donor report june-july 2014

Dear Donor,

Once again, the ABS-CBN Lingkod Kapamilya Foundation, Inc. (ALKFI) would like to extend its heartfelt gratitude for your generous donation. With your assistance, we have been able to truly make a

difference in the lives of those who were devastated by Typhoon Yolanda (Haiyan).

Thank You!

D NORupdateJune-July 2014

Located along the Leyte Gulf coastline, Barangay Tingib in Basey, Samar was close to the central trail of destruction wrought by Typhoon Yolanda . Inside the Barangay Tingib Elementary School, Analiza Bermudo lay huddled together with four of her six children. “I was afraid. It was really the first time I had experienced something like that. I thought there would be nothing left,” Analiza later recalled. Thankfully, all five would weather the storm, shaken but unscathed.

Emerging from the evacuation center, Analiza saw that her low-lying house had been destroyed, but not completely washed away by the storm surge. “I thought to myself, ‘Who would fix the house?’ After a pause, Analiza added, “At least we had something to start rebuilding with.”

This was not the first time that Analiza had to rebuild her life and her home. In fact, for the 47-year old fisherwoman, Yolanda was just one of many tragedies inflicted on her unfortunate family.

come true

A mother’s

Analiza had always been a fisherwoman. She had her own baloto or canoe for fishing. Her husband, William, was a jeepney driver in Tacloban, and, together, they were able to bring in enough food and income for their growing family.

It was in 1992 when the first of many disasters struck the Bermudo household. Shortly after giving birth, doctors diagnosed her newborn Ralph as having a critical medical condition that required him to be treated at the Philippine General Hospital (PGH) in Manila. Desperate to keep her baby alive, Analiza decided to sell off her baloto, the very source of her livelihood, in order to pay for their airfare. Ralph eventually got better but in later years, he was diagnosed as having a mental disorder. Today, at 22, Ralph has the mental maturity of a five-year old. He would frequently throw fits of tantrums.

Ralph’s condition was something that the strong-willed Analiza could cope with. It was her husband, William, and his many infidelities that almost broke the woman’s spirit in half. In 2001, while she was pregnant with her sixth child, William abandoned the family for a new life in Tacloban. In sparse detail, Analiza recalled how William had run off with one of the many mistresses he had acquired as a jeepney driver. The couple had always had a rocky relationship, but his disappearance came at the worst possible period.

DREAM

TOTAL CASH SPENT FROM DONATIONS

The breakdown for the expenses is as follows:

as of July 31, 2014

Php 215,910,539.75Php 82,988,246.96 Php 132,922,292.79

Relief Activities

Rehabilitation Activities38% 62%

livelihood (fishing, banig weaving and ecotourism) and education (school building and development).

rice, canned goods, ready to eat items, water, clothing, hygiene kits, delivery and distribution.

REHABILITATION UPDATES

DONATION STATUS UPDATES

Donor Report • June-July 2014

Based on the Area Development Plan, ALKFI has identified certain sectors to implement the recommended projects. These include: school building, school development, fishing boat building, fishing gear provision, fishing market chain development, banig weaving development, eco-tourism, agriculture, housing, patrol boat provision, and passenger boat provision. The following are the updates that ALKFI has made as of July 31, 2014, in these areas.

As of July 31, 2014 ALKFI has spent Php 215,910,539.75 in delivering relief to various Typhoon Yolanda affected areas and rehabilitation services to the municipalities of Dulag in Leyte and Basey, Sta. Rita, Marabut in Samar and other areas across Eastern and Western Visayas and Palawan.

• InJune,ProgramaGeniodeliveredreliefgoodsintheformofschoolsuppliestofiveschoolsin the affected area, reaching 4,262 students and 157 teachers.

• Theteamalsocarriedoutassessmentstodeterminethepsycho-socialconditionofthestudents to determine if there is a need for counselling.

• InJuly,ProgramaGeniolaunchedPagkaingGenioandProjectPisara.Theyalsodistributedteacher materials in five schools in Samar and Leyte.

• PagkaingGeniowillhave679childrenasrecipientsforthenextsixmonths.

• ProjectPisarawasabletoprovidematerialsfor85blackboardstothefiveschools.Targetdate of completion of construction of the blackboards is by end of August.

• “SchoolMaterialsWishListProject”wasabletogiveteachermaterialsforvisualaidsandreports to 121 teachers and school personnel.

EDUCATION School Development (Programa Genio)

Analiza had no time to come to terms with the sudden separation. While her husband was away enjoying a new life and a new woman, she was left with five hungry mouths to feed, plus another one on the way. With no one else to turn to, she had no choice but to continue setting out to sea in her delicate condition. In the face of these struggles, Analiza pushed herself to do all that she could for her kids.

