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Six months after Storm Kristin caused widespread destruction, the Mission Structure for the Recovery of the Central Region reports that over 200,000 homes were affected. Officials admit that full reconstruction will not be finished by the 2027 deadline, as many residents remain trapped in insurance disputes and infrastructure repairs lag behind.
The Aga Khan Foundation will donate €1.5 million to support reconstruction after recent floods and storms, with funds targeted at rebuilding schools, supporting students and families, and creating microforests, Diário de Notícias and Correio da Manhã report. The funding involves the Ismaili Imamat and the Aga Khan Foundation, and some uses are conditioned on educational and environmental projects in affected areas. Local municipalities and community groups should follow announcements about how funds will be allocated and which projects will receive support. Residents in heavily affected towns should check local council channels for how the donation may link to reconstruction plans.
Update: Donation aimed at schools, students and creating microforests
Diário de Notícias adds that the donation involves the Ismaili Imamat and the Aga Khan Foundation, led by Prince Rahim Aga Khan, and will focus on the most affected regions with conditions attaching funds to school rebuilding, student support and reforestation projects.
Prince Rahim Aga Khan is the eldest son of Aga Khan IV and a senior member of the Aga Khan family involved in its development and charitable activities. He is often involved in the Aga Khan Development Network’s philanthropic work and is referenced in this story in connection with the Ismaili Imamat and foundation support for storm recovery.
The Aga Khan Foundation is a private, non-profit development agency within the Aga Khan Development Network that funds projects in education, health, rural development and disaster relief around the world. It will donate €1.5 million to help reconstruct areas hit by recent storms, earmarked for rebuilding schools, supporting students and families, and creating microforests.
The Ismaili Imamat is the institutional office of the Aga Khan, the spiritual leader of the Ismaili Muslim community, which also oversees development and humanitarian programmes through bodies like the Aga Khan Foundation. In the current story the Aga Khan Foundation will donate €1.5 million to reconstruction, showing how the Imamat supports education, family assistance and environmental projects after disasters.
Six months after Storm Kristin, the Mission Structure reports 3.5 billion euros in mobilized funds, though coordinator Paulo Fernandes acknowledges significant labour shortages in construction and forestry as the primary obstacle to recovery.
The Mission Structure for the reconstruction of Portugal's central region following storm Kristin is implementing a sampling control model to inspect the use of state aid for housing repairs.
President António José Seguro has pledged to maintain strict oversight of the reconstruction efforts in Portugal's central region following severe weather, demanding a comprehensive government report and calling for accelerated support and improved planning.
The deadline for housing support applications for homes damaged by Storm Kristin concludes today, with the government pledging to finalize all financial aid processes by June 30th despite significant backlogs in processing.
Seventy-three people remain displaced due to the severe weather that hit the country at the beginning of the year, revealed Paulo Fernandes, coordinator of the Mission Structure for the Reconstruction of the Central Region, this Wednesday. “At this moment, we have 73 people who we can classify under the displaced persons programme; we started with 300 people,” stated Paulo Fernandes, in a...
Storm Kristin happened six months ago. It entered Portugal through the Leiria region.
At 10 pm, Paulo Fernandes, the coordinator for the reconstruction of the country's Central Region, expressed concern regarding the lack of available workforce.
This building, located in Largo da República, is the only one currently closed.
Paulo Fernandes, coordinator of the Reconstruction Mission Structure, revealed that 4.2 billion have already been mobilised and 3.6 billion paid or made available to beneficiaries.
Four months after the catastrophe, there remains a difference between the speed with which the territories reacted and the slowness with which state support arrives. Opinion by Clarisse Campos
About half of the 35,908 applications for support to recover homes affected by the storms at the beginning of the year have been processed by the Regional Coordination and Development Commissions (CCDR), with a total of 52.76 million euros approved.
The government will extend the application period for financial aid intended for the reconstruction of homes.
It was an indicative date. If it has to go beyond July, it means it was not possible to do it before, said the Minister of Economy.
The information was provided by the Minister of Economy following news that the municipalities of Marinha Grande and Leiria will not be able to complete the analysis of over 14,000 applications within the deadline.
Four months after the destruction caused by Storm Kristin, the reconstruction process in the Central region is beginning to gain traction, with the municipality of Leiria leading the volume of administrative work.
Storm Kristin devastated Leiria on January 28th. Three months later (and with tons of debris removed), no one would believe that the city once looked like 'a war zone'.
As of midday, 11,000 individuals have sought assistance to rebuild their homes following the events in Leiria.
Between 150 and 200 applications are receiving support every day for the reconstruction of homes damaged by the severe weather that affected the central region of the country.
Almost 36,000 applications for reconstruction support were received, of which 10,000 had been analysed by this Tuesday.
The deadline closed on April 7th. Almost half of the applications require a technical inspection — one of the main reasons for delays in accessing the funds.
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Seguro reiterated that his goal is one of cooperation with the sovereign bodies, but a demanding cooperation.
Councilman Ricardo Santos considered the number of paid applications to be “manifestly low.” He added that “more than five thousand [applications] have already been processed” and some of them have been inspected.
The President of the Republic attended the signing ceremony of a protocol between the Mission Structure for the reconstruction of the country's central region and foundations, in Tomar, Santarém district.
António José Seguro begins this Monday his first Open Presidency, dedicated to the regions affected by the storms at the end of January.
Only a few hours after the launch of the fundraising campaign by the 'Reconstruction of the Country's Central Region' Mission Structure, the Leiria Volunteer Firefighters and the Monte Redondo Firefighters had already raised the amount needed to rebuild their stations devastated by the so-called train of storms, 650 thousand euros and 300 thousand euros respectively.
The Leiria City Council announced today that more than 8,300 applications for home reconstruction support in the municipality have already been registered and submitted to the Central Regional Coordination and Development Commission.
The deadline to submit applications for support aimed at the reconstruction of primary and permanent residences affected by the bad weather ends on April 7, the Government indicates in an order published in the Diário da República.
It has been two months today since Storm 'Kristin' devastated parts of the country, and hundreds of families and businesses are still awaiting reconstruction aid.
From blatant cases of creativity to irregularities linked to a lack of knowledge of the rules, not all applications for reconstruction support in areas affected by the 'train of storms' are being approved, according to Paulo Fernandes, coordinator of the central region mission structure, and the Mayor of Leiria, speaking to ECO/Local Online.
