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Overview

Tropical Storm Washi, known locally as Sendong, swept across the Mindanao region from 16 to 18 Dec 2011, bringing strong winds and heavy rains that caused massive flooding, flash floods and landslides.

As of 16 Jan, more than 1,250 people had been killed, over 6,000 had been injured and almost 432,000 were served inside and outside 56 evacuation centers (NDRRMC, 16 Jan 2012).

Two months on, around 4,800 families (approximately 21,400 persons) remained sheltered in 22 evacuation centres that were still operational – 11 in Cagayan de Oro and 11 in Iligan – while some 46,100 others (approximately 262,800 persons) had opted to stay with host families. Meanwhile, in the second week of February 2012, a low-pressure area brought moderate to heavy rains over parts of Mindanao and Visayas islands; in some cases, triggering flooding and landslides. Although no flooding was reported in Cagayan de Oro or Iligan, sustained rains worsened the condition of families in temporary shelters. (IFRC, 6 Mar 2012)

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Philippines (the)
Tropical Storm Washi - Dec 2011 — 447 found
14 May 2012
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Philippines (the)
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5,000 Volunteers Make One-Day Habitat for Humanity’s Asian Youth Build A Success

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Habitat for Humanity International

500 Low-Income Families Supported Across 5 Countries And More Than US$1 Million Raised

BANGKOK, 12th May 2012: Today, nearly 5,000 young Habitat for Humanity volunteers laid bricks, mixed cement and wielded hammers to help more than 500 families in China, India, Indonesia, Philippines and Thailand in just one day.

10 May 2012
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Philippines (the)
Philippine President Attends Habitat’s Handover Of Hundreds Of Houses To Families Affected By Tropical Storm Washi

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Habitat for Humanity International

HFH Philippines Hands Over 700 New Homes In Cagayan De Oro City And Is Due To Complete More Than 500 Others

MANILA, 7 May 2012: Philippine President Benigno Aquino III was the special guest at the recent handover of 700 new Habitat homes in Cagayan de Oro city to families affected by last December’s Tropical Storm Washi, known locally as Sendong.

The families had spent months living in tents, a few minutes away from Habitat’s Calaanan site in Misamis Oriental province in the Northern Mindanao region.

08 May 2012
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Philippines Typhoon Survivors Find Shelter With CRS

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Catholic Relief Services

By Autumn Brown

Seeing Salvacion Pacatang walk around the office as the area coordinator working with Catholic Relief Services’ partner, the Diocese Social Action Center, you would never guess that her life had been turned upside down only a few months before. She is a survivor of Typhoon Sendong, the cyclone that ravaged her community in Cagayan de Oro, Philippines on the night of December 16, 2011—killing many of her friends and neighbors and sweeping her home out to sea.

08 May 2012
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Philippines (the)
Tropical Storm Washi - Emergency appeal n° MDRPH008 - Operation update No. 5

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IFRC
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Summary: This update summarizes the progress made during the first three months of the Philippine Red Cross (PRC) intervention in response to needs wrought by Tropical Storm Washi that hit the northern part of Mindanao Island in mid-December 2011. With the support of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), PRC launched an emergency, relief and recovery operation days after the disaster, to respond to the needs of the most vulnerable affected families.

07 May 2012
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Philippines (the)
Mindanao Mayors Seek Action On Risk Reduction

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UN International Strategy for Disaster Reduction

GENEVA, 7 May 2012 –Mayors from across the disaster-affected island of Mindanao are to petition the President of the Philippines, Benigno C. Aquino Jr., to allow the use of the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Fund for prevention and mitigation activities at local level as part of a nine-point plan of action agreed at the weekend.

04 May 2012
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Philippines (the)
RLECC distributes relief goods to 150 Sendong survivors

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Government of the Philippines

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, May 4 -- Members of the Regional Law Enforcement Coordinating Council (RLECC) in Northern Mindanao distributed relief goods to 150 Tropical Storm Sendong survivors at the Indahag Transitional Shelter Camp, this city, on April 25.

The activity is done simultaneously with the planting of 3,500 tree seedlings at the said barangay and the relief goods consisted mainly of food packs, rice, canned goods, pail, a bottle of water, a pair of slipper among others.

01 May 2012
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Philippines (the)
President Aquino cites importance of good governance, Bayanihan

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Government of the Philippines

By Apipa P. Bagumbaran

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, May 1 (PIA) -- President Benigno S. Aquino III cited the importance of good governance and reviving the spirit of Bayanihan in realizing the task of providing new homes to those families who were displaced by Tropical Storm Sendong.

In his speech during the recent turnover ceremony of the permanent shelter units in Calaanan Resettlement Site Phase 3 to Sendong survivors in the city, he said the completion of the 500 units was the result of good governance and Bayanihan of the Filipino people.

30 Apr 2012
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Southeast Asia: Annual report 2011 (MAA51001)

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IFRC
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This reports covers the period 1 January to 31 December 2011

Programme outcome

To coordinate support to host national societies as they scale up their humanitarian work in line with Strategy 2020.

