Period covered by this update: 17 August to 11 September 2012
Appeal target (current): CHF 1,772,243
Appeal coverage: With contributions received to date, the appeal is 64 per cent covered in cash and kind, with more contributions in the pipeline. Further contributions needed to enable the Philippine Red Cross to meet the needs of affected families.
Appeal history:
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An emergency appeal was issued on 31 August seeking CHF 1,772,243 to assist 20,000 families (100,000 persons) for seven months
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Initially, the appeal was launched on a preliminary basis on 9 August 2012 for CHF 922,700 to assist 15,000 families (75,000 people) in five months
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CHF 180,837 was advanced from the IFRC Disaster Relief Emergency Fund (DREF) on 9 August 2012 to initiate distributions and to support assessments.
Summary: A month after the Philippines were affected by the worst flooding in three years – caused by heavy monsoon rains that poured over Manila and neighbouring provinces for several days during the first week of August 2012 – the humanitarian response by the Philippine Red Cross (PRC) continues. Using pre-positioned stocks, resources mobilized through an emergency appeal launched by the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), and support provided by its bilateral, individual and corporate partners, the national society has so far provided food packages to 54,000 families, non-food relief to some 34,000 families, and reached some 7,900 families with health and hygiene education.
Specifically, relating to the IFRC-supported emergency appeal operation, 15,000 families have been assisted with food packages (comprising five kilogrammes of rice, four packets of noodles and four cans of sardines), A total of 15,000 families have received non-food packages (comprising two blankets, two sleeping mats and one jerry can) and 7,900 families have received hygiene kits. Provision of hygiene kits to the 7,900 families was accompanied with health education, focusing on disease prevention, safe handling of food and household water, personal hygiene, and environmental sanitation. Distribution of the remaining 2,100 hygiene kits will be completed during September 2012.
To date, contributions to the emergency appeal received from Red Cross Red Crescent partners and their respective governments include American Red Cross, Canadian Red Cross Society/Canadian government, Danish Red Cross/Danish government, Finnish Red Cross, Japanese Red Cross Society, Netherlands Red Cross/Netherlands government, Republic of Korea National Red Cross, Swedish Red Cross/Swedish government and Swiss Red Cross. Contributions have also been received from institutional donors including the European Commission’s Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection (DG ECHO) and World Health Organization (WHO) staff Voluntary Emergency Relief Fund (VERF).
On behalf of Philippine Red Cross, IFRC would like to thank all partners and donors for their generous and invaluable contributions to this appeal. Further contributions are needed and encouraged to enable PRC to meet both relief and early recovery needs of flood-affected families.