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Rehabilitation work continues in the Philippines
May 10, 2012
The National Council of Churches in the Philippines (NCCP) is running a rehabilitation programme to support local communities devastated by last year’s typhoons.
Philippines: Rebuilding Homes, Rebuilding Hope
Mar 25, 2010
A NCCP house-building programme targeted the most vulnerable of a divided community.
Philippines: when the waters recede, rebuilding begins
Mar 25, 2010
Flood survivors in the Philippines re-build their lives and priorities following a typhoon.
ACT in The Philippines
ACT Alliance organisations meet in what we call a Forum to do joint analysis of the national situation, and joint planning.
Link through to Forum page in ACT Groups
Organisations with HQ in The Philippines
International organisations in The Philippines
- Christian Aid
- Christian Reformed World Relief Committee
- ECLOF International
- Lutheran World Relief
- United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR)
Organisations funding work in The Philippines
- Act for Peace
- Bread for All
- Bread for the World
- Christian World Service
- Church World Service (CWS)
- Church of Sweden
- Diakonie Katastrophenhilfe (DKH)
- Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
- ICCO
- Kerk In Actie
- Presbyterian Disaster Assistance
- Primate’s World Relief and Development Fund, The
- United Church of Canada
- UnitingWorld Relief and Development Unit
About The Philippines
- GNI per capita: US $980 (World Bank, 2008)
- Population: 92 million (UN, 2009)
- Capital: Manila
- Area: 300,000 sq km (115,831 sq miles)
- Major languages: Filipino, English (both official)
- Major religion: Christianity
- Life expectancy: 70 years (men), 74 years (women) (UN)
- Monetary unit: 1 Philippine peso = 100 centavos
- Main exports: Electrical machinery, clothing, food and live animals, chemicals, timber products
- GNI per capita: US $1,890 (World Bank, 2008)