedro Walpole, SJ There is now an awareness that after typhoon Yolanda (Haiyan) hit central Philippines last 8 November 2013, infrastructure broke down, and not