USAID provides more than $30 Million in Humanitarian Assistance

This report was prepared by consultants contracted to Save the Children (SC) in Vietnam to conduct an external evaluation of SC's post-typhoon Ketsana Emergency Response and Recovery Programmes in Vietnam and the Philippines. The evaluation is a requirement from the Disaster Emergencies Committee (DEC) - the donor - and the report is based on findings from site visits (including meetings, interviews and focus group discussions (FGD) with key project beneficiaries, partners and stakeholders) to the project areas conducted in November and December 2010.

By Thin Lei Win

BANGKOK (AlertNet) - Like many coastal cities in Vietnam, Quy Nhon is gearing up for development. It has big plans to become a trading and seaport hub, thanks to its strategic location connecting important transport routes. It also wants to develop snazzy accommodation for its population of 260,000 residents, and attract more tourists to its beautiful beachfront.

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Geneva, Switzerland - A new report from the United Nations confirms what governments already hear but are slow to believe: that disciplined public sector involvement in "disaster risk reduction" can significantly reduce setbacks brought by hundreds of droughts, earthquakes, wildfires, hurricanes and other hazards that befall the world each year, on average.

Released today, the "Mid-Term Review of the Hyogo Framework for Action 2005-2015: Building the Resilience

Philippine Red Cross (PRC) Laguna Chapter will formally turn over on February 15, 2011 the rehabilitation projects to the typhoon victims of Ondoy, Pepeng, and Santi in Laguna.

PRC Chairman and CEO Richard J. Gordon, Laguna Red Cross Chapter Honorary Chairman Jeorge Ejercito Estregan, and International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) Country Representative to the Philippines Selvaratnam Sinnadurai will lead the turnover ceremony to be held at the covered court of the Municipality of Lumban. A total of 1,309 shelter recipients from 16 municipalities will

Friena P. Guerrero, IOM Philippines

Posted on Thursday, 06-01-2011

Philippines - A few days into the New Year, villagers in the provinces of Rizal and Laguna are busy settling into their new homes. Small makeshift decorations hang from the roofs of the blue and yellow houses of people who last year spent the holiday season in evacuation centres or on the streets wondering if they would ever have a home to call their own again.

Last December 2010, IOM Philippines and its partners turned over a last batch of 73 transitional shelters to families

One-year consolidated report  

Period covered by this operations update:

1 October 2009 to 30 September 2010

Appeal target (current): CHF 16,286,096 (USD 16.1 million or EUR 10.8 million).

Appeal coverage: With contributions received to date, the appeal is 66 per cent covered in cash and kind. Further contributions needed.

Appeal history:

This emergency appeal was issued 23 October 2009 for CHF 16,286,096 (USD 16.1 million or EUR 10.8 million) for 18 months to assist approximately 110,000 families (550,000 people).

A revised preliminary emergency appeal

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE

BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON EAST ASIAN AND PACIFIC AFFAIRS

SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE

SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

Chairman Webb and Members of the Subcommittee, thank you for inviting me here today to discuss the importance of the Mekong River to the sustainable development and security of the Mekong Basin and key aspects of our engagement strategy on these issues with the Southeast Asia region.

The Global Water and Sanitation Challenge

In her March 22, 2010 World Water Day Speech, Secretary Clinton stated that "water represents one of the

Period covered by this operations update: 13 June - 31 July 2010

Appeal target (current): CHF 4,466,332 (USD 3.9 million or EUR 3.22 million);

Appeal coverage: To date, this appeal is 103 per cent covered.

Appeal history:

- A second revised emergency appeal was launched on 12 June 2010 for CHF 4,466,630 (USD 3.9 million or EUR 3.23 million) to assist 60,000 families (approximately 270,000 people) for 12 months.

- The initial revised emergency appeal was launched on 19 October 2009 for CHF 5,571,176 (USD 5.47 million or