Rebuild 40 homes after Typhoon Kristine

When Typhoon Kristine crossed Camarines Sur, Barangay San Roque took the eyewall. Forty families woke up to open sky where their roofs used to be, and most of them are still sleeping in the covered court of the elementary school.

The rebuild council - elected neighbors, not an NGO - has priced everything with the local hardware: lumber, GI sheets, nails, and hinges come to about $300 per home. Labor is free; carpentry crews rotate bayanihan-style, house to house, until everyone is back under a roof.

Receipts are photographed and posted to the council's public album after every purchase, and the Sagip reviewer cross-checked the damage list against the barangay's official assessment before this campaign went live.