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Rebuild Homes and Lives in Disaster Affected Asia

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Summary

Disaster recovery means rebuilding lives, not just buildings. To that end, we’ll work with disaster survivors to not only rebuild homes, but in education and community development as well. project reportread updates from the field

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Project Needs and Beneficiaries

There are many organisations across disaster affected Asia addressing survivors’ immediate needs, but very few groups are focusing on long term recovery. That’s where we come in. “We’ll start working after other groups begin to leave and provide long term solutions to the challenges survivors face. Our goal is projects which continue to effect lives long after we leave,” said EDV director Andrew Chaggar.

Activities

Our projects combine permanent reconstruction with education and the strengthening of community. By providing reconstruction and community support, we can make a lasting impact on the lives of survivors that goes far beyond a handout.

Funding Information

Total Funding Received to Date: $12,345
Remaining Goal to be Funded: $37,655
Total Funding Goal: $50,000

Additional Documentation

This project has provided additional documentation in a PDF file (projdoc.pdf).

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Why this Project is Important

Potential Long Term Impact

By involving disaster survivors in the process of developing projects, we’ll not only accomplish reconstruction, but we’ll give survivors back a sense of control of their lives and empower communities.

Project Message

“As the rubble clears… aid workers say there is a less visible but equally vital need – support for traumatized survivors, many of whom have lost their loved ones and everything they own.”
- Thin Lei Win, AlertNet Journalist Based in Asia

Who is Running This Project

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Emma Taylor
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222 Southport Woods Drive
Southport, CT 06890
United States
12039132314
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Organization

European Disaster Volunteers (EDV) Logo

European Disaster Volunteers (EDV)
17 CHAPEL STREET
Enderby, LE19 4NE
United Kingdom
0116 2681692
http://www.edvolunteers.org

Learn more about European Disaster Volunteers (EDV) and the project team.

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Where this Project is Located

Country

This project is located in VietnamVietnam and can also be found under Disaster RecoveryDisaster Recovery.

For more information about Vietnam, read the Human Development Report on Vietnam or the Wikipedia entry for Vietnam.

When this Project was Updated

Last Updated

This project was last updated on March 3, 2010.

Date Added to GlobalGiving

This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on November 15, 2009

Latest Update from the Field

EDV Now has a Permanent Spot on Global Giving!

By Emma Taylor - Project Leader, December 28, 2009 10:57 AM

We're beyond excited to announce that thanks to all our amazing supporters EDV has succeeded in Global Giving's Open Challenge and won a permanent spot on the website.

The money we raised during the challenge will be added to our Asia-Pacific Disaster Recovery fund in mid January, just in time for our project leaders to fly to Asia and begin our deployment. We plan to be on the ground by early Febuary.

As soon as we're on the ground we'll be updating this page with photos of the community we'll be working with and the early stages of our project. So keep checking back, and thanks so much for your support!

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