In 2013, after typhoon Yolanda destroyed her home Analiza once again felt a great despair. Little did she know that after the storm, a blessing for her

family is in the horizon.

In April 2014, Analiza was hand-picked to receive a motorized fiberglass fishing boat from the ABS-CBN Lingkod Kapamilya Foundation Inc. (ALKFI) as part of the foundation’s rehabilitation program for Yolanda-hit areas. When asked how she felt about this, she responded with much thanksgiving and a few choked-back tears. “With my own motorboat, I can keep fishing any time of the day. I can even bring my kids to school in the mornings whenever I come back from the sea!” she exclaimed with pride.

More than six months after Yolanda, Analiza had managed to rebuild her modest home. She had even been able to setup a small vegetable garden in her backyard to supplement the family’s diet. Most of all, Analiza looks forward to setting out to sea each day to support her family.

Analiza is just one of more than a thousand recipients of motorboats and fishing gears from ABS-CBN Lingkod Kapamilya Foundation Inc. in several municipalities across Leyte and Samar.

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Source: John Francia, Bantay Kalikasan Volunteer in partnership with Jesuit Volunteer Program

*Quotes from Analiza were translated to Englishfrom Waray and and Tagalog.


“PAGKAING GENIO” seeks to address issues on absenteeism and overall inability of children to focus, participate in class activities and understand lessons because of hunger.

The project was initially launched in Basiao Elementary School, Pagsulhogon Elementary School and Osmena Elementary School.

The project will run for six months or 120 school days

The goal is to distribute school supplies and teacher materials to help teachers teach better.

The following items were distributed to the schools:

• Materials for teachers’ visual aids and reports

• Educational Television Packages

• Reference materials for HS Science, Math and Values teachers

• 20 large bins for Dulag NHS environment program

• Old encyclopedia (Dulag NHS)

• Total No. of Teachers and other Personnel Reached: 120• Number of Students to Benefit from Learning materials: 3,657

Materials for 8 feet x 4 feet blackboards were delivered to five schools:

• Dulag NHS : 45 blackboards• Osmena ES : 5 blackboards• Pagsulhogon ES: 9 blackboards• Basiao ES: 16 blackboards• Basey CES: 10 blackboards

SCHOOL MATERIALS AND OTHER GIFTS FOR TEACHERS

Total No. of Students Served: 679

SAGIP KAPAMILYA SCHOOL BUILD

WESTERN VISAYAS

GIGANTES NORTHISLAND, CARLES, ILOILO

MAAYON, CAPIZ

2 4

1 2

BURIAS ISLAND 1 2

LIBACAO, AKLAN 2 5

PASSI CITY,ILOILO

1 2PALAWAN

9 21BUSUANGA, PALAWAN

LEYTE

SAMAR

MARABUT 1 4

BASEY 2 7STA. RITA 1 4

GUIUAN 1 4

KANANGA

ORMOC 9 26 10

ISABEL 4 10

MERIDA 3 6

TACLOBAN CITY 1 4PALO 1 2DULAG 1 7

ALBUERA 1 2

4 16

CONSTRUCT 130 CLASSROOMS REPAIR 10 CLASSROOMS FOR 45 SCHOOLSTHE GOAL:

New Ormoc City National High School • 99.43% completed(2-unit 8-classrooms)


• SagipKapamilyahasplannedfortheconstructionofatotalof130classroomsandtherepairof10.So far, Sagip Kapamilya has completed construction and repair of 21 classrooms

• InJune,groundbreakingtookplaceon35classroomsinPalawanandPanayIsland.Thiswillcomprise the second batch of schools to be built.

• Targetcompletionofall130classroomsisbytheendof2015.

School Construction (Sagip Kapamilya)

Photo taken July 9, 2014 End wall of the building with paint completed (photo taken July 29, 2014)

Installation of blackboards completed with paint (photo taken July 29, 2014)


PILOT SCHOOLS

Milagro Elementary School

100% completed(5-units • 10-classrooms)

Cal/EN DCP Building

completed (photo taken

July 21, 2014)

Repair of waiting shed on-going(photo taken July 21, 2014)

Marcos Type Building

completed (photo taken July 21, 2014)

San JoaquinNational High School

100% completed(1-unit • 3-classrooms)

Photo taken May 30, 2014

Photo takenJuly 9, 2014

Building completed (Photo taken July 22, 2014)

Matlang Elementary School

87.58% completed(1-unit • 3-classrooms)

Ceiling Rectification

on-going(Photo taken

July 29, 2014)

Photo taken May 30, 2014

Painting on-going

(Photo takenJuly 29,

2014)

