“‹Palo, Leyte—The Catholic Church has spent a total of P3.2 billion for reconstruction efforts in areas hit by Super Typhoon Yolanda in the central Philippines in 2013.
Fr. Edwin Gariguez, executive secretary of the National Secretariat for Social Action/Caritas Philippines, said at least 33, 253 houses were constructed for Yolanda victims five years after the storm.
The housing projects were implemented directly by NASSA/Caritas Philippines together with Caritas Internationalis Member Organizations.
Garinguez said their Yolanda aid, which officially started in 2014, was the “most massive, largest-funded and most comprehensive humanitarian response.”
He said the Church-backed reconstruction efforts benefitted some 1.4 million Yolanda-affected people in Iloilo, Aklan, Capiz, Palawan, Cebu, Antique, Samar, Eastern Samar, and Leyte, among others.
“We are very proud of this accomplishment, yet humbled by the experience,” he said.
