Rebuilding lives of Mexico's earthquake victims

by Habitat International Coalition
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Rebuilding lives of Mexico's earthquake victims
Rebuilding lives of Mexico's earthquake victims
Rebuilding lives of Mexico's earthquake victims
Rebuilding lives of Mexico's earthquake victims
Rebuilding lives of Mexico's earthquake victims
Rebuilding lives of Mexico's earthquake victims
Rebuilding lives of Mexico's earthquake victims
Rebuilding lives of Mexico's earthquake victims
Rebuilding lives of Mexico's earthquake victims
Rebuilding lives of Mexico's earthquake victims
Rebuilding lives of Mexico's earthquake victims
Rebuilding lives of Mexico's earthquake victims
Rebuilding lives of Mexico's earthquake victims
Rebuilding lives of Mexico's earthquake victims
Rebuilding lives of Mexico's earthquake victims
Rebuilding lives of Mexico's earthquake victims
Rebuilding lives of Mexico's earthquake victims
Rebuilding lives of Mexico's earthquake victims
Rebuilding lives of Mexico's earthquake victims
Rebuilding lives of Mexico's earthquake victims
Rebuilding lives of Mexico's earthquake victims
Rebuilding lives of Mexico's earthquake victims
Rebuilding lives of Mexico's earthquake victims
Rebuilding lives of Mexico's earthquake victims
Rebuilding lives of Mexico's earthquake victims
Rebuilding lives of Mexico's earthquake victims
Rebuilding lives of Mexico's earthquake victims
Rebuilding lives of Mexico's earthquake victims
Rebuilding lives of Mexico's earthquake victims
Rebuilding lives of Mexico's earthquake victims
Rebuilding lives of Mexico's earthquake victims
Rebuilding lives of Mexico's earthquake victims
Rebuilding lives of Mexico's earthquake victims
Rebuilding lives of Mexico's earthquake victims
Rebuilding lives of Mexico's earthquake victims
Rebuilding lives of Mexico's earthquake victims
Rebuilding lives of Mexico's earthquake victims
Rebuilding lives of Mexico's earthquake victims
Rebuilding lives of Mexico's earthquake victims
Rebuilding lives of Mexico's earthquake victims
Rebuilding lives of Mexico's earthquake victims

Project Report | Mar 4, 2019
Approaching to the final video version!

By Maria Silvia Emanuelli | Project Leader

El regreso a la normalidad
El regreso a la normalidad

In the last months of last year, we started visiting indigenous communities affected by the that Mexico suffered in 2017 living in the Tehuatepec Isthmus (Oaxaca State), with which our members are doing social reconstruction of habitat. We listen and recorded their stories and we are about to finish the video that will allow us to tell a large audience and look for changes in the public policies that Mexico has implemented until now to face disasters. We heard about the fear caused by the earthquakes and the desperation of having lost everything , the few government aid that have reached certain areas (for example, in the government censuses, those that were made of palm were not considered as houses, so the people living there have not received support and there were no resources to reactivate the local economy; the social reconstruction of the habitat on the other hand, has contemplated all these situations) but also the resurgence of peoples who with their hands and their knowledge, with the strength of their organization have begun to rebuild communities, economy and housing. We have known their needs but also the alternatives implemented with the support of technicians from organizations and universities.

En los últimos meses del año pasado empezamos a visitar comunidades indígenas del Istmo de Tehuatepec en el Estado de Oaxaca afectadas por los terremotos que México sufrió en 2017, con las cuáles nuestros miembros están llevando a cabo la reconstrucción social del hábitat. Escuchamos y grabamos sus historias y estamos por finalizar el video que nos permitirá contarlas a un amplio público y buscar cambios en las políticas que México tiene para enfrentar desastres. Escuchamos hablar del miedo causado por el temblor y de la desesperación de haberlo perdido todo, de las pocas ayudas gubernamentales que han llegado a ciertas áreas o de los enfoques equivocados que han llevado a excluir algunas situaciones (por ejemplo, en los censos del gobierno no se han considerado como viviendas las que estaban hechas de palma por lo que las personas que allí vivían no han recibido apoyo y tampoco hubo recursos para reactivar la economía local; la reconstrucción social del hábitat por otro lado, ha contemplado todas estas situaciones) pero también del resurgir de pueblos que con su manos y sus conocimientos, con la fuerza de su organización han empezado a reconstruir comunidades, economía y viviendas. Hemos conocido sus necesidades y también las alternativas que han podido implementar para satisfacerlas con apoyo de técnicos de organizaciones y universidades.

Recuperando tejas para la nueva casa
Recuperando tejas para la nueva casa
Los hornos reconstruidos
Los hornos reconstruidos
El adobe como aliado
El adobe como aliado
La casa nuevamente de pie
La casa nuevamente de pie

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Habitat International Coalition

Location: Delft - Netherlands
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Twitter: @habitat_intl
Project Leader:
Maria Silvia Emanuelli
Mexico City , Mexico City Mexico

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