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Indigenous communities in the Visayas region that gathered in Bacolod City for the Dayaw indigenous people’s festival said they were still coping from the devastation of Super Typhoon “Yolanda” (Haiyan) and the 7.2-magnitude earthquake last year.
It’s been a year since the Super Typhoon “Yolanda/ Haiyan” hit the country and killed more than 6,000 and affected 16 million. Many of the survivors are still displaced, living in bunkhouses without prospects for employment.
The nutrition of children is a key factor to make the Philippines more resilient to disasters, such as supertyphoon “Yolanda” (international name Haiyan) which struck the country nearly a year ago, an international children’s rights group said Friday.
Rehabilitation of the heritage churches and other important cultural properties damaged by the Oct. 15, 2013, earthquake has resulted in a remarkable show of coordination among the key cultural agencies of the government, as well as very close cooperation between the local and national governments, the Catholic Church, and local communities.
The general sentiment is that Bohol churches devastated by the recent earthquake will rise again from the rubble, reconstructed faithfully, patiently, carefully rebuilt stone by stone, until each damaged structure returns to what it used to be.
A few weeks after the earthquake struck Bohol last October, members of the Association of Structural Engineers of the Philippines (Asep) volunteered to survey and to propose procedures to restore, repair or replace damaged heritage structures.
The 6200: Mission Possible Project was officially kickstarted last March 2 at Ayala Fairview Terraces Mall. Under the bold leadership of Rep. Lucy Torres-Gomez, fishermen of Ormoc City and the nearby municipalities of the Fourth District of Leyte will be able to restore their livelihood after the devastation that Super Typhoon “Yolanda” caused. The pillar of support behind Lucy’s project is Ben Chan and the entire Bench family.
The year 2013 was full of both hardship and happiness. However, for many places in the Philippines, it was a year of utter destruction and heartbreak.
