AHAH_Proposal_Agani Elementary School_Jan 2020

January 2020

Agani Elementary School Campus Rebuild Proposal Alcala, Cagayan, Philippines

All Hands and Hearts OUR STORY The lives of founders David Campbell and Petra Nemcova were changed forever by the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami. In 2005, David started All Hands Volunteers and Petra established Happy Hearts Fund. In 2017, these organizations merged to form All Hands and Hearts, allowing more donor support to directly beneďŹ t disaster-affected communities.

OUR MISSION We effectively and efďŹ ciently address the immediate and long-term needs of communities impacted by natural disasters. We communicate directly with local leaders and community members and then deploy our unique model of engaging volunteers to enable direct impact, helping to build safer, more resilient schools, homes, and infrastructure.

OUR VISION Through volunteer and community engagement, we focus on helping families recover faster after natural disasters using our Smart Response strategy. In doing so, we strengthen both our communities and volunteers in which we serve.

Volunteer-powered Disaster Relief.

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1.2M Lives Impacted Worldwide We operate immediate response and long-term recovery programs all over the world to support communities affected by hurricanes, earthquakes, typhoons, tornadoes and other natural disasters.

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DISASTER PROGRAMS

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COUNTRIES SERVED

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SCHOOLS COMPLETED

VOLUNTEER NATIONALITIES

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Typhoon Ompong: September 2018 Typhoon Mangkhut (locally named Ompong) made landfall in the Philippines’ Cagayan Valley as a category 5 equivalent super typhoon. With sustained winds of 205 km/h, flash flooding, storm surges and landslides Ompong is the strongest typhoon to hit the Philippines since 2013’s devastating Cyclone Haiyan.

More than 590,000 individuals were impacted and a reported 1,115 schools completely damaged, 1,804 suffered major damage and 4,088 schools received minor damage. Altogether, this has disrupted the learning of 15 million students.

AHAH’s Program Development Team have assessed the most affected region impacted by Ompong, Cagayan, and found great devastation throughout. It has been more than a year since Ompong struck the Philippines yet our teams have identified schools which have received no long-term support.

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Images: Left - Agani school buildings damaged.

Right - devastation across Cagayan.

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AHAH Presence in the Philippines AHAH have carried out ďŹ ve disaster relief programs across the Philippines since 2006 in response to multiple typhoons and the Bohol earthquake in 2013. Due to the diverse disasters, location and community needs our work has varied to include: -

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Debris clearance to create spaces for reconstruction Shelter kit distribution to impacted families Deconstruction of unsafe buildings Reconstruction of homes Construction of transitional homes and schools Construction of permanent schools Boat rebuilding, providing communities with their traditional means to generate income Construction of Evacuation Center Community lead projects to improve standard of living such as building of construction of bus stops, playgrounds, basketball courts and cultural center.

Images: Top - AHAH disaster relief locations. Bottom right Evacuation Center. Bottom left - Boat rebuild program.

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Agani Elementary School The Agani school campus is located in the municipality of Alcala in the Cagayan Valley. Currently, the school serves 187 students across Kindergarten - Grade 6. Unfortunately, Agani sustained some level of damage across all campus facilities. In the most severe cases roofs were torn off and large cracks have appeared in the oors and walls. Due to this there is need of deconstruction to these classrooms as they are at high risk of collapse from future earthquakes and typhoons.

Fortunately, not all classrooms sustained major damage but are in need of repairs such as electrics, replacement of ceilings and damaged rafters in the roofs. Furthermore, the toilet block and teachers’ preparation space are in need of retroďŹ t work to their roofs to ensure it is resilient to future disasters.

Agani has a very proactive school community who are engaged with keeping the school in working order. The garden that surrounds the school is testament to this - each grade has their own garden!

Unfortunately, the school does not have funds to make the school a disaster-resilient environment and there is no commitment from the government to provide a long term recovery solution.

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Images: Top - Canteen. Middle - Damaged classroom.

Bottom - Damaged bathroom.

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Agani Campus Rebuild

Funding Needed: $258,000 USD

$280,000 USD

Toilet Block Retrofit $30,000

Computer Lab Equipment FUNDED

Kitchen & Canteen $50,000 Classroom Repairs x 6 = $30,000 Teachers’ Preparation Space Retrofit $20,000

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Classroom Rebuild x 2 = $90,000 Well & Water Filtration $10,000

Gymnasium $10,000

Playground FUNDED

Furniture $8,000

Community Projects $5,000

Our Proposed Timeline To rebuild Agani school campus will take four months to complete: January 2020: Foundations poured for canteen and classrooms. Retrofit of toilet block completed.

February: Canteen and classrooms walls poured and roof construction begins. Retrofit of gymnasium and shade structure.

March: Final fittings and painting of rooms. Installation of computer lab.

April: Completion of school and community celebration.

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Our Proposed Budget Playground & Landscaping

For our International Recovery team to rebuild Agani Elementary School we have budgeted $280,000 USD. AHAH have worked with the school and local government to ensure the need at Agani School is met. Upon completion, Agani school campus will have 7 disaster-resilient classrooms, a computer lab, teachers’ preparation space, water ďŹ ltration system, canteen & kitchen, toilet block, gymnasium, two shade structures and perimeter fence.

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Toilets

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Our Community Spirit At All Hands and Hearts, we not only build physical infrastructure to protect communities from future natural disasters, we embed ourselves within the community to understand how else we can support them. Community Coordination is a crucial department within AHAH and is the link between our volunteers and the local communities we serve.

Throughout our time building schools across the world we have lead community projects such as: Female mason training: providing women with the opportunity to learn a trade, enabling independence.

English lessons for students, residents and masons: enhancing their conďŹ dence in English speaking settings.

Disaster Risk Reduction Training: preparing communities for future natural disasters.

Little Dreams: where families from the community come to enjoy a movie night with the volunteers.

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Our Awards and Ratings We have earned a 4-star rating by Charity Navigator six years in a row and are just 1

Member of the Year 2017 Award

of 75 charities, in the US, to receive the Perfect 100 - a distinction for ďŹ nancial and operational efďŹ ciency. We are also a GuideStar Platinum Participant, top-ranked

by GlobalGiving, A-rated by Charity Watch and an awarded member of National Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster.

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Thank you!

Emma Bate Senior Donor Relations Manager emma.b@allhandsandhearts.org

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