Justice Leadership Day AUCKLAND * HAMILTON * PALMERSTON NORTH * WELLINGTON * CHRISTCHURCH * DUNEDIN February 2015

Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter. Martin Luther King Jr

Get ready to collect… Don’t touch anyone!

Peso values Money bag = 100,000 Yellow = 100 White = 10

Poor Middle-Class Wealthy Basic wooden house (limited electricity)   Bike Cell phone Low paid or no job Basic wooden fishing boat to collect food Some medical services/ no health insurance Primary education/some secondary education Shared toilets within the community Shared water wells Note: you have no insurance, no remittances, no social security or government funded benefits. Strong house Second hand car Reasonably paid job TV Computer Can afford most medical expenses Have some insurance Remittances (money) received from family overseas Access to primary, secondary and tertiary education Access to clean water, private toilets and food Strong concrete house Modern/new car Well-paid job / business owner TV, computer, radio, ipad Nice clothes Overseas holidays Maid Nanny Can meet all medical expenses Extensive home, contents and health insurance Private education including primary, secondary and tertiary.

Typhoon Haiyan, 8th of November 2013

A few stories from the ground…

How are the wealthy affected?

Barangay Bacuban, Basey, Diocese of Calbayog, Eastern Samar Risa (not pictured) has three children – Alex (5months), Alexa (4) and Nicole (10) who has epilepsy (discovered at age 2) and doesn't attend school due to disabilities (a result of fits). Their entire house was washed away despite being concrete; all that was left was bits of broken concrete on the ground. The family evacuated up the hill but were unable to take anything with them, as a result they lost everything. Using found materials they have rebuilt a shelter, originally using tarps for the roof they found that it leaked and shook in the wind (a reminder of the storm) and saving money from taking in washing they purchased thatch for the roof. The grandmother lives with them and her and Risa take in washing and look after the children while her husband looks for work in Basey, he used to help the fishermen bring in their catch but many boats and nets were destroyed during the storm and there is no work available as a hired fishing hand. They said they own the land where their house is located on the sand on the beach front but it sits in the 40 metre no build zone so they are hoping the government will help with relocation but not far from the beach as that is where they have their livelihood. With income very so unsure and no work they are very careful with their money.   … and the middle-class?

What about the extremely poor?

Restituto Rosell, 51y/o Farming - corn, root crops sweet potato,  Fathers land 3 children boys 23, 20,17 wife Stayed at house but children and wife evacuated to the school   Believes that god will help his family He saw the trees falling and things flying through the air. He had never seen anything like that before. Submitted himself to gods mercy.he wants save his father. Never thought of himself only wanting to save his father. His father is paralysed and he only thinks of his father and wants to save him. Andres 83 years old. Moved into the piggery as it's the only building still standing. His community are subsistence farmers - maize, peanuts, root crops, vegetables up to 2 thirds of the crops go to the landowners to pay rent for the land, the remaining crop is their main source of food. They earn some money Fishing Coconut oil extraction/wine some sold main sourced income Some limited remittances 30 landowners rest are tenants to outside land owners 3/4 of produce to pay rent Heard of Yolanda through radio Weren't expecting it to be so big No clear expectation of the size thro the radio message Used to typhoons - evacuated to more sturdy house 6 hours before returning home No food or water available  Roof of house blown off Some minor injuries No opportunity to prepare their own homes Didn't believe the radio message. Started to run when the wind started to get strong They suggest that in future  Pray Will listen to Barangay captain more closely in future.  (Although school was damaged). Most of the houses are made of light materials but most had damaged roof and walls. Suggested tying down the roof etc Go to more sturdy house before storm arrives- suggested prepositioning food water before storm arrives Barangay captain should go house to house  Message was possibly too technical What did they see? The sea, no trees! Homes destroyed Crops destroyed. Many coconut destroyed 50% Limited ability to process tress for timber due to cost - suggested collecting to save from rotting No assistance for 4 days First assistance - expired food!  Had stomach problems first days after storm Water sourced from well previously but was damaged by fallen tree Well now repaired. But intermittent supply. Use aqua tabs now.  Barangay have tested water  Long distance away 2km Following on from Haiyan they received mineral water and this was the first time they had ever tasted it Replanted immediately after the storm. Own seed Received assistance from caritas, private companies, Oxfam (cfw), Red Cross (cash assistance)  From church - food (rice, sardines,) NFIs, hygiene kits - 2 batches, food Jan 21st NFIs CRS last Sunday!  - still useful.  Tarps received from c. Austria last month. - tarps not to spec and already rotting.  Need help with food and shelter now. – many of the tarps are leaking and even the temporary fix was not enough, following the typhoon, those that could, immediately replanted their crops – and so they have some fields fill of corn, some more coconut trees have been replanted but these will take years before they are productive – from coconuts the community sells copra and makes coconut wine which they consume and sell. There will be long-term livelihood impact that perhaps haven’t been fully experienced yet 37 houses assessed for PDRA 

