This is Leena's* story. She is just one of the many people Medair is helping here in the Philippines and it seems a fitting story for my last blog post from this fascinating country.
Leena is a single mother with five children who lost her home during Typhoon Yolanda. In the first phase of the project Medair provided her with a basic house structure but she did not have means to complete it. She did the best she could but it wasn't really a good environment for the family to live in.
This year Medair is returning to families like Leena's and is providing them the materials they need to finish their houses. If necessary, we are also paying for a carpenter to do the needed work.
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| The materials are delivered |
Within two days, and after some hard work by a small team of carpenters, the house that Leena and her family have been living in for nearly a year is virtually unrecognisable.
Inside there are separate areas for preparing food and for sleeping.
The family finally have somewhere they can truly call HOME.
* not her real name
All photographs in this blog post by Edsel Delopere / Medair Philippines
All photographs in this blog post by Edsel Delopere / Medair Philippines
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