The Experience of Selected Typhoon Haiyan Survivors on Co-Operative Formation as Part of their Rebuilding and Recovery Strategy (Case Study Approach)

Abstract

This paper looked into the experience of selected Typhoon Haiyan survivors on co-operative formation. It also ascertained how cooperative formation could help create jobs as a rebuilding strategy to help the survivors of calamities.  The study used the case study methodology to develop theory on cooperative formation for the survivors of calamities, and to evaluate the cooperative entrepreneurship livelihood program as an intervention.  Results show that formation of co-ops could create jobs and contribute in helping the survivors to escape from poverty.  The cooperative formation mobilized the selected typhoon survivors to come together and look for solutions that could help them rebuild what they had lost during the calamity.  This supports the literature review showcasing how cooperative formation is well suited to ordinary people, including survivors of calamities who do not have enough capital to establish their own business.