Japanese NPO member works in typhoon-hit Philippine town

Japanese NPO member works in typhoon-hit Philippine town

DULAG, Philippines - Yoshiyuki Shiomi of the International Children's Action Network, a Nagoya-based authorized nonprofit organization, explains the operation to build and rebuild elementary school buildings in Dulag near Tacloban City, the Philippines, on Oct. 22, 2014. The area was hit hard by last year's Typhoon Haiyan.

JICA jointly builds classrooms, trains laborers in Haiyan-hit town

JICA jointly builds classrooms, trains laborers in Haiyan-hit town

DULAG, Philippines - Noel Watanabe (R), a Japan-based Filipino man, and his Japanese colleague Katsuya Usui, teach construction skills to Filipino workers on Nov. 7, 2014 in the central Philippine province Leyte. The Japan International Cooperation Agency is integrating a skills training program to its assistance for the construction of new school buildings in Leyte's Dulag town after it was damaged by super typhoon Haiyan on Nov. 8, 2013.

JICA jointly builds classrooms, trains laborers in Haiyan-hit town

JICA jointly builds classrooms, trains laborers in Haiyan-hit town

DULAG, Philippines - Filipino welders (in yellow shirts) who are constructing a new school building (seen behind them) watch Noel Watanabe (front), a Japan-based Filipino man, demonstrate proper welding technique on Nov. 7, 2014, at a high school compound in the central Philippine province Leyte. At second from the right in the back is his Japanese colleague Katsuya Usui. The Japan International Cooperation Agency is integrating a skills training program to its assistance for the construction of new school buildings in Leyte's Dulag town after it was damaged by super typhoon Haiyan on Nov. 8, 2013.

Agencies continue to bring aid to Haiyan-hit areas a year on

Agencies continue to bring aid to Haiyan-hit areas a year on

LEYTE, Philippines - Mylene Openiano, 22, mother of four, talks to Kyodo News on Oct. 22, 2014, about her family's new house in Dulag town in the central Philippine province of Leyte, courtesy of the Japan-based International Children's Action Network. Openiano's original house, a nipa hut (thatch house), was completely blown away by super typhoon Haiyan on Nov. 8, 2013. (Kyodo)