Poor Middle Class Wealthy   House destroyed P1000 Cost of tarpaulin for temporary shelter P50 Boat destroyed P200 Community sanitation system damaged. Need to purchase anti-septic liquid and buckets. P80 Community water supply damaged. Need to purchase safe drinking water for a week. P200 Medical fees from family members physically injured from debris during the typhoon (no health insurance) P800 Funeral costs P850 Damage to the exterior of the house P2500 (You pay excess of P500) Damage to garden P300 (You pay excess of P100) Loss of wages P500 Childcare costs: P1000 Cost of contacting relatives: P20 Contaminated water supply means you need to purchase bottled water for several days: P200 You have some food supplies in your cupboards. You buy some food. P100 Minor damage to the exterior of the house P1000 (covered by insurance) Damage to garden P200 (covered by insurance) Phone calls to overseas relatives who are concerned P20 Increased childcare P1000 Need to replace contaminated water supply with bottled water for several days. P200 Power is down but you can run your own generator for 2 weeks. P250 You have food supplies for two weeks in your cupboards.

Responding to an emergency

The first step is Relief

Distributing emergency food supplies…

…cleaning things (soap, toothpaste, etc.)

…materials for building temporary shelters

…transporting supplies to remote places

The second phase is called Recovery

The goal is to ‘build back better’

…employing local people and materials

Coconut palms felled by the storm become the building materials for new houses

Veges are planted to feed families and sell

Livelihoods (like fishing) are re-established

These women make chilli powder

Safe water supply is re-established…

…so life can start returning to normal again

These houses are built on a hillside, so they will not get flooded out again

1 DAY OF DIFFERENCE FOR A LIFETIME OF CHANGE

HOW YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE Caritas projects for the Philippines: Water Disaster Preparedness Growing Organic Food Private Toilets

MOVE IT LIVE IT STOP IT GO THE DISTANCE SWEAT IT WORK UNDER DEMANDING CONDITIONS LIVE IT LIVE IN A TEMPORARY SHELTER STOP IT GIVE SOMETHING UP

CATHOLIC SOCIAL TEACHING GUIDED BY CATHOLIC SOCIAL TEACHING SOLIDARITY HUMAN DIGNITY STEWARDSHIP PREFERENTIAL OPTION FOR THE POOR AND VULNERABLE

MOVE IT GO THE DISTANCE Preferential option for the poor and vulnerable

SWEAT IT WORK UNDER DEMANDING CONDITIONS Solidarity

LIVE IT LIVE IN A TEMPORARY SHELTER Human dignity

STOP IT GIVE SOMETHING UP Stewardship

Tips Register your team Organise your team/school and choose your captain Set a date and choose a challenge Promote and fundraise Engage your community

Lunch break Grab some lunch and a drink Sign up at the desk to stay in touch with what Caritas is up to Show off your talents in UVball & UFOball

2014 Winners Maisy & Tobias Hide & Seek Jessica Rogers Waiting

Ka ora te whenua, ka ora te tangata; ka mate te whenua, ka mate te tangata. When the land lives on, so does man; when the land dies, so does man.