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In Brief Appeal No. 26/04; Operations Update no. 2; Period covered: 9 – 21 December 2004; Appeal coverage (received/pledged/indicated): 72%

In isolated and rural villages, tens of thousands of indigenous families who rely on fishing and agriculture have been devastated. The storms also wreaked havoc on the urban poor in and around Manila. Many of the islands' survivors are traumatized,

The Federation’s mission is to improve the lives of vulnerable people by mobilizing the power of humanity. It is the world’s largest humanitarian organization and its millions of volunteers are active in over 181 countries.

In Brief

Appeal No. 26/04; Operations Update no. 2; Period covered: 9 – 21 December 2004;
Appeal coverage (received/pledged/indicated): 72% (The contributions list is being updated to reflect support received to date)

Appeal history:

Corn production this year is expected to increase by 5.47 million metric tons (MT), or 18.4 percent higher than last year's output of 4.63 million MT, Yap said in a report to Malacaang.

Explanatory Memorandum

1 - Rationale, needs and target population.

1.1. - Rationale:

On 28 November 2004, torrential rains provoked by typhoon Winnie caused major damage to human life, houses and infrastructure in the Provinces of Aurora, Quezón and Nueva Ecija, on the eastern coast of the Island of Luzón. This area had previously been hit by tropical depression Merbok (locally referred to as Violeta) on 22 November and by typhoon Muifa on 14 November, although the main impact of the latter

This year, that sweet treat is just a dream.

Like many of the 60,000 people in the farming town of Infanta, the retired postal worker and his family are surviving on emergency rations of rice, noodles and tinned sardines after four fierce storms slammed into the northeastern Philippines.

With three of his 12 children still at

Appeal Target: US$ 316,579

Balance Requested from ACT Alliance: US$ 230,770

Geneva, 21 December 2004

Dear Colleagues,

Sources : OCDRCs I, II, III, IV, V, VIII and CAR
Date of Occurrences:

Areas Affected: