Since mid February, IDV Volunteers in Tacloban have had the honour of supporting Filipino NGO Gawad Kalinga's (GK) work building permanent homes for survivors of Super Typhoon Haiyan. On February 25th, we helped complete one of the first, if not the very first, permanent home to be rebuild in the wake of typhoon Haiyan. Read more »
We are delighted to announce that, thanks to your generosity over the festive season and the support of GlobalGiving, we are now launching a full volunteer deployment in Tacloban. 
28 year old teacher Helen Thompson was fundraising for IDV when she died tragically from a blood clot in December 2013.
On April 16th starting at 12pm EST (5pm British Summer time), GlobalGiving will matched your gifts to the Aram Learning Studio by 50%. The school’s founder, Charina, recently wrote this letter expressing her gratitude for IDV’s help re-opening the school and asking for our on-going support. 
The Aram Learning Studio was founded by Filipino mom Charina after her own son,