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  • Pilar Santos (left), Susan Santos, Janet Tamtan, Lita Santos, and Mely Apang (right) pack compost on which mushrooms will grow, part of a livelihood project sponsored by the United Methodist Church in Camachile, Luzon. The church maintains a pastoral presence here among indigenous Aetnas who were displaced by the eruption of Mt Pinatubo, and has used mushroom production and other livelihood projects to provide income to poor families.  Government-sponsored repression in the area has struck many of these families, and the church is a presence of hope and peace amidst the conflict.
    philippines-2008-jeffrey-R015.jpg
  • Susan Santos (left), Janet Tamtan, and Lita Santos pack compost on which mushrooms will grow, part of a livelihood project sponsored by the United Methodist Church in Camachile, Luzon. The church maintains a pastoral presence here among indigenous Aetnas who were displaced by the eruption of Mt Pinatubo, and has used mushroom production and other livelihood projects to provide income to poor families.  Government-sponsored repression in the area has struck many of these families, and the church is a presence of hope and peace amidst the conflict.
    philippines-2008-jeffrey-R013.jpg
  • Pilar Santos (left), Susan Santos, Janet Tamtan, Lita Santos, and Mely Apang (right) pack compost on which mushrooms will grow, part of a livelihood project sponsored by the United Methodist Church in Camachile, Luzon. The church maintains a pastoral presence here among indigenous Aetnas who were displaced by the eruption of Mt Pinatubo, and has used mushroom production and other livelihood projects to provide income to poor families.  Government-sponsored repression in the area has struck many of these families, and the church is a presence of hope and peace amidst the conflict.
    philippines-2008-jeffrey-R014.jpg
  • Bishnu Kumari Banjara herds some of her goats in Dhawa, a village in the Gorkha District of Nepal. Following the 2015 earthquake that ravaged Nepal, she received several baby goats from Dan Church Aid, a member of the ACT Alliance, as a way to earn a livelihood and restart the village economy. Helping people in this and other largely Dalit villages has been a priority for ACT Alliance agencies.
    nepal_2016_jeffrey_308095.JPG
  • Sabah Ibrahim, a farmer displaced by the Islamic State group in 2014, stands in a field outside Sindana, Iraq. Ibrahim is a Christian and he's working the land of a Muslim to earn income until he can go home. He received some farm  machinery and the necessary training in a livelihood program sponsored by the Christian Aid Program Nohadra - Iraq (CAPNI).
    iraq-2017-jeffrey-capni-879.jpg
  • A woman weaves at a loom, part of a livelihood project sponsored by the ACT Alliance in the Dadaab refugee camp in northeastern Kenya. Tens of thousands of refugees have fled drought-stricken Somalia in recent weeks, swelling what was already the world's largest refugee settlement. The Lutheran World Federation--a member of the ACT Alliance--manages the camp, and is working with United Nations agencies and other NGOs to receive, house and care for the new refugees.
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  • Bishnu Kumari Banjara holds two of her goats in Dhawa, a village in the Gorkha District of Nepal. Following the 2015 earthquake that ravaged Nepal, she received several baby goats from Dan Church Aid, a member of the ACT Alliance, as a way to earn a livelihood and restart the village economy. Helping people in this and other largely Dalit villages has been a priority for ACT Alliance agencies.
    nepal_2016_jeffrey_308071.jpg
  • Bishnu Kumari Banjara holds two of her goats in Dhawa, a village in the Gorkha District of Nepal. Following the 2015 earthquake that ravaged Nepal, she received several baby goats from Dan Church Aid, a member of the ACT Alliance, as a way to earn a livelihood and restart the village economy. Helping people in this and other largely Dalit villages has been a priority for ACT Alliance agencies.
    nepal_2016_jeffrey_308073.JPG
  • Isaac Oraha, a farmer displaced by the Islamic State group in 2014, displays wheat seeds he is planting in a field outside Alqosh, Iraq. Oraha received the machinery and necessary training in a livelihood program sponsored by the Christian Aid Program Nohadra - Iraq (CAPNI).
    iraq-2017-jeffrey-capni-834.jpg
  • Bishnu Kumari Banjara holds a goat in Dhawa, a village in the Gorkha District of Nepal. Following the 2015 earthquake that ravaged Nepal, she received several baby goats from Dan Church Aid, a member of the ACT Alliance, as a way to earn a livelihood and restart the village economy. Helping people in this and other largely Dalit villages has been a priority for ACT Alliance agencies.
    nepal_2016_jeffrey_308084.JPG
  • Sabah Ibrahim (left), a Christian farmer displaced by the Islamic State group in 2014, stands in a field outside Sindana, Iraq, owned by Shaalan Fathie, a Muslim. Fathie has hired Ibrahim to help him on his farm until the Christian man can safely return home. Ibrahim received some farm  machinery and additional training in its use in a livelihood program sponsored by the Christian Aid Program Nohadra - Iraq (CAPNI).
    iraq-2017-jeffrey-capni-882.jpg
  • Sabah Ibrahim, a farmer displaced by the Islamic State group in 2014, works a field outside Sindana, Iraq. Ibrahim is a Christian and he's working the land of a Muslim to earn income until he can go home. He received some of the machinery and the necessary training in a livelihood program sponsored by the Christian Aid Program Nohadra - Iraq (CAPNI).
    iraq-2017-jeffrey-capni-869.jpg
  • Carlito "Bulldog" Romualdo harvests mushrooms in a project sponsored by the United Methodist Church in Camachile, Luzon. The church maintains a pastoral presence here among Aetnas who were displaced by the eruption of Mt Pinatubo, and has used mushroom production and other livelihood projects to provide income to poor families.  Government-sponsored repression in the area has struck many of these families, and the church is a presence of hope and peace amidst the conflict.
    philippines-2008-jeffrey-R016.jpg
  • Ruth Garlinda is a tailor in the Suburban neighborhood of Rodriguez, Rizal, in the Philippines. Most of the community's families were relocated here from other area of Manila and the nearby countryside to make way for urban renewal projects or to move them out of harm's way. Yet the new community was hit hard by Typhoon Ketsana in 2009, and Christian Aid, a member of the ACT Alliance, provided emergency relief supplies. Over the years since, with help from Christian Aid and other groups, community members have organized themselves and engaged in a process of disaster risk reduction, including identifying and mapping high-risk zones and evacuation routes in their area. Christian Aid has also assisted with financial and technical support for income generating livelihood projects and community enterprises, including that of Garlinda.
    philippines-2012-jeffrey-U43.jpg
  • A woman in her sari-sari store, a small variety store based in the front of her home in the Suburban neighborhood of Rodriguez, Rizal, in the Philippines. Most of the community's families were relocated here from other area of Manila and the nearby countryside to make way for urban renewal projects or to move them out of harm's way. Yet the new community was hit hard by Typhoon Ketsana in 2009, and Christian Aid, a member of the ACT Alliance, provided emergency relief supplies. Over the years since, with help from Christian Aid and other groups, community members have organized themselves and engaged in a process of disaster risk reduction, including identifying and mapping high-risk zones and evacuation routes in their area. Christian Aid has also assisted with financial and technical support for income generating livelihood projects and community enterprises, including this woman's store.
