Across the Philippines, Gawad Kalinga provides shelter from the storms | Emma Howard

Founder Tony Maloto may hold some controversial views, but GK's 2,000 communities are helping alleviate poverty in a country in desperate need

The Sacred Heart of Jesus village, in the Philippines' Nueva Ecija province, is home to 17 families who live in colourful houses, each one edged by plants potted in bottles and plastic bags. A woman pokes her head out of a lime green house. "This is Gawad Kalinga," she says. "Welcome."

Gawad Kalinga (GK) - meaning "to give care" in Tagalog, the most common Filipino language - is a social movement that emerged from a Catholic youth camp in Manila's slums more than 20 years ago. Galvanised by the destruction caused by typhoon Haiyan, which killed more than 6,300 people in 2013, the movement has become a household name.