Children smile after receiving food packs and shoes from YPDR in Barangay Bayobay, Eastern Samar. Young Pioneer Disaster Response is a Filipino American NGO working in the region to build homes for people affected by Super Typhoon Yolanda and Typhoon Ruby. YPDR implements innovative and sustainable responses to disasters and post-disaster rehabilitation, working to help communities recover quickly and build back more resiliently than before. Visit www.ypdr.org. Photograph: Joseph Ferris III