    philippines-2012-jeffrey-U41.jpg
  • Small fish that children netted in a polluted stream in the Suburban neighborhood of Rodriguez, Rizal, in the Philippines. The fish will be eaten by the children's families. Most of the community's families were relocated here from other area of Manila and the nearby countryside to make way for urban renewal projects or to move them out of harm's way. Yet the new community was hit hard by Typhoon Ketsana in 2009, and Christian Aid, a member of the ACT Alliance, provided emergency relief supplies. Over the years since, with help from Christian Aid and other groups, community members have organized themselves and engaged in a process of disaster risk reduction, including identifying and mapping high-risk zones and evacuation routes in their area. Christian Aid has also assisted with financial and technical support for income generating livelihood projects and community enterprises.
    philippines-2012-jeffrey-U40.jpg
  • Girls use a piece of cloth to net small fish in a polluted stream in the Suburban neighborhood of Rodriguez, Rizal, in the Philippines. Most of the community's families were relocated here from other area of Manila and the nearby countryside to make way for urban renewal projects or to move them out of harm's way. Yet the new community was hit hard by Typhoon Ketsana in 2009, and Christian Aid, a member of the ACT Alliance, provided emergency relief supplies. Over the years since, with help from Christian Aid and other groups, community members have organized themselves and engaged in a process of disaster risk reduction, including identifying and mapping high-risk zones and evacuation routes in their area. Christian Aid has also assisted with financial and technical support for income generating livelihood projects and community enterprises.
    philippines-2012-jeffrey-U30.jpg
  • Girls bathe and wash laundry in a stream that runs through the Suburban neighborhood of Rodriguez, Rizal, in the Philippines. Most of the community's families were relocated here from other area of Manila and the nearby countryside to make way for urban renewal projects or to move them out of harm's way. Yet the new community was hit hard by Typhoon Ketsana in 2009, and Christian Aid, a member of the ACT Alliance, provided emergency relief supplies. Over the years since, with help from Christian Aid and other groups, community members have organized themselves and engaged in a process of disaster risk reduction, including identifying and mapping high-risk zones and evacuation routes in their area. Christian Aid has also assisted with financial and technical support for income generating livelihood projects and community enterprises.
    philippines-2012-jeffrey-U25.jpg
  • Veronica Isaac opened a tea shop in Mogok, South Sudan, with help from a livelihood program sponsored by a faith-based organization.
    south-sudan-2021-jeffrey-mogok-misc-...JPG
  • A street scene in the Suburban neighborhood of Rodriguez, Rizal, in the Philippines. Most of the community's families were relocated here from other area of Manila and the nearby countryside to make way for urban renewal projects or to move them out of harm's way. Yet the new community was hit hard by Typhoon Ketsana in 2009, and Christian Aid, a member of the ACT Alliance, provided emergency relief supplies. Over the years since, with help from Christian Aid and other groups, community members have organized themselves and engaged in a process of disaster risk reduction, including identifying and mapping high-risk zones and evacuation routes in their area. Christian Aid has also assisted with financial and technical support for income generating livelihood projects and community enterprises.
    philippines-2012-jeffrey-U59.jpg
  • A boy jumps rope in the Suburban neighborhood of Rodriguez, Rizal, in the Philippines. Most of the community's families were relocated here from other area of Manila and the nearby countryside to make way for urban renewal projects or to move them out of harm's way. Yet the new community was hit hard by Typhoon Ketsana in 2009, and Christian Aid, a member of the ACT Alliance, provided emergency relief supplies. Over the years since, with help from Christian Aid and other groups, community members have organized themselves and engaged in a process of disaster risk reduction, including identifying and mapping high-risk zones and evacuation routes in their area. Christian Aid has also assisted with financial and technical support for income generating livelihood projects and community enterprises.
    philippines-2012-jeffrey-U52.jpg
  • A street in the Suburban neighborhood of Rodriguez, Rizal, in the Philippines. Most of the community's families were relocated here from other area of Manila and the nearby countryside to make way for urban renewal projects or to move them out of harm's way. Yet the new community was hit hard by Typhoon Ketsana in 2009, and Christian Aid, a member of the ACT Alliance, provided emergency relief supplies. Over the years since, with help from Christian Aid and other groups, community members have organized themselves and engaged in a process of disaster risk reduction, including identifying and mapping high-risk zones and evacuation routes in their area. Christian Aid has also assisted with financial and technical support for income generating livelihood projects and community enterprises.
    philippines-2012-jeffrey-U53.jpg
  • A street scene in the Suburban neighborhood of Rodriguez, Rizal, in the Philippines. Most of the community's families were relocated here from other area of Manila and the nearby countryside to make way for urban renewal projects or to move them out of harm's way. Yet the new community was hit hard by Typhoon Ketsana in 2009, and Christian Aid, a member of the ACT Alliance, provided emergency relief supplies. Over the years since, with help from Christian Aid and other groups, community members have organized themselves and engaged in a process of disaster risk reduction, including identifying and mapping high-risk zones and evacuation routes in their area. Christian Aid has also assisted with financial and technical support for income generating livelihood projects and community enterprises.
    philippines-2012-jeffrey-U48.jpg
  • A woman in her sari-sari store, a small variety store based in the front of her home in the Suburban neighborhood of Rodriguez, Rizal, in the Philippines. Most of the community's families were relocated here from other area of Manila and the nearby countryside to make way for urban renewal projects or to move them out of harm's way. Yet the new community was hit hard by Typhoon Ketsana in 2009, and Christian Aid, a member of the ACT Alliance, provided emergency relief supplies. Over the years since, with help from Christian Aid and other groups, community members have organized themselves and engaged in a process of disaster risk reduction, including identifying and mapping high-risk zones and evacuation routes in their area. Christian Aid has also assisted with financial and technical support for income generating livelihood projects and community enterprises, including this woman's store.
    philippines-2012-jeffrey-U47.jpg
  • Girls use a piece of cloth to net small fish in a polluted stream in the Suburban neighborhood of Rodriguez, Rizal, in the Philippines. Most of the community's families were relocated here from other area of Manila and the nearby countryside to make way for urban renewal projects or to move them out of harm's way. Yet the new community was hit hard by Typhoon Ketsana in 2009, and Christian Aid, a member of the ACT Alliance, provided emergency relief supplies. Over the years since, with help from Christian Aid and other groups, community members have organized themselves and engaged in a process of disaster risk reduction, including identifying and mapping high-risk zones and evacuation routes in their area. Christian Aid has also assisted with financial and technical support for income generating livelihood projects and community enterprises.
