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Situation in Numbers
1,019,000 children in need of humanitarian assistance
2,600,000 people in need of humanitarian assistance
2,900,000 people displaced
323,500 damaged houses
Highlights
- UNICEF Philippines’s humanitarian response to the multiple tropical cyclones, launched in October 2024, delivered strong outcomes in the provinces of Albay, Camarines Sur, Catanduanes, Aurora, Cagayan, and Isabela. This was made possible through the generous support of donors, which funded 67.8 per cent of UNICEF’s appeal, enabling both urgent response and systems strengthening of local stakeholders.
- By the end of the response, health, nutrition, child protection, and WASH interventions met or exceeded their targets, even with some sectors facing significant funding gaps. Community engagement efforts achieved 99 per cent of the target, while education and social protection response actions reached more than two-thirds of the targeted reach.
- In addition to delivering life-saving assistance, UNICEF and its government and non-government partners strengthened local systems, enhanced cluster leadership and operations, and built capacities for future emergencies.
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Situation overview and humanitarian needs
Water, sanitation, and hygiene: Open defecation and uncollected trash and debris are among the urgent WASH needs in the flood affected areas, as well as damage to hygiene and sanitation items and infrastructure
Social protection: Families experience worsening financial difficulties in the poverty-stricken regions of Camarines Sur, Catanduanes, and Cagayan; unrestricted multi-purpose cash transfers necessary to support dignified and empowered recovery of affected families
Education: More than 20.9 million learners unable to continue their studies due to class suspensions; longer-term challenges due to the reported damages to more than 3,500 classrooms and the loss of 167,000 learning materials
Nutrition: Children’s treatment for malnutrition disrupted due to damaged anthropometric equipment and nutrition commodities; critical need to restore nutrition services and support breastfeeding and nutrition for infants and young children
Health: Flood-damaged immunization supplies; intensified disease surveillance for respiratory infections, wounds, flu-like illnesses, and gastroenteritis
Child protection: Heightened risk of violence against children, gender-based violence, and child separation owing to weakened protective environments