Aid group works to rebuild after the destruction from typhoon in Philippines
Aid group works to rebuild after the destruction from typhoon in Philippines
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Gawad Kalinga is a poverty alleviation and development NGO based in the Philippines. In the Filipino language, Gawad Kalinga means “to provide care out of love.” We’ll talk with the group’s founder and executive Director, Tony Meloto. He’s helping his country recover from the horrible destruction of the November 2013 typhoon Yolanda (Haiyan).
(photo: Typhoon survivors continue to live in tents at a coastal village in Tacloban, Leyte province, in central Philippines, Friday, Nov. 7, 2014. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez))