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This revised emergency appeal seeks CHF 126,156,616 in cash, kind, or services to support the Philippine Red Cross to assist up to 100,000 families (500,000 people) for 24 months. It will be completed by 31 October 2015 and a final report will be available by 31 January 2016.
The revised emergency appeal will be updated following the recovery assessment to be completed before the upcoming mid-February 2013 Movement Summit.
Appeal coverage: 48 per cent of the revised budget (provisional).
Appeal history:
On 12 November 2013 an emergency appeal for CHF 72,323,259 was launched to support 100,000 families (500,000 people) for 18 months. The coverage of this appeal was 85 per cent prior to this revision.
On 8 November 2013: The Disaster Relief Emergency Funds (DREF) allocated CHF 475,495 to support the Philippine Red Cross to provide immediate assistance to those affected and to conduct an emergency needs assessment.
Summary:
More than two months have passed since Typhoon Haiyan made landfall on 8 November 2013. During this period much progress has been made in meeting the needs of affected populations. To date, the Philippine Red Cross Society (PRC) has reached more than a million people with relief items, cash grants, clean water and improved sanitation, emergency health services, medical supplies, hygiene promotion, psychosocial support and family reunification. These interventions were possible thanks to over 6,000 volunteers deployed in the affected areas and more than 2,500 at the headquarters in Manila packaging food and non-food items for distribution. In support of PRC’s response to Typhoon Haiyan, the Red Cross Red Crescent responded through its global relief system deploying a Field Assessment and Coordination Team (FACT), Emergency Response Teams (ERUs), Regional Disaster Response Teams (RDRT) and a Head of Emergency Operations (HeOps), together with other surge and specialized staff and delegates.
Since the disaster, the priority of the National Society has been to deliver food and essential household items to people in the worst-affected areas as quickly as possible, while conducting assessments to obtain a clear picture of the scale and scope of the emergency. In the first weeks, both activities were hampered due to damaged infrastructure, collapsed building structures and widespread debris making access to affected communities difficult and in some case impossible for communities on small islands and mountainous areas inland.
As access improved and primary and secondary information became available, it became evident that Typhoon Haiyan had the combined impact of two disasters-the first, a typhoon, causing extensive wind damage to structures and crops in its path; the second, a massive tsunami like storm surge, devastating coastal areas, primarily in Eastern Leyte. The result was widespread destruction causing enormous emergency and long term recovery needs. While destruction varied from one area to another, the overall effect has been the same: communities torn apart, families displaced from their homes, buildings and infrastructure destroyed and livelihoods ruined.
The Philippine Red Cross (PRC) was at the forefront of first responders providing humanitarian services to those affected. Based on current damage and need assessments, PRC has prepared an overall plan for response, early recovery and recovery. This overall plan of action was prepared in collaboration with all Red Cross Red Crescent Movement partners involved in the operation. It aims to ensure that the disaster-affected populations’ survival and immediate needs are met through the provision of emergency relief (including non-food items and emergency shelter support) for about 350,000 families. It also aims to ensure that recovery efforts are supported in an integrated manner, covering a variety of sectors - including cash-based programming in support of shelter, community health, water and sanitation, and livelihoods.
The revised appeal supports the PRC plan of action. IFRC seeks to boost the National Society’s capacity and efforts to assist up to 100,000 of the 350,000 families targeted in PRC’s plan of action while supporting PRC’s capacity building objectives for staff and volunteers. The sectors covered in the revised appeal include relief through non-food items and unconditional cash grants; shelter and settlement which includes emergency, transitional and early recovery shelter; water and sanitation - ensuring access to safe water, proper sanitation and hand washing facilities; hygiene promotion to prevent disease outbreaks; livelihood recovery to support food security, nutrition, and community sustainability; National Society capacity building, disaster preparedness and risk reduction. In addition the appeal supports IFRC’s coordination role among Movement partners.
To date, contributions to the Typhoon Haiyan response have been received in cash and kind from partners including American Red Cross, Australian Red Cross/Australian Government, Austrian Red Cross/Austrian Government, Belgian Red Cross (Flanders), Belgian Red Cross (Francophone), British Red Cross/British Government, Canadian Red Cross/Canadian Government, Hong Kong branch of Red Cross Society of China, Red Cross Society of China/China Government, Danish Red Cross/Danish Government, Faroe Red Cross/Faroese Government, Finnish Red Cross, French Red Cross, German Red Cross, Icelandic Red Cross, Irish Red Cross Society, Islamic Committee of the International Crescent, Japanese Red Cross Society, Luxembourg Red Cross, Monaco Red Cross, Myanmar Red Cross Society, Netherlands Red Cross/Netherlands Government, New Zealand Red Cross/New Zealand Government, Norwegian Red Cross/Norwegian Government, Qatar Red Crescent, Republic of Korea National Red Cross/Republic of Korea government, Samoan Red Cross/Samoan Government, Singapore Red Cross, Spanish Red Cross, Swedish Red Cross, Swiss Red Cross/Swiss Government, Taiwan Red Cross and Red Cross of Viet Nam. Other government and institutional donors include European Commission Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection (DG ECHO), Italian Government Bilateral Emergency Fund, the Governments of Japan and Mexico, OPEC Fund for International Development, and VERF/WHO Voluntary Emergency Relief Fund. Generous contributions have been received from the public, private and corporate donors. Other pledged contributions to this appeal are currently being processed.
On behalf of the Philippine Red Cross, IFRC thanks all organizations and individuals who have contributed to the emergency appeal, and looks forward to continued, flexible support as the operation evolves.