presentation based on the experiences of bohol local development foundation, inc. (bldf)
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BUILDING BACK BETTER AND SAFER:Ensuring sustainability through people-based development
Philippine Press Institute (PPI)Seminar-Workshop on Sustainable Construction Reporting in Partnership with Holcim Philippines
Presentation based on the experiences of Bohol Local Development Foundation, Inc. (BLDF) 25 May 2016 | Metrocentre Hotel, Tagbilaran City
Extent of Damage - 15 October EarthquakeSource: PPDO, 1st Week, November 2013
Areas Dead Missing InjuredTotally
Damaged Houses
Partially Damaged Houses
Bohol Province 211 8 877 13,402 65,815
Antequera 15 1 28 1,123 2,160
Angilan, Antequera 0 0 0 109 121Pangangan 0 0 0 204 582
Lawis, Pangangan 2 0 2 94 63
How the House Build Project Started
Our NGO, Bohol Local Development Foundation (BLDF), saw the need to move from relief work to rehabilitation, and to get into this phase as quickly as possible.
For rehabilitation to begin, families must move out of tents into more secure housing, which may be temporary or transitional, to keep family members safe, especially the children, the elderly, women and the differently-abled.
BLDF’s Key Objectives
To help homeless families build for
themselves a transition core house or temporary
shelter.
To work with target families on the idea of a core
house that is expandable, flexible and possibly transferrable to safer ground if need be.
BLDF focused on relatively remote communities hard hit by the earthquake in the province
Key Profile Data
Angilan, Antequera Angilan in Antequera is one of the off-the-
main-road barangays of the town with rugged terrain and very few flat lands.
Many houses are built along mountain slopes, if not in narrow valleys. Houses
were totally damaged either by land cracks, sinkholes or landslides caused by the
October 15 quake.
Profile Data - Angilan, Antequera
4.2• Average household size (smaller compared to the Lauis partner family beneficiaries)
2• Smallest household size
8• Biggest household size
52.2• Average age of household head
36• Youngest
78• Oldest
Profile Data - Angilan, Antequera
1/3
of the population has farming as a
means of livelihood
6 or 40%
Carpenters
1
Driver
1
Laundrywoman (household
head)
2 out of 15
Housewives
Profile Data – Angilan, Antequera
All of their houses were totally damaged by the quake and most of them did not want to return to the area where their damaged houses were located.
All of them wanted to relocate to a safer place. They wanted to contribute construction materials, mostly salvaged from their damaged houses; six carpenters were among the homeless.
Majority of the families , 12 of the 15, indicated Php 6,000.00 as likely in-kind contribution from each affected family in terms of labor or materials .
Key Profile Data
Barangay Lauis, Calape Pangangan is an island of eight barangays located off the coast of its mother
town, the Municipality of Calape.
It is connected to the mainland by a land bridge.
Barangay Lauis is one of those eight barangays in the island.
As in many small islands, the terrain is almost uniformly flat; after the quake, one can see cracks and sinkholes almost anywhere one looks.
Profile Data – Lauis, Calape • Fishers24 or 54%
• Icemaker1
• Security guard1
• Retiree1
• Housewives3 out of 24
• Carpenters3
• have no stable job3
• youngest household head is32
• oldest80
• working age group (belonging to the 32-60 age bracket)79%
• ages 60 years old and above21%
Profile Data – Lauis, Calape
Average household size5.4
Smallest household2
Biggest household10
households have 6 members5
households have seven members each5
All of the 24 houses were totally damaged by the quake and no longer livable.
All 24 household heads expressed desire to return to where their damaged houses were or somewhere near these houses.
Only two out of 24 each manifested desire to build in an area that is far from a sinkhole and at the back of the chapel.
Most them or 87% are owners of the lot on which they plan to build a core house build.
The rest (13%) would like build on the lot owned by a relative.