    philippines-2012-jeffrey-U39.jpg
  • Children use a piece of cloth to net small fish in a polluted stream in the Suburban neighborhood of Rodriguez, Rizal, in the Philippines. Most of the community's families were relocated here from other area of Manila and the nearby countryside to make way for urban renewal projects or to move them out of harm's way. Yet the new community was hit hard by Typhoon Ketsana in 2009, and Christian Aid, a member of the ACT Alliance, provided emergency relief supplies. Over the years since, with help from Christian Aid and other groups, community members have organized themselves and engaged in a process of disaster risk reduction, including identifying and mapping high-risk zones and evacuation routes in their area. Christian Aid has also assisted with financial and technical support for income generating livelihood projects and community enterprises.
    philippines-2012-jeffrey-U34.jpg
  • Girls bathe and wash laundry in a stream that runs through the Suburban neighborhood of Rodriguez, Rizal, in the Philippines. Most of the community's families were relocated here from other area of Manila and the nearby countryside to make way for urban renewal projects or to move them out of harm's way. Yet the new community was hit hard by Typhoon Ketsana in 2009, and Christian Aid, a member of the ACT Alliance, provided emergency relief supplies. Over the years since, with help from Christian Aid and other groups, community members have organized themselves and engaged in a process of disaster risk reduction, including identifying and mapping high-risk zones and evacuation routes in their area. Christian Aid has also assisted with financial and technical support for income generating livelihood projects and community enterprises.
    philippines-2012-jeffrey-U32.jpg
  • Children use a piece of cloth to net small fish in a polluted stream where other children are bathing and washing laundry in the Suburban neighborhood of Rodriguez, Rizal, in the Philippines. Most of the community's families were relocated here from other area of Manila and the nearby countryside to make way for urban renewal projects or to move them out of harm's way. Yet the new community was hit hard by Typhoon Ketsana in 2009, and Christian Aid, a member of the ACT Alliance, provided emergency relief supplies. Over the years since, with help from Christian Aid and other groups, community members have organized themselves and engaged in a process of disaster risk reduction, including identifying and mapping high-risk zones and evacuation routes in their area. Christian Aid has also assisted with financial and technical support for income generating livelihood projects and community enterprises.
    philippines-2012-jeffrey-U29.jpg
  • A girl walks across a foot bridge in the Suburban neighborhood of Rodriguez, Rizal, in the Philippines. Most of the community's families were relocated here from other area of Manila and the nearby countryside to make way for urban renewal projects or to move them out of harm's way. Yet the new community was hit hard by Typhoon Ketsana in 2009, and Christian Aid, a member of the ACT Alliance, provided emergency relief supplies. Over the years since, with help from Christian Aid and other groups, community members have organized themselves and engaged in a process of disaster risk reduction, including identifying and mapping high-risk zones and evacuation routes in their area. Christian Aid has also assisted with financial and technical support for income generating livelihood projects and community enterprises.
    philippines-2012-jeffrey-U14.jpg
  • A boy walks across a foot bridge in the Suburban neighborhood of Rodriguez, Rizal, in the Philippines. Most of the community's families were relocated here from other area of Manila and the nearby countryside to make way for urban renewal projects or to move them out of harm's way. Yet the new community was hit hard by Typhoon Ketsana in 2009, and Christian Aid, a member of the ACT Alliance, provided emergency relief supplies. Over the years since, with help from Christian Aid and other groups, community members have organized themselves and engaged in a process of disaster risk reduction, including identifying and mapping high-risk zones and evacuation routes in their area. Christian Aid has also assisted with financial and technical support for income generating livelihood projects and community enterprises.
    philippines-2012-jeffrey-U13.jpg
  • A young girl sleeps in a hammock in the Suburban neighborhood of Rodriguez, Rizal, in the Philippines. Most of the community's families were relocated here from other area of Manila and the nearby countryside to make way for urban renewal projects or to move them out of harm's way. Yet the new community was hit hard by Typhoon Ketsana in 2009, and Christian Aid, a member of the ACT Alliance, provided emergency relief supplies. Over the years since, with help from Christian Aid and other groups, community members have organized themselves and engaged in a process of disaster risk reduction, including identifying and mapping high-risk zones and evacuation routes in their area. Christian Aid has also assisted with financial and technical support for income generating livelihood projects and community enterprises.
    philippines-2012-jeffrey-U01.jpg
  • A man carries buckets of water in the Suburban neighborhood of Rodriguez, Rizal, in the Philippines. Most of the community's families were relocated here from other area of Manila and the nearby countryside to make way for urban renewal projects or to move them out of harm's way. Yet the new community was hit hard by Typhoon Ketsana in 2009, and Christian Aid, a member of the ACT Alliance, provided emergency relief supplies. Over the years since, with help from Christian Aid and other groups, community members have organized themselves and engaged in a process of disaster risk reduction, including identifying and mapping high-risk zones and evacuation routes in their area. Christian Aid has also assisted with financial and technical support for income generating livelihood projects and community enterprises.
    philippines-2012-jeffrey-U02.jpg
  • A boy walks over the place where a bridge washed away in the Suburban neighborhood of Rodriguez, Rizal, in the Philippines. Most of the community's families were relocated here from other area of Manila and the nearby countryside to make way for urban renewal projects or to move them out of harm's way. Yet the new community was hit hard by Typhoon Ketsana in 2009, and Christian Aid, a member of the ACT Alliance, provided emergency relief supplies. Over the years since, with help from Christian Aid and other groups, community members have organized themselves and engaged in a process of disaster risk reduction, including identifying and mapping high-risk zones and evacuation routes in their area. Christian Aid has also assisted with financial and technical support for income generating livelihood projects and community enterprises.
    philippines-2012-jeffrey-flooding-00...jpg
  • Jeddah Palo participates in a welding course at the San Roque Catholic Church in Tolosa, a small town in the Philippines that was devastated by Typhoon Haiyan in 2013. Palo, 24, lost her home to the typhoon's storm surge and has been living with her mother. The 25-day welding course, sponsored by Catholic Relief Services, provides her with training for a new livelihood, while students put their newfound skills to work rebuilding the church's collapsed sanctuary. The storm was known locally as Typhoon Yolanda.
    philippines-2014-jeffrey-typhoon-308.jpg
  • Jeddah Palo receives instruction from Judgie Decadiz, the teacher of a welding course at the San Roque Catholic Church in Tolosa, a small town in the Philippines that was devastated by Typhoon Haiyan in 2013. Palo, 24, lost her home to the typhoon's storm surge and has been living with her mother. The 25-day welding course, sponsored by Catholic Relief Services, provides her with training for a new livelihood, at the same time as the students put their newfound skills to work rebuilding the church's collapsed sanctuary. The storm was known locally as Typhoon Yolanda.
    philippines-2014-jeffrey-typhoon-306.jpg
  • Jeddah Palo participates in a welding course at the San Roque Catholic Church in Tolosa, a small town in the Philippines that was devastated by Typhoon Haiyan in 2013. Palo, 24, lost her home to the typhoon's storm surge and has been living with her mother. The 25-day welding course, sponsored by Catholic Relief Services, provides her with training for a new livelihood, while students put their newfound skills to work rebuilding the church's collapsed sanctuary. The storm was known locally as Typhoon Yolanda.
