Safe and adequate shelter is an important factor an affected community needs to recover from a disaster.

In 2013, Typhoon Haiyan wiped out homes across Barangay Macaalang in the municipality of Dagami, Leyte. Many of these houses were far from sturdy and did not stand a chance against Haiyan. But through the collective action of community members, and CARE and ACCORD’s

program equipping the community with the necessary knowledge and skills to build back better and safer, Barangay Macaalang was able to rebuild in no time.

“ACCORD advised us to group together to make the rebuilding easier. If we do it individually, it will take a long time,” says Helena Olimpo, barangay councilor. The community received shelter assistance and materials. Apart from learning about how to build back safer, they also participated in other capacity building activities such as understanding hazards and disaster risk reduction, inclusion, and community drills based on their revised contingency plan.

The “Post-Haiyan Self-Recovery Housing Program” in Leyte, Iloilo, and Aklan was one of the winners of the 2017 World Habitat Awards.

A tool developed in Vietnam, to help communities develop a shared vision of positive change, in relation to community-based adaptation (CBA) and watershed ecosystem management activities.

The visioning approach for CBA supports coordinated, equitable and relevant planning for communities. In other words, it helps to identify what needs to be changed in a community or watershed ecosystem as well as supporting the creation of a vision and a plan of how to reach the desired future.

The approach can be used for CBA watershed management planning, environmental planning for natural resource-dependent people and business development. These plans can, in turn, be integrated into the Socio-Economic Development Plans of communes, districts, and provinces.

View and download the tool here.

Originally posted on https://careclimatechange.org/