Programme summary

The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) Southeast Asia secretariat team based in Bangkok: • Supports and guides country office teams in Cambodia/Lao PDR, Indonesia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Timor-Leste, Thailand, and Viet Nam;

30 Apr 2012
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PNoy gives Sendong survivors livelihood funds

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Government of the Philippines

By Apipa P. Bagumbaran

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, April 28 (PIA) -- President Benigno S. Aquino III has awarded livelihood assistance checks totalling P975,000 to 10 associations in the city whose members are mostly Sendong survivors.

The president, assisted by Social Welfare and Development Sec. Corazon Soliman, distributed the checks today at the Calaanan Permanent Resettlement Site in Barangay Canitoan, this city.

The checks were received by the respective presidents and treasurers of the 10 Self-Employment Assistance-Kaunlaran (SEA-K) associations.

27 Apr 2012
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Philippines (the)
Philippines Humanitarian Bulletin No.4, March 29 - April 27, 2012

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UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
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HIGHLIGHTS

• On 24 April, the Government of Philippines and Moro Islamic Liberation Front agreed on “10 out of 11 principles” that will guide the succeeding peace negotiation.

• More displacements in Central Mindanao as 3 explosions and gunfire kill 7 and wound another 57

• A total of 1,372 permanent housing units are almost complete in CDO and Iligan

• Housing relief focus expanding to CDO rural areas, where outreach efforts continue

• Joint humanitarian mission with JICA, WFP and IMT targeted the hinterland barangays outside Iligan

UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs:

To learn more about OCHA's activities, please visit http://unocha.org/.

27 Apr 2012
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Philippines (the)
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Japan Commits Php315 Million ODA for the restoration of disaster affected areas in the Philippines and disaster prevention

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Government of Japan

Japanese Ambassador Toshinao Urabe and Secretary of Foreign Affairs Albert F. Del Rosario exchanged notes for the “Non-project Grant Aid for the Restoration and Disaster Prevention” amounting to 600 million yen (approximately 315 million pesos) on April 27, 2012.

This project is for the recovery of devastated areas after several typhoons hit the Philippines in the last quarter of 2011 and damaged basic infrastructures such as roads, houses, public facilities and farmland, as well as for the establishment of disaster-prevention schemes in the country.

27 Apr 2012
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Philippines (the)
The HC Interview: The Philippines

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UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs

The Philippines is one of the world’s most disaster-prone countries. One third of its population of 94.9 million people live below the poverty line and are vulnerable to the typhoons, floods, earthquakes and volcanic eruptions that plague the country.

Read the full story on OCHA's website

UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs:

To learn more about OCHA's activities, please visit http://unocha.org/.

26 Apr 2012
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Philippines (the)
MAAPH001 - Annual report 2011

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IFRC
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This reports covers the period 1 January to 31 December 2011

Programme outcome

25 Apr 2012
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Philippines (the)
Sendong-hit families in Sibulan receive emergency shelter aid

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Government of the Philippines

By Rachelle M. Nessia

DUMAGUETE CITY, April 20 (PIA) -- A total of 604 families in Sibulan town whose households were damaged by Sendong received Thursday their emergency shelter assistance from the provincial government.

Of the total, 257 have households that were deemed totally damaged by the typhoon while 347 were categorized as partially damaged.

Provincial Social Welfare and Development Officer Alice Lagarde said the recipients whose houses were completely damaged will each receive P5,000 while those with partially damaged dwellings will get P2,500.

24 Apr 2012
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Philippines (the)
ICRC in the Philippines – Delegation newsletter, April 2012

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ICRC
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Content

  • One-on-one with Jean-Daniel Tauxe

  • Fighting tuberculosis in Jails

  • Dealing with disaster: how the ICRC responds to emergencies

  • A song of hope

  • Another milestone for IHL in the Philippines

  • Better facilities for 200 detainees of Masbate provincial jail

20 Apr 2012
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Philippines (the)
WFP And JICA Support Typhoon Sendong Survivors In Remote Iligan Villages

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World Food Programme

JICA and WFP recently visited remote villages in Iligan City to jointly distribute food, cooking utensils and other items to 750 families who were highly affected by Tropical Storm Sendong (international name “Washi”) in December 2011

JICA and WFP provided this humanitarian support in partnership with the local government of Iligan City and the Bangsamoro Development Authority, and also with the participation of the International Monitoring Team and the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.

19 Apr 2012
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Philippines (the)
ICRC in the Philippines: facts and figures 2011

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ICRC
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In the Philippines, where the ICRC has worked since 1959, the delegation assists and seeks to protect civilians displaced or otherwise affected by armed clashes and, when necessary, natural disasters. ICRC's visits to security detainees and places of detention remain the backbone of its work in the country.

18 Apr 2012
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Philippines (the)
DRRMC 10 crafts consolidated report on Sendong disaster

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Government of the Philippines

By Jorie C. Valcorza

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Misamis Oriental, April 18 (PIA) -- The Disaster Risk Reduction and Mitigation Council-10 will come out with a post disaster needs assessment-damage loss assessment (PDNA-DALA) report in the aftermath of Tropical Storm Sendong which hit the country last year.

The report will contain information on the impact of the disaster on people, infrastructure, value of the damages and losses, and long-term recovery needs and priorities.