    philippines-2014-jeffrey-typhoon-298.jpg
  • Jeddah Palo participates in a welding course at the San Roque Catholic Church in Tolosa, a small town in the Philippines that was devastated by Typhoon Haiyan in 2013. Palo, 24, lost her home to the typhoon's storm surge and has been living with her mother. The 25-day welding course, sponsored by Catholic Relief Services, provides her with training for a new livelihood, while students put their newfound skills to work rebuilding the church's collapsed sanctuary. The storm was known locally as Typhoon Yolanda.
    philippines-2014-jeffrey-typhoon-297.jpg
  • Jeddah Palo receives instruction from Judgie Decadiz, the teacher of a welding course at the San Roque Catholic Church in Tolosa, a small town in the Philippines that was devastated by Typhoon Haiyan in 2013. Palo, 24, lost her home to the typhoon's storm surge and has been living with her mother. The 25-day welding course, sponsored by Catholic Relief Services, provides her with training for a new livelihood, at the same time as the students put their newfound skills to work rebuilding the church's collapsed sanctuary. The storm was known locally as Typhoon Yolanda.
    philippines-2014-jeffrey-typhoon-294.jpg
  • Jeddah Palo listens to instruction from Judgie Decadiz, the teacher of a welding course at the San Roque Catholic Church in Tolosa, a small town in the Philippines that was devastated by Typhoon Haiyan in 2013. Palo, 24, lost her home to the typhoon's storm surge and has been living with her mother. The 25-day welding course, sponsored by Catholic Relief Services, provides her with training for a new livelihood, at the same time as the students put their newfound skills to work rebuilding the church's collapsed sanctuary. The storm was known locally as Typhoon Yolanda.
    philippines-2014-jeffrey-typhoon-290.jpg
  • A woman feeds her chickens in the village of Gatlang, in the Rasuwa District of Nepal near the country's border with Tibet.<br />
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In the aftermath of the April 2015 earthquake that ravaged Nepal, the ACT Alliance helped people in this village with a variety of services, including shelter and livelihood assistance.
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  • Tabitha Nyadin Kuony holds eggs produced by chickens she is raising in Mogok, South Sudan, assisted by a livelihood program sponsored by a faith-based organization.
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  • Members of a women's group in Mogok, South Sudan. The group helps women start new livelihood ventures.
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  • Tabitha Nyadin Kuony raises chickens in Mogok, South Sudan, assisted by a livelihood program sponsored by a faith-based organization.
    south-sudan-2021-jeffrey-mogok-misc-...JPG
  • Five-year old Nykhan holds a chick she's helping to raise in Mogok, South Sudan, part of a livelihood program sponsored by a faith-based organization.
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  • In Indonesia's tsunami-ravaged city of Banda Aceh, a woman sells prepared food in the market. She started her small business with assistance from YTBI's livelihood program. YTBI is a member of the ACT Alliance.
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  • In Banda Aceh, an Indonesian city ravaged by a 2004 tsunami, Nazir started a bicycle repair shop with assistance from the livelihood program of Yayasan Tanggul Benkana Indonesia (YTBI) and the ACT Alliance. .
    indonesia-2007-jeffrey-life-13.jpg
  • In Banda Aceh, an Indonesian city ravaged by a 2004 tsunami, Nazir started a bicycle repair shop with assistance from the livelihood program of Yayasan Tanggul Benkana Indonesia (YTBI) and the ACT Alliance. .
    indonesia-2007-jeffrey-115.jpg
  • Women walk along a street in the Suburban neighborhood of Rodriguez, Rizal, in the Philippines. Most of the community's families were relocated here from other area of Manila and the nearby countryside to make way for urban renewal projects or to move them out of harm's way. Yet the new community was hit hard by Typhoon Ketsana in 2009, and Christian Aid, a member of the ACT Alliance, provided emergency relief supplies. Over the years since, with help from Christian Aid and other groups, community members have organized themselves and engaged in a process of disaster risk reduction, including identifying and mapping high-risk zones and evacuation routes in their area. Christian Aid has also assisted with financial and technical support for income generating livelihood projects and community enterprises.
    philippines-2012-jeffrey-U57.jpg
  • A  boy gets his hair cut in the street in the Suburban neighborhood of Rodriguez, Rizal, in the Philippines. Most of the community's families were relocated here from other area of Manila and the nearby countryside to make way for urban renewal projects or to move them out of harm's way. Yet the new community was hit hard by Typhoon Ketsana in 2009, and Christian Aid, a member of the ACT Alliance, provided emergency relief supplies. Over the years since, with help from Christian Aid and other groups, community members have organized themselves and engaged in a process of disaster risk reduction, including identifying and mapping high-risk zones and evacuation routes in their area. Christian Aid has also assisted with financial and technical support for income generating livelihood projects and community enterprises.
    philippines-2012-jeffrey-U55.jpg
  • A boy jumps rope in the Suburban neighborhood of Rodriguez, Rizal, in the Philippines. Most of the community's families were relocated here from other area of Manila and the nearby countryside to make way for urban renewal projects or to move them out of harm's way. Yet the new community was hit hard by Typhoon Ketsana in 2009, and Christian Aid, a member of the ACT Alliance, provided emergency relief supplies. Over the years since, with help from Christian Aid and other groups, community members have organized themselves and engaged in a process of disaster risk reduction, including identifying and mapping high-risk zones and evacuation routes in their area. Christian Aid has also assisted with financial and technical support for income generating livelihood projects and community enterprises.
    philippines-2012-jeffrey-U51.jpg
  • A street scene in the Suburban neighborhood of Rodriguez, Rizal, in the Philippines. The man is painting letters on a truck while the woman is cleaning up trash. Most of the community's families were relocated here from other area of Manila and the nearby countryside to make way for urban renewal projects or to move them out of harm's way. Yet the new community was hit hard by Typhoon Ketsana in 2009, and Christian Aid, a member of the ACT Alliance, provided emergency relief supplies. Over the years since, with help from Christian Aid and other groups, community members have organized themselves and engaged in a process of disaster risk reduction, including identifying and mapping high-risk zones and evacuation routes in their area. Christian Aid has also assisted with financial and technical support for income generating livelihood projects and community enterprises.
    philippines-2012-jeffrey-U50.jpg
  • A  boy gets his hair cut in the street in the Suburban neighborhood of Rodriguez, Rizal, in the Philippines. Most of the community's families were relocated here from other area of Manila and the nearby countryside to make way for urban renewal projects or to move them out of harm's way. Yet the new community was hit hard by Typhoon Ketsana in 2009, and Christian Aid, a member of the ACT Alliance, provided emergency relief supplies. Over the years since, with help from Christian Aid and other groups, community members have organized themselves and engaged in a process of disaster risk reduction, including identifying and mapping high-risk zones and evacuation routes in their area. Christian Aid has also assisted with financial and technical support for income generating livelihood projects and community enterprises.
    philippines-2012-jeffrey-U49.jpg
  • People playing a card game in the Suburban neighborhood of Rodriguez, Rizal, in the Philippines. Most of the community's families were relocated here from other area of Manila and the nearby countryside to make way for urban renewal projects or to move them out of harm's way. Yet the new community was hit hard by Typhoon Ketsana in 2009, and Christian Aid, a member of the ACT Alliance, provided emergency relief supplies. Over the years since, with help from Christian Aid and other groups, community members have organized themselves and engaged in a process of disaster risk reduction, including identifying and mapping high-risk zones and evacuation routes in their area. Christian Aid has also assisted with financial and technical support for income generating livelihood projects and community enterprises.
