2007 Opus Prize Finalist
REV. NORBERTO CARCELLAR
HOMELESS PEOPLE'S FEDERATION
Quezon City, Philippines
Reverend Norberto Carcellar, C.M., is the executive director of Homeless People’s Federation, which serves the homeless of the Philippines.
The organization has enabled people in temporary housing in Quezon City, Philippines to create community savings and credit programs, purchase land, build housing and set up waste disposal and water distribution systems. Many families who are served by the Homeless People's Federation live and work on a vast garbage dump.
Homeless People's Federation Philippines represented by Rev. Norberto Carcellar, C.M., executive director, is an organization that has enabled squatters living on a sprawling garbage dump in Quezon City, Philippines to create community savings and credit programs, purchase land, build housing and set up waste disposal and water distribution systems.