Profile Data – Lauis, Calape
Rehabilitation Process
Meeting with partner families
Planning and consultation
Relatively remote areas
Barangays with most number of
totally damaged houses
Purok-based
Target Beneficiaries: (1 Project Site) 27 families with totally destroyed houses
Children; 75
Women; 35
Other Group
(Elderly/Differently-abled); 15
ChildrenWomenOther Group (Elderly/Differently-abled)
Program Strategy
Help families build progressive core houses in support of the recovery efforts
Help them move out gradually to normal family and community life after living under tarps and tents
Help restore their confidence, encourage long-term planning and provide a more secure and healthier shelter option for vulnerable family members (children, women, elderly and differently-abled)
Help the families resume their normal ivelihood activities after the provision of better shelter
Consulting with Partner Families
Would you like to go back or be relocated?
What kind of house do you prefer to build?
What salvaged materials do you have?
What do you think should be done?
How do you intend to start it?
Planning with the community
Presentation of proposed house models Consultation with local carpenters
Calculation of costing; decision on the design per house
Building the initial houses to test strategy and boost confidence
Angilan, Antequera
15
Lauis, Pangangan Island
24
Identifying Priority Families
Criteria Households/families with elderliesHouseholds/families with childrenFemale-headed households/familiesWith salvaged materials
Preparation Inventory of skilled and semi-skilled carpenters
Maintenance of families of carpenters In Pangangan, parish priest took care of this; in Calape, the LGU paid for the salaries.
Angilan, Antequera (Implementation Strategy)
Families clustered into 5 for each group
Each cluster elects a
coordinator
Coordinator manages the building of the
houses
Each cluster plans for the
maintenance of families of
carpenters – rice
requirement
House Build Targets
Angilan, Antequera
•3 houses simultaneously built•5 carpenters for each house•15 days
Lauis, Pangangan
•5 houses for a 2-week •partnership: skilled and semi-skilled carpenters
Milestones
From 21 Nov. 2013 when the first house was built for an old couple, Bernardo and Expedita Morata, to 31 July 2014, the agreed cut-off date for the Bohol Quake Assistance fund drive, the
project was able to partner with 150 families in relatively remote families in:
Lauis, Calape -
54
Angilan, Antequer
a – 17
Viga, Antequer
a – 27
San Isidro,
Calape – 11
Talisay, Calape –
3
Magtongtong,
Calape – 9
Madangog, Calape
– 8
Bood, Maribojoc
– 17
Montana, Baclayon
- 4
Milestones
The Project was able to demonstrate that:
• a community-based approach to shelter assistance has the potential to get quake victims out of tents and other makeshift structures to avoid health risks and threats to security while waiting for permanent housing
• the significant involvement of families in the building of their homes strengthens self-esteem and helps overcome feelings of helplessness and despair
Milestones
• local assets (skills and resources) could be identified to promote informal employment and sustainable livelihood to further ensure sustainability of inputs at family and community levels;
individuals and groups respond to appeals for help if there is a transparent process in place that accounts for donations and shows concrete results based on stated goals;
Milestones
• committed local leadership is key to achieving community cooperation in addressing common problems;
Indeed the people and the people are the real heroes but it takes patience and perseverance to reach their heart and soul for development .
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Community-Based Shelter Assistant Project
Presented by: Nestor Maniebo PestelosPresidentBohol Local Development Foundation, Inc. Email: [email protected] by: Ms. Daidee Padron, Secretariat, Bohol Rehabilitation and Rebuilding Program (BRRP)Diocese of Tagbilaran
THANK YOU!
For more information: Read: Old Warrior’s Poems and the Bohol Quake Assistance Story by Nestor Maniebo Pestelos and Milwida Sevilla-ReyesVisit: www.localdevbohol.orghttp://www.facebook.com/bohollocaldevelopmentfoundationhttp://www.facebook.com/oldwarriorandotherpoems https://www.facebook.com/boholquakeassistancehttp://www.nestormpestelos.blogspot.com/https://www.bldf.blogspot.com