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  • A street scene in the Suburban neighborhood of Rodriguez, Rizal, in the Philippines. Most of the community's families were relocated here from other area of Manila and the nearby countryside to make way for urban renewal projects or to move them out of harm's way. Yet the new community was hit hard by Typhoon Ketsana in 2009, and Christian Aid, a member of the ACT Alliance, provided emergency relief supplies. Over the years since, with help from Christian Aid and other groups, community members have organized themselves and engaged in a process of disaster risk reduction, including identifying and mapping high-risk zones and evacuation routes in their area. Christian Aid has also assisted with financial and technical support for income generating livelihood projects and community enterprises.
    philippines-2012-jeffrey-U44.jpg
  • Rebecca Bermudez and her husband Christy Toto are tailors in the Suburban neighborhood of Rodriguez, Rizal, in the Philippines. Most of the community's families were relocated here from other area of Manila and the nearby countryside to make way for urban renewal projects or to move them out of harm's way. Yet the new community was hit hard by Typhoon Ketsana in 2009, and Christian Aid, a member of the ACT Alliance, provided emergency relief supplies. Over the years since, with help from Christian Aid and other groups, community members have organized themselves and engaged in a process of disaster risk reduction, including identifying and mapping high-risk zones and evacuation routes in their area. Christian Aid has also assisted with financial and technical support for income generating livelihood projects and community enterprises, including the tailoring business of Bermudez and Toto.
    philippines-2012-jeffrey-U42.jpg
  • Girls use a piece of cloth to net small fish in a polluted stream in the Suburban neighborhood of Rodriguez, Rizal, in the Philippines. Most of the community's families were relocated here from other area of Manila and the nearby countryside to make way for urban renewal projects or to move them out of harm's way. Yet the new community was hit hard by Typhoon Ketsana in 2009, and Christian Aid, a member of the ACT Alliance, provided emergency relief supplies. Over the years since, with help from Christian Aid and other groups, community members have organized themselves and engaged in a process of disaster risk reduction, including identifying and mapping high-risk zones and evacuation routes in their area. Christian Aid has also assisted with financial and technical support for income generating livelihood projects and community enterprises.
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  • Children use a piece of cloth to net small fish in a polluted stream in the Suburban neighborhood of Rodriguez, Rizal, in the Philippines. Most of the community's families were relocated here from other area of Manila and the nearby countryside to make way for urban renewal projects or to move them out of harm's way. Yet the new community was hit hard by Typhoon Ketsana in 2009, and Christian Aid, a member of the ACT Alliance, provided emergency relief supplies. Over the years since, with help from Christian Aid and other groups, community members have organized themselves and engaged in a process of disaster risk reduction, including identifying and mapping high-risk zones and evacuation routes in their area. Christian Aid has also assisted with financial and technical support for income generating livelihood projects and community enterprises.
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  • Children use a piece of cloth to net small fish in a polluted stream in the Suburban neighborhood of Rodriguez, Rizal, in the Philippines. Most of the community's families were relocated here from other area of Manila and the nearby countryside to make way for urban renewal projects or to move them out of harm's way. Yet the new community was hit hard by Typhoon Ketsana in 2009, and Christian Aid, a member of the ACT Alliance, provided emergency relief supplies. Over the years since, with help from Christian Aid and other groups, community members have organized themselves and engaged in a process of disaster risk reduction, including identifying and mapping high-risk zones and evacuation routes in their area. Christian Aid has also assisted with financial and technical support for income generating livelihood projects and community enterprises.
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  • Children use a piece of cloth to net small fish in a polluted stream in the Suburban neighborhood of Rodriguez, Rizal, in the Philippines. Most of the community's families were relocated here from other area of Manila and the nearby countryside to make way for urban renewal projects or to move them out of harm's way. Yet the new community was hit hard by Typhoon Ketsana in 2009, and Christian Aid, a member of the ACT Alliance, provided emergency relief supplies. Over the years since, with help from Christian Aid and other groups, community members have organized themselves and engaged in a process of disaster risk reduction, including identifying and mapping high-risk zones and evacuation routes in their area. Christian Aid has also assisted with financial and technical support for income generating livelihood projects and community enterprises.
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  • Children use a piece of cloth to net small fish in a polluted stream where other children are bathing and washing laundry in the Suburban neighborhood of Rodriguez, Rizal, in the Philippines. Most of the community's families were relocated here from other area of Manila and the nearby countryside to make way for urban renewal projects or to move them out of harm's way. Yet the new community was hit hard by Typhoon Ketsana in 2009, and Christian Aid, a member of the ACT Alliance, provided emergency relief supplies. Over the years since, with help from Christian Aid and other groups, community members have organized themselves and engaged in a process of disaster risk reduction, including identifying and mapping high-risk zones and evacuation routes in their area. Christian Aid has also assisted with financial and technical support for income generating livelihood projects and community enterprises.
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  • A woman walks along what remains of a bridge over a flood-prone stream in the Suburban neighborhood of Rodriguez, Rizal, in the Philippines. Most of the community's families were relocated here from other area of Manila and the nearby countryside to make way for urban renewal projects or to move them out of harm's way. Yet the new community was hit hard by Typhoon Ketsana in 2009, and Christian Aid, a member of the ACT Alliance, provided emergency relief supplies. Over the years since, with help from Christian Aid and other groups, community members have organized themselves and engaged in a process of disaster risk reduction, including identifying and mapping high-risk zones and evacuation routes in their area. Christian Aid has also assisted with financial and technical support for income generating livelihood projects and community enterprises.
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  • A woman walks along a rickety bridge over a flood-prone stream in the Suburban neighborhood of Rodriguez, Rizal, in the Philippines. Most of the community's families were relocated here from other area of Manila and the nearby countryside to make way for urban renewal projects or to move them out of harm's way. Yet the new community was hit hard by Typhoon Ketsana in 2009, and Christian Aid, a member of the ACT Alliance, provided emergency relief supplies. Over the years since, with help from Christian Aid and other groups, community members have organized themselves and engaged in a process of disaster risk reduction, including identifying and mapping high-risk zones and evacuation routes in their area. Christian Aid has also assisted with financial and technical support for income generating livelihood projects and community enterprises.
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  • A man and woman look out from the window of their house over a river that runs through the Suburban neighborhood of Rodriguez, Rizal, in the Philippines. Most of the community's families were relocated here from other area of Manila and the nearby countryside to make way for urban renewal projects or to move them out of harm's way. Yet the new community was hit hard by Typhoon Ketsana in 2009, and Christian Aid, a member of the ACT Alliance, provided emergency relief supplies. Over the years since, with help from Christian Aid and other groups, community members have organized themselves and engaged in a process of disaster risk reduction, including identifying and mapping high-risk zones and evacuation routes in their area. Christian Aid has also assisted with financial and technical support for income generating livelihood projects and community enterprises.
