"Hemos comenzado ya a distribuir arroz y ayuda de emergencia a los damnificados", asegura Edwin Gariguez, director de Cáritas Filipinas

Cáritas. 7 diciembre de 2012.- Caritas Filipinas ha activado sus dispositivos de respuesta a las emergencias para prestar auxilio a las cuantiosas víctimas del super tifón “Pablo” de categoría 5 que el pasado martes arrasó la zona suroriental, causando inundaciones y graves daños en viviendas, negocios y granjas. A medida que pasan los días, aumenta tanto el número de fallecidos como el de damnificados va en aumento.

Caritas is appealing for funds to help families in the Philippines, many of whom are living in temporary evacuation centres following massive floods.

Heavy rains in early August left over 100 people dead and hundreds of thousands of families without shelter and food. Conditions are still very difficult with food scarce and many people unable to return home.

Caritas will care for over 6000 families in five dioceses, providing food, hygiene items and cooking utensils. The cost of the two-month programme will be 352,050 euro.

On Monday night August 6, a series of Philippines’ cities including Manila, Mandaluyong, San Juan, Quezon City, Marikina, Taguig, Paranaque, Pasig and Pasay were placed on red alert as a Typhoon Saola fuelled a southwest monsoon causing incessant rains across the region.

Hará una aportación inicial de 100.000 euros al proyecto impulsado por Cáritas Filipinas con un presupuesto de 1,2 millones de euros

Cáritas. 16 de enero de 2012.- Cáritas Española ha decidido destinar una partida de 100.000 euros al proyecto de reconstrucción de un millar de viviendas impulsado por Cáritas Filipinas para recuperar y rehabilitar las vidas de 5.000 víctimas del tifón “Washi”, que el pasado 16 de diciembre arrasó la provincia oriental de Agusan del Sur y el norte de Mindanao.

By Jennifer Hardy, CRS Regional Information Officer for Asia

Caritas teams continue to fan out over the southern Philippine island of Mindanao to help families suffering because of massive flash flooding. Over 600 people died in the flood, and parts of Cagayan de Oro City and Iligan City were washed away. Tens of thousands of people are living in evacuation centres like university gyms.

Monsoon rains and typhoons have inundated large areas of Asia, particularly in the Philippines, Cambodia, Pakistan, and Bangladesh. Thousands of people have fled their homes; others are living on roofs. Caritas teams are distributing aid and helping families recover when their homes are damaged and their crops swept away.

Super Typhoon Megi is battering communities in the north of the country with heavy rains and powerful winds of 225 km/h. The category 5 storm is the strongest to hit the Philippines in four years.

Arnaldo Arcadia is an Emergency Programme Manager for CRS (Catholic Relief Services is a US member of Caritas). Speaking from Luzon, near the city of Baguio, he said: "We were about 12 km outside the city when the storm began. We are taking refuge in the parish

Cáritas. 6 de octubre de 2009.- Las Cáritas de India y Camboya se han sumado en las últimas horas a los frentes en los que la red internacional de Cáritas está presente en Asia y el Pacífico para prestar ayuda humanitaria de emergencia a los damnificados por los recientes desastres naturales que han asolado, en apenas una semana, Filipinas, Samoa y Sumatra.

Plan de Cáritas Camboya para atender a 3.000 familias

Cáritas Camboya acaba de lanzar un llamamiento