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
PoorMiddle-ClassWealthy 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 Cell phone Nice clothes Overseas holidays Maid Nanny Can meet all medical expenses Extensive home, contents and health insurance Private education including primary, secondary and tertiary. Access to clean water, private toilets and food
Typhoon Haiyan, 8 th of November 2013
A few stories from the ground…
How are the wealthy affected?
… and the middle-class?
What about the extremely poor?
PoorMiddle ClassWealthy 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 GO THE DISTANCE MOVE IT GO THE DISTANCE LIVE IT LIVE IN A TEMPORARY SHELTER LIVE IT LIVE IN A TEMPORARY SHELTER SWEAT IT WORK UNDER DEMANDING CONDITIONS SWEAT IT WORK UNDER DEMANDING CONDITIONS STOP IT GIVE SOMETHING UP STOP IT GIVE SOMETHING UP
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
≪ 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.