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  • A man and woman look out from the window of their house over a river that runs through the Suburban neighborhood of Rodriguez, Rizal, in the Philippines. Most of the community's families were relocated here from other area of Manila and the nearby countryside to make way for urban renewal projects or to move them out of harm's way. Yet the new community was hit hard by Typhoon Ketsana in 2009, and Christian Aid, a member of the ACT Alliance, provided emergency relief supplies. Over the years since, with help from Christian Aid and other groups, community members have organized themselves and engaged in a process of disaster risk reduction, including identifying and mapping high-risk zones and evacuation routes in their area. Christian Aid has also assisted with financial and technical support for income generating livelihood projects and community enterprises.
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  • Women bathing and washing laundry along a stream that flows through the Suburban neighborhood of Rodriguez, Rizal, in the Philippines. Most of the community's families were relocated here from other area of Manila and the nearby countryside to make way for urban renewal projects or to move them out of harm's way. Yet the new community was hit hard by Typhoon Ketsana in 2009, and Christian Aid, a member of the ACT Alliance, provided emergency relief supplies. Over the years since, with help from Christian Aid and other groups, community members have organized themselves and engaged in a process of disaster risk reduction, including identifying and mapping high-risk zones and evacuation routes in their area. Christian Aid has also assisted with financial and technical support for income generating livelihood projects and community enterprises.
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  • A boy waves happily as he walks across a foot bridge in the Suburban neighborhood of Rodriguez, Rizal, in the Philippines. Most of the community's families were relocated here from other area of Manila and the nearby countryside to make way for urban renewal projects or to move them out of harm's way. Yet the new community was hit hard by Typhoon Ketsana in 2009, and Christian Aid, a member of the ACT Alliance, provided emergency relief supplies. Over the years since, with help from Christian Aid and other groups, community members have organized themselves and engaged in a process of disaster risk reduction, including identifying and mapping high-risk zones and evacuation routes in their area. Christian Aid has also assisted with financial and technical support for income generating livelihood projects and community enterprises.
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  • A boy grins as he walks across a foot bridge in the Suburban neighborhood of Rodriguez, Rizal, in the Philippines. Most of the community's families were relocated here from other area of Manila and the nearby countryside to make way for urban renewal projects or to move them out of harm's way. Yet the new community was hit hard by Typhoon Ketsana in 2009, and Christian Aid, a member of the ACT Alliance, provided emergency relief supplies. Over the years since, with help from Christian Aid and other groups, community members have organized themselves and engaged in a process of disaster risk reduction, including identifying and mapping high-risk zones and evacuation routes in their area. Christian Aid has also assisted with financial and technical support for income generating livelihood projects and community enterprises.
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  • A girl walks to school in the Suburban neighborhood of Rodriguez, Rizal, in the Philippines. Most of the community's families were relocated here from other area of Manila and the nearby countryside to make way for urban renewal projects or to move them out of harm's way. Yet the new community was hit hard by Typhoon Ketsana in 2009, and Christian Aid, a member of the ACT Alliance, provided emergency relief supplies. Over the years since, with help from Christian Aid and other groups, community members have organized themselves and engaged in a process of disaster risk reduction, including identifying and mapping high-risk zones and evacuation routes in their area. Christian Aid has also assisted with financial and technical support for income generating livelihood projects and community enterprises.
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  • Two boys walk across a foot bridge in the Suburban neighborhood of Rodriguez, Rizal, in the Philippines. Most of the community's families were relocated here from other area of Manila and the nearby countryside to make way for urban renewal projects or to move them out of harm's way. Yet the new community was hit hard by Typhoon Ketsana in 2009, and Christian Aid, a member of the ACT Alliance, provided emergency relief supplies. Over the years since, with help from Christian Aid and other groups, community members have organized themselves and engaged in a process of disaster risk reduction, including identifying and mapping high-risk zones and evacuation routes in their area. Christian Aid has also assisted with financial and technical support for income generating livelihood projects and community enterprises.
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  • A boy plays with a ball in a narrow street in the Suburban neighborhood of Rodriguez, Rizal, in the Philippines. Most of the community's families were relocated here from other area of Manila and the nearby countryside to make way for urban renewal projects or to move them out of harm's way. Yet the new community was hit hard by Typhoon Ketsana in 2009, and Christian Aid, a member of the ACT Alliance, provided emergency relief supplies. Over the years since, with help from Christian Aid and other groups, community members have organized themselves and engaged in a process of disaster risk reduction, including identifying and mapping high-risk zones and evacuation routes in their area. Christian Aid has also assisted with financial and technical support for income generating livelihood projects and community enterprises.
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  • Virgina Aguino runs a small store in the front of her home in the Suburban neighborhood of Rodriguez, Rizal, in the Philippines. Most of the community's families were relocated here from other area of Manila and the nearby countryside to make way for urban renewal projects or to move them out of harm's way. Yet the new community was hit hard by Typhoon Ketsana in 2009, and Christian Aid, a member of the ACT Alliance, provided emergency relief supplies. Over the years since, with help from Christian Aid and other groups, community members have organized themselves and engaged in a process of disaster risk reduction, including identifying and mapping high-risk zones and evacuation routes in their area. Christian Aid has also assisted with financial and technical support for income generating livelihood projects and community enterprises, including loaning money to Ms. Aguino to start her store.
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  • A boy plays with a ball in a narrow street in the Suburban neighborhood of Rodriguez, Rizal, in the Philippines. Most of the community's families were relocated here from other area of Manila and the nearby countryside to make way for urban renewal projects or to move them out of harm's way. Yet the new community was hit hard by Typhoon Ketsana in 2009, and Christian Aid, a member of the ACT Alliance, provided emergency relief supplies. Over the years since, with help from Christian Aid and other groups, community members have organized themselves and engaged in a process of disaster risk reduction, including identifying and mapping high-risk zones and evacuation routes in their area. Christian Aid has also assisted with financial and technical support for income generating livelihood projects and community enterprises.
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  • A woman in front of her home in the Suburban neighborhood of Rodriguez, Rizal, in the Philippines. Most of the community's families were relocated here from other area of Manila and the nearby countryside to make way for urban renewal projects or to move them out of harm's way. Yet the new community was hit hard by Typhoon Ketsana in 2009, and Christian Aid, a member of the ACT Alliance, provided emergency relief supplies. Over the years since, with help from Christian Aid and other groups, community members have organized themselves and engaged in a process of disaster risk reduction, including identifying and mapping high-risk zones and evacuation routes in their area. Christian Aid has also assisted with financial and technical support for income generating livelihood projects and community enterprises.
