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The Peace Project builds homes in areas still recovering from Typhoon Haiyan
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Nov 7, 2014
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The Peace Project builds homes in areas still recovering from Typhoon Haiyan
One year after Typhoon Haiyan, the recovery effort in the Phillipines is still ongoing. But there have been efforts to rebuild. One of them is headed by a group called The Peace Project. It aims to meet a primary need: housing.

One year after Typhoon Haiyan, the recovery effort in the Phillipines is still ongoing. But there have been efforts to rebuild. One of them is headed by a group called The Peace Project. It aims to meet a primary need: housing.

One year after Typhoon Haiyan, the recovery effort in the Phillipines is still ongoing.

But there have been efforts to rebuild. One of them is headed by a group called The Peace Project. It aims to meet a primary need: housing.

Lisa Schultz, founder of The Peace Project, worked with architects and engineers to design a home that could be built in less than a day and would cost no more than $500.

She's been to the Philippines three times since the typhoon, and just completed a community of 40 houses on Bantayan Island:

Schultz joins Take Two to talk about her work to bring new housing to people in the Philippines who are still recovering from Typhoon Haiyan.