Learning recovery from Tacloban

Six years after, the sea is calm; the light of hope is reflecting under the bright moon.

Churches and structures have been rebuilt.

Food is abundant. Help is still pouring in.

Night life is active yet there is quiet stillness.

People’s faith has deepened.

Many have accepted. Some have moved on.

Many hopeful that life will be better.

The survivors have not given up on their sense of purpose.

With resiliency, drive, industriousness, determination, perseverance, community spirit and faith, life will be better.

Tacloban, I learned humanity from you.

Grateful for the lessons you shared.

http://time.com/3554112/tacloban-yolanda-supertyphoon-typhoon-haiyan-anniversary/

https://www.rappler.com/nation/216024-photos-tacloban-5-years-after-typhoon-yolanda

https://www.fema.gov/pdf/conferences/iaconference/2010/tuesday_1045am_resiliency_in_face_of_disaster.pdf

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Promoting resilience and recovery:
Services to survivors can be planned and implemented
in ways that naturally promote resilience and recovery

Five essential elements for service delivery are:
1. Promote a sense of safety
2. Promote calming
3. Promote sense of self– and collective efficacy
4. Promote connectedness
5. Promote hope
Hobfoll et al., 2007

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The 10 traits of resilience that survivors have in abundance

1. Flexibility – the capability of being bent without breaking – being adaptable.
2. Assertiveness – the confidence to ask for what you need, be decisive and self-assured without being aggressive.
3. Tenacity – to hold fast and be persistent in the face of pressure.
4. Optimism – the tendency to expect a favorable outcome.
5. Intelligence – the capacity to learn, reason and understand.
6. Courage – the ability to face difficulty and danger with bravery.
7. Perspective – The ability to distance themselves from the past so that it did not constantly intrude on their thinking.
8. Community – An awareness of belonging to a particular group.
9. Assimilation – Assimilating the knowledge that they survived.
10. Purpose – The ability to find meaning in their lives.

https://camtaylor.net/2017/01/24/10-essential-traits/