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  • Two girls play in the Suburban neighborhood of Rodriguez, Rizal, in the Philippines. Most of the community's families were relocated here from other area of Manila and the nearby countryside to make way for urban renewal projects or to move them out of harm's way. Yet the new community was hit hard by Typhoon Ketsana in 2009, and Christian Aid, a member of the ACT Alliance, provided emergency relief supplies. Over the years since, with help from Christian Aid and other groups, community members have organized themselves and engaged in a process of disaster risk reduction, including identifying and mapping high-risk zones and evacuation routes in their area. Christian Aid has also assisted with financial and technical support for income generating livelihood projects and community enterprises.
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  • A girl and boy at play in the yard of their home in the Suburban neighborhood of Rodriguez, Rizal, in the Philippines. Most of the community's families were relocated here from other area of Manila and the nearby countryside to make way for urban renewal projects or to move them out of harm's way. Yet the new community was hit hard by Typhoon Ketsana in 2009, and Christian Aid, a member of the ACT Alliance, provided emergency relief supplies. Over the years since, with help from Christian Aid and other groups, community members have organized themselves and engaged in a process of disaster risk reduction, including identifying and mapping high-risk zones and evacuation routes in their area. Christian Aid has also assisted with financial and technical support for income generating livelihood projects and community enterprises.
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  • Jun Beltran, the executive secretary of the local homeowners' association, reviews a disaster risk reduction map with other residents in the Suburban neighborhood of Rodriguez, Rizal, in the Philippines. Most of the community's families were relocated here from other area of Manila and the nearby countryside to make way for urban renewal projects or to move them out of harm's way. Yet the new community was hit hard by Typhoon Ketsana in 2009, and Christian Aid, a member of the ACT Alliance, provided emergency relief supplies. Over the years since, with help from Christian Aid and other groups, community members have organized themselves and engaged in a process of disaster risk reduction, including identifying and mapping high-risk zones and evacuation routes in their area. Christian Aid has also assisted with financial and technical support for income generating livelihood projects and community enterprises.
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  • Jun Beltran, the executive secretary of the local homeowners' association, reviews a disaster risk reduction map with other residents in the Suburban neighborhood of Rodriguez, Rizal, in the Philippines. Most of the community's families were relocated here from other area of Manila and the nearby countryside to make way for urban renewal projects or to move them out of harm's way. Yet the new community was hit hard by Typhoon Ketsana in 2009, and Christian Aid, a member of the ACT Alliance, provided emergency relief supplies. Over the years since, with help from Christian Aid and other groups, community members have organized themselves and engaged in a process of disaster risk reduction, including identifying and mapping high-risk zones and evacuation routes in their area. Christian Aid has also assisted with financial and technical support for income generating livelihood projects and community enterprises.
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  • One of several volunteers building a new community center in the Suburban neighborhood of Rodriguez, Rizal, in the Philippines. Most of the community's families were relocated here from other area of Manila and the nearby countryside to make way for urban renewal projects or to move them out of harm's way. Yet the new community was hit hard by Typhoon Ketsana in 2009, and Christian Aid, a member of the ACT Alliance, provided emergency relief supplies. Over the years since, with help from Christian Aid and other groups, community members have organized themselves and engaged in a process of disaster risk reduction, including identifying and mapping high-risk zones and evacuation routes in their area. Christian Aid has also assisted with financial and technical support for income generating livelihood projects and community enterprises.
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  • Marlon Baldeo is one of several volunteers building a new community center in the Suburban neighborhood of Rodriguez, Rizal, in the Philippines. Most of the community's families were relocated here from other area of Manila and the nearby countryside to make way for urban renewal projects or to move them out of harm's way. Yet the new community was hit hard by Typhoon Ketsana in 2009, and Christian Aid, a member of the ACT Alliance, provided emergency relief supplies. Over the years since, with help from Christian Aid and other groups, community members have organized themselves and engaged in a process of disaster risk reduction, including identifying and mapping high-risk zones and evacuation routes in their area. Christian Aid has also assisted with financial and technical support for income generating livelihood projects and community enterprises.
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  • One of several volunteers building a new community center in the Suburban neighborhood of Rodriguez, Rizal, in the Philippines. Most of the community's families were relocated here from other area of Manila and the nearby countryside to make way for urban renewal projects or to move them out of harm's way. Yet the new community was hit hard by Typhoon Ketsana in 2009, and Christian Aid, a member of the ACT Alliance, provided emergency relief supplies. Over the years since, with help from Christian Aid and other groups, community members have organized themselves and engaged in a process of disaster risk reduction, including identifying and mapping high-risk zones and evacuation routes in their area. Christian Aid has also assisted with financial and technical support for income generating livelihood projects and community enterprises.
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  • In a Quezon City neighborhood where the NGO KKFI is supporting educational and organizational activities, Lilibeth Noble cooks food she sells to her neighbors and passersby. She participated in KKFI's livelihood/skills training workshops and then started her own business cooking and selling food. KKFI receives support from United Methodist Women
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  • Jeddah Palo is the only woman among students in a welding course at the San Roque Catholic Church in Tolosa, a small town in the Philippines that was devastated by Typhoon Haiyan in 2013. Palo, 24, lost her home to the typhoon's storm surge and has been living with her mother. The 25-day welding course, sponsored by Catholic Relief Services, provides her with training for a new livelihood, while students put their newfound skills to work rebuilding the church's collapsed sanctuary. The storm was known locally as Typhoon Yolanda.
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  • Jeddah Palo participates in a welding course at the San Roque Catholic Church in Tolosa, a small town in the Philippines that was devastated by Typhoon Haiyan in 2013. Palo, 24, lost her home to the typhoon's storm surge and has been living with her mother. The 25-day welding course, sponsored by Catholic Relief Services, provides her with training for a new livelihood, while students put their newfound skills to work rebuilding the church's collapsed sanctuary. The storm was known locally as Typhoon Yolanda.
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  • Jeddah Palo participates in a welding course at the San Roque Catholic Church in Tolosa, a small town in the Philippines that was devastated by Typhoon Haiyan in 2013. Palo, 24, lost her home to the typhoon's storm surge and has been living with her mother. The 25-day welding course, sponsored by Catholic Relief Services, provides her with training for a new livelihood, while students put their newfound skills to work rebuilding the church's collapsed sanctuary. The storm was known locally as Typhoon Yolanda.
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  • Jeddah Palo receives instruction from Judgie Decadiz, the teacher of a welding course at the San Roque Catholic Church in Tolosa, a small town in the Philippines that was devastated by Typhoon Haiyan in 2013. Palo, 24, lost her home to the typhoon's storm surge and has been living with her mother. The 25-day welding course, sponsored by Catholic Relief Services, provides her with training for a new livelihood, at the same time as the students put their newfound skills to work rebuilding the church's collapsed sanctuary. The storm was known locally as Typhoon Yolanda.
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  • Jeddah Palo grinds smooth a weld as she participates in a welding course at the San Roque Catholic Church in Tolosa, a small town in the Philippines that was devastated by Typhoon Haiyan in 2013. Palo, 24, lost her home to the typhoon's storm surge and has been living with her mother. The 25-day welding course, sponsored by Catholic Relief Services, provides her with training for a new livelihood, while students put their newfound skills to work rebuilding the church's collapsed sanctuary. The storm was known locally as Typhoon Yolanda.
