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Rebuilding Siargao

Bravo Relief Operation Report · March 16, 2022

“Through all of your donations, we have been able to achieve much more than we expected. We want to share with you the many ways in which your generosity has contributed to the rebuilding of Siargao. Here, we have included a report of all efforts and activities of this project. THANK YOU again for being a part of this mission. We can’t wait to welcome you back to Siargao!”

Rebuilding Homes

Odette took the roofs off General Luna. The rebuilding programme documented every home it repaired — before and after, household by household.

28 Households documented
56 Photographs
An elderly woman stands in front of a damaged concrete block house with wooden planks stacked nearby, with a before label overlaid
The same woman stands in front of the house with a new wooden roof frame installed, with an after label overlaid showing the rebuild
A man holds a child in front of a damaged concrete house with a blue tarp roof and broken windows, labeled BEFORE, ahead of a Siargao home rebuild
Two women stand in front of a repaired house with a new corrugated roof and flowering shrubs, labeled AFTER, showing progress in a Siargao home rebuild
A worker in a cap stands beside a collapsed wooden structure amid fallen coconut trees, labeled BEFORE, ahead of a home rebuild in Siargao
A man in a red shirt stands smiling in front of a rebuilt wooden house with a corrugated metal roof, labeled AFTER, showing progress in Siargao
Two smiling women stand in front of a repaired house with new plywood siding, with an after label overlaid showing the completed rebuild
Three women stand in front of a damaged house under repair, with a before label overlaid on the image showing the original condition
A person in a rain poncho stands amid collapsed woven bamboo walls and storm debris, labeled BEFORE, ahead of a Siargao home rebuild
Women and children line up with blue water containers along a street of storm-damaged homes with rusted roofs during a relief operation in Siargao
A large crowd of residents gathers outdoors among storm-stripped coconut trees during a community relief operation in Siargao after the typhoon
A woman carries a blue container along the shore as a boat unloads relief supplies in the background during a Siargao relief operation
Rows of colorful relief supply bags arranged near shipping containers and trucks as part of a large-scale relief operation in Siargao
A line of residents wait with large blue water jugs beside typhoon-damaged homes with rusted roofs during a relief operation in Siargao
A smiling boy holds a bottle of water and a red relief supply bag in front of a storm-damaged building during a Siargao relief operation
Rows of colorful green, red, and blue relief goods bags organized on the floor at Bravo Beach Resort Siargao during a community relief operation
A long line of residents with water containers waits along a road lined with storm-damaged trees during a relief operation in Siargao
Local residents standing beside stacked relief supply boxes in front of a storm-damaged house, part of a Bravo Beach Resort Siargao relief drive

Relief Operation

Funded entirely by donations from guests and friends of the resort, and run from Bravo’s own grounds in the weeks after the storm.

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A woman holds a child beside the flattened remains of a home amid snapped trees, showing Siargao in the aftermath of Super Typhoon Odette

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A man uses a chainsaw to cut a fallen coconut log into lumber while others watch, amid storm-damaged palm trees in Siargao after a typhoon

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Bravo Beach Resort Siargao report cover showing a leaning road sign and storm-stripped hillside, captioned Super Typhoon Odette 3 Months After

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