BATCH 2 SCHOOLSP. G. BANEZ National High SchoolORMOC (1 unit • 2 classrooms)

Salvacion Elementary SchoolBUSUANGA, PALAWAN(1 unit • 2 classrooms)

Kananga National High SchoolKANANGA (1 unit • 4 classrooms)

Buluang Elementary SchoolBUSUANGA, PALAWAN(1 unit • 2 classrooms)

Kalunangan National High SchoolMERIDA (1 unit • 2 classrooms)


Fishing (Bantay Kalikasan)• Uponfurthervalidationbyourpeople

on the ground, the estimated number of fishing boat recipients is at around 2,300 down from an original target of 2,735 boats. This is because some of the identified beneficiaries before became recipients of fishing boats from other organizations.

• AsofJuly31,2014,1,189fishingboatshavealready been turned over to fisher folks. Delivery of fishing boats to identified beneficiaries in the municipalities of Basey and Dulag was already completed.

• Deliveryoffishinggearandboatsiscurrently on going in the municipality of Marabut while the number of recipients in the town of Sta. Rita is being validated.

• Targetdateofdeliveryforthe2,300fishingboats is by the end of 2014.

Banig Weaving (Bantay Kalikasan)

• InJune,severaltrainingswereheldfortheBanigWeavers Association

• SingerPhilippinesCompany,Taclobantrainedthe banig weavers in the use and maintenance of sewing machines

• TechnicalEducationandSkillsDevelopmentAuthority (TESDA) provided training in sewing and bag making.

• TheBanigWeaversassociationalsoreceived15more casseroles for banig dyeing.

• BytheendofJuly,theassociationwasabletoreceive an order of 260 bags which will translate to aninitialgrossincomeofPhP48,100.00.

clockwise: Turnover of 277 boat units in Samar; On-going fishing ne ts making by the community in Marabut; Leyte fishing gears turnover.

Clockwise: Sewing and Bag Making Training for Basey Tikog Worker’s Association; sample of bag produced for their first client; sample products of Tikog Weaving Association

Sports cliniquing with local youth

LIVELIHOOD

Eco-tourism (Bantay Kalikasan)• BantayKalikasancarriedoutknowledgesharing

sessions with the four community associations based on its previous successes in eco-tourism.

• BantayKalikasanisworkingwithDENRandDOTto carry out a site assessment of the Sohoton National Park.

• BantayKalikasanalsoorganizedthePalanasWave Riders Association which is a group of locals who will teach skim boarding as a form of livelihood. They are currently undergoing values formation training.

clockwise: Maximizing land by use of six-storey garden; Bamboo pole container garden; and Christmas-tree style container garden

Every day, our teams work side by side with the local people to continue to build back better. Seeing the progress brought about by our efforts in partnership with the resilient people in Yolanda

affected areas has made our experience of helping a rewarding endeavor.

All of this would not have been possible without your donations which make us capable of implementing interventions that engage communities, provide real value, and restore life to people

that so badly need it.

On behalf of the survivors, our team, and the Filipino people, we thank you!

THANKyou

KEY PARTNERSHIPS

The value of partnership cannot be overstated. By working together with different organizations and agencies with diverse competencies, we drastically increase our ability to service beneficiaries. ALKFI’s current development partnersincludetheLocalGovernmentUnits(infrastructure),BayanAcademy(assessmentandplanning),Energy Development Corporation (school design), Philippine Navy and First Balfour (school construction), DepEd (school building), Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (fishing development), Philippine Coconut Authority (agriculture), DSWD (beneficiary recommendations), First Gen, INAEC (relief transportation), the Lopez Group (logistics and operations), Bayantel (telecoms and warehousing), the Eco-Agri Foundation (agriculture), Singer Philippines Company (training), Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (training), Department of Environment and Natural Resources (site assessment), Department of Tourism (site assessment) and the Office of the Presidential Assistance for Rehabilitation and Recovery (development coordination).


Agriculture (Bantay Kalikasan)• BantayKalikasanhasorganizedanagriculture-based

entrepreneurial association in San Jose, Dulag, Leyte.

• BantayKalikasanhasalsohelpedtoestablisha“Farmerto Farmer” Learning School. The school is on a Demo Farm where farmers can train each other on methods and innovations in farming. The Demo Farm is equipped with:

• 14vermiculturebeds.

• a6-storyvegetablegarden;

• anursery;and

• acontainergarden(underdevelopment).

• TheEco-AgriFoundationassistedinconductingtechnicaltraining on soya bean and coconut intercropping for the farmers in Barangay San Jose, Dulag.

• Biochartrainingswerecarriedoutin51barangaysinBasey.Biochar is charcoal produced from biomass. It enriches the soil while capturing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.

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