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  • Jeddah Palo grinds smooth a weld as she participates in a welding course at the San Roque Catholic Church in Tolosa, a small town in the Philippines that was devastated by Typhoon Haiyan in 2013. Palo, 24, lost her home to the typhoon's storm surge and has been living with her mother. The 25-day welding course, sponsored by Catholic Relief Services, provides her with training for a new livelihood, while students put their newfound skills to work rebuilding the church's collapsed sanctuary. The storm was known locally as Typhoon Yolanda.
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  • Jeddah Palo grinds smooth a weld as she participates in a welding course at the San Roque Catholic Church in Tolosa, a small town in the Philippines that was devastated by Typhoon Haiyan in 2013. Palo, 24, lost her home to the typhoon's storm surge and has been living with her mother. The 25-day welding course, sponsored by Catholic Relief Services, provides her with training for a new livelihood, while students put their newfound skills to work rebuilding the church's collapsed sanctuary. The storm was known locally as Typhoon Yolanda.
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  • Jeddah Palo grinds smooth a weld as she participates in a welding course at the San Roque Catholic Church in Tolosa, a small town in the Philippines that was devastated by Typhoon Haiyan in 2013. Palo, 24, lost her home to the typhoon's storm surge and has been living with her mother. The 25-day welding course, sponsored by Catholic Relief Services, provides her with training for a new livelihood, while students put their newfound skills to work rebuilding the church's collapsed sanctuary. The storm was known locally as Typhoon Yolanda.
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  • Jeddah Palo participates in a welding course at the San Roque Catholic Church in Tolosa, a small town in the Philippines that was devastated by Typhoon Haiyan in 2013. Palo, 24, lost her home to the typhoon's storm surge and has been living with her mother. The 25-day welding course, sponsored by Catholic Relief Services, provides her with training for a new livelihood, while students put their newfound skills to work rebuilding the church's collapsed sanctuary. The storm was known locally as Typhoon Yolanda.
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  • Jeddah Palo receives instruction from Judgie Decadiz, the teacher of a welding course at the San Roque Catholic Church in Tolosa, a small town in the Philippines that was devastated by Typhoon Haiyan in 2013. Palo, 24, lost her home to the typhoon's storm surge and has been living with her mother. The 25-day welding course, sponsored by Catholic Relief Services, provides her with training for a new livelihood, at the same time as the students put their newfound skills to work rebuilding the church's collapsed sanctuary. The storm was known locally as Typhoon Yolanda.
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  • Jeddah Palo receives instruction from Judgie Decadiz, the teacher of a welding course at the San Roque Catholic Church in Tolosa, a small town in the Philippines that was devastated by Typhoon Haiyan in 2013. Palo, 24, lost her home to the typhoon's storm surge and has been living with her mother. The 25-day welding course, sponsored by Catholic Relief Services, provides her with training for a new livelihood, at the same time as the students put their newfound skills to work rebuilding the church's collapsed sanctuary. The storm was known locally as Typhoon Yolanda.
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  • Jeddah Palo listens to instruction from Judgie Decadiz, the teacher of a welding course at the San Roque Catholic Church in Tolosa, a small town in the Philippines that was devastated by Typhoon Haiyan in 2013. Palo, 24, lost her home to the typhoon's storm surge and has been living with her mother. The 25-day welding course, sponsored by Catholic Relief Services, provides her with training for a new livelihood, at the same time as the students put their newfound skills to work rebuilding the church's collapsed sanctuary. The storm was known locally as Typhoon Yolanda.
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  • Jeddah Palo receives instruction from Judgie Decadiz, the teacher of a welding course at the San Roque Catholic Church in Tolosa, a small town in the Philippines that was devastated by Typhoon Haiyan in 2013. Palo, 24, lost her home to the typhoon's storm surge and has been living with her mother. The 25-day welding course, sponsored by Catholic Relief Services, provides her with training for a new livelihood, at the same time as the students put their newfound skills to work rebuilding the church's collapsed sanctuary. The storm was known locally as Typhoon Yolanda.
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  • Saru Shrestha poses in her small shop in Sanogoan, Nepal, where she earns money to support her family in the wake of the April 2015 earthquake that ravaged Nepal. <br />
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The Newar community where she lives was particularly hard hit, but it has been helped by the Lutheran World Federation, a member of the ACT Alliance. The ACT Alliance has provided blankets, tents, and livelihood assistance, including a cash grant to help Shrestha jump start her business, and is helping villagers form the tens of thousands of cement blocks they will need to construct permanent housing. <br />
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Born into a family of 10, Shrestha had to leave school after the earthquake to help care for her younger brothers and sisters. Using the small grant, Shrestha established a shop selling tea, snacks and sweets. “At first it was hard, especially arguing with people who buy things on credit. But I feel less shy now,” said Shrestha, who uses most of the income to pay for school fees for her siblings. Some of it she sets apart. “My dream is to open a second shop, selling cosmetics,” said the young entrepreneur.
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  • Saeed Elyas Seno (left) a Yazidi displaced from his home village of Bashiqa, Iraq, when the Islamic State group took over the Nineveh Plains in 2014, learns how to fabricate windows and doors from Kheralla Mohammed Hussain, a Muslim who was displaced by the Islamic State group from Mosul, at Hussain's factory in Dohuk. The livelihood training is sponsored by the Christian Aid Program Nohadra - Iraq (CAPNI).
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  • Waleed Subhie Mallallah (right), a Muslim displaced from Sinjar by the Islamic State group in 2014, learns how to fabricate windows and doors from Kheralla Mohammed Hussain, a Muslim who was displaced from Mosul, at Hussain's factory in Dohuk, Iraq. The livelihood training, which also includes a Yazidi student, is sponsored by the Christian Aid Program Nohadra - Iraq (CAPNI).
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  • Saeed Elyas Seno (right) a Yazidi displaced from his home village of Bashiqa, Iraq, when the Islamic State group took over the Nineveh Plains in 2014, learns how to fabricate windows and doors from Kheralla Mohammed Hussain, a Muslim who was displaced by the Islamic State group from Mosul, at Hussain's factory in Dohuk. The livelihood training is sponsored by the Christian Aid Program Nohadra - Iraq (CAPNI).
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  • Veronica Isaac opened a tea shop in Mogok, South Sudan, with help from a livelihood program sponsored by a faith-based organization.
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  • in the Suburban neighborhood of Rodriguez, Rizal, in the Philippines. Most of the community's families were relocated here from other area of Manila and the nearby countryside to make way for urban renewal projects or to move them out of harm's way. Yet the new community was hit hard by Typhoon Ketsana in 2009, and Christian Aid, a member of the ACT Alliance, provided emergency relief supplies. Over the years since, with help from Christian Aid and other groups, community members have organized themselves and engaged in a process of disaster risk reduction, including identifying and mapping high-risk zones and evacuation routes in their area. Christian Aid has also assisted with financial and technical support for income generating livelihood projects and community enterprises.
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