C A S H F O R WO R K P R OJ E C T
In Barangay Sta. Cruz, Quinapondan province of Eastern Samar, a “cash-for- work” livelihood project in partnership with Western Samar Development Foundation (WESADEF) was carried out to help restore the lives of the typhoon victims. This project generated opportunities to re-establish their income through clearing of debris in nipa, mangrove and farming areas. The project was able to clear twenty-five (25) hectares of mangroves and up to twenty (20) hectares of nipa area. Two hundred (200) individuals benefited from this project. In line with this initiative, CF also provided five (5) carabaos in the nearby Barangay Mabini to aid the famers in tilling their lands.
P ROV I S I ON OF F I S H I NG BOAT S , F I S H I NG GE A R FOR F I S H E R FOL K AND S TA R T- U P CA P I TA L FOR WOME N
A remote island village of Barangay Taluto-an in Concepcion, Iloilo was also identified as an area with great need of assistance during the rapid assessment. One hundred percent of the men in the island village relied on fishing as their source of livelihood. Naturally, when Haiyan hit and destroyed their boats, their families immediately suffered. In partnership with the religious order of the Daughters of Charity , we provided fishing boats, with fishing nets and gear to more than a hundred fisherfolk in Barangay Talotu-an. Other livelihood initiatives carried out in the area were the repair of school boats to serve as transportation for the children as they travelled to other islands for their schooling; and provision of start- up capital for the women in the village benefitting 115 families and 72 children.
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