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San Francisco, Calif., Jul 14, 2012 \/ 01:00 pm (CNA<\/a>).- Catholic Relief Services needs help funding temporary shelters for 1,500 Filipino families who lost their homes in Tropical Storm Washi, which struck Mindanao last Dec. 16-17, CRS\u2019 Philippines country representative Joe Curry told Catholic San Francisco.<\/p>\n

\tHe said nearly 3,000 people displaced by the storm are still living in camps and in public buildings.<\/p>\n

\tCRS has played a major part in aid relief to storm victims and is the only aid organization providing temporary shelters, said Curry, who was in the Bay Area June 18.<\/p>\n

\tCatholics in the Archdiocese of San Francisco have been among the most generous contributors to the typhoon relief effort, he said. In the initial response, donations from the archdiocese were $51,000 out of $143,000 from the West Coast and $250,000 in total U.S. contributions.<\/p>\n

\tMindanao is not typically in the path of Pacific storms and was largely unprepared when Washi \u2013 known locally as Typhoon Sendong \u2013 struck in the middle of the night with 18 inches of rain. The storm killed at least 1,250 people and initially displaced 80,000 \u2013 8,000 permanently.<\/p>\n

\tThe cities of Cagayan de Oro and nearby Iligan were decimated, with neighborhoods swept away in a few hours, CRS said. Flooding destroyed 13,585 homes and partially damaged another 37,559.<\/p>\n

\t\u201cWith a disaster this size it can take a long time to move people into permanent houses \u2013 up to two years \u2013 but what do people do from now up until the time they have a permanent house?\u2019 Curry asked.<\/p>\n

\t\u201cWe\u2019re trying to bridge the gap with a transitional shelter, a low-cost housing unit.\u201d<\/p>\n

\tCRS has built 850 units so far at a cost of $400 each and plans another 1,000.<\/p>\n

\tA third of children undernourished<\/p>\n

\tCRS\u2019 ongoing work in the Philippines focuses on Mindanao, the Philippines\u2019 second largest island. In an economy based on five-acre farms, those who do not own try to earn $3 or $4 a day as migrant laborers.<\/p>\n

\tThe average grower earns $450 a year.<\/p>\n

\t\u201cWhen you add up the cost of food, school fees and medical expenses, it\u2019s a life of poverty and it\u2019s a matter of getting by,\u201d said Curry, who has been CRS\u2019 country representative for two-and-a-half years.<\/p>\n

\tA third of Mindanao children have stunted growth because they are undernourished.<\/p>\n

\tFarmers\u2019 income suffers from lack of access to credit and to markets. CRS is helping farmers organize to reach markets directly rather than through traders. The agency also is training growers to boost productivity on coffee, cocoa and rice crops.<\/p>\n

\tCivil unrest is another threat in Mindanao, and an outbreak of violence can cost growers valuable time. CRS is working on peace building efforts aimed at encouraging local governments to distribute resources more equitably.<\/p>\n

\t\u201cWe work a lot with the church, through diocesan priests, and we also work a lot with local nonprofits,\u201d Curry said.<\/p>\n

\t\u201cPart of the problem in Mindanao is that local governments are monopolized by people involved in the conflict and their interest in being transparent and sharing resources is not the same as those in the community. What we\u2019re trying to do is bridge between our partners and these local governments and try to improve the quality of governance and make it more transparent.\u201d<\/p>\n

\tPosted with permission from Catholic San Francisco<\/a>. The official newspaper of the Archdiocese of San Francisco.<\/p>\n

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