Attachments
In Numbers
- US$9.1 million six-month (February – July 2025) net funding requirements
- 155 officials engaged in social and behaviour communication forums
- 150 professionals trained in disaster risk management
- 41,200 people directly reached in January 2025US$9.1 million six-month (February – July 2025) net funding requirements 155 officials engaged in social and behaviour communication forums 150 professionals trained in disaster risk management 41,200 people directly reached in January 2025
Operational Updates
Disaster Risk Management
- WFP continued to support the Government-led response to the Q4 2024 typhoons:
- Cash assistance: 7,583 pre-registered families (38,000 people) under the United Nations Joint Central Emergency Response Fund-supported anticipatory action programme received two months of cash assistance (PHP 3,300 or US$57 per month) in Catanduanes. Distributions are ongoing to reach of 7,736 families.
- Monitoring: WFP completed cash distribution monitoring in Bicol, Cagayan, and Aurora. Most respondents withdrew the money within 15 minutes, (83 percent); ii) received clear information on how and where to withdraw the cash (95 percent); and iii) were satisfied with the assistance received (97 percent) and the transfer modality (95 percent). The post-distribution monitoring in Bicol showed that the availability of cash contributed to a reduction in relying on negative livelihood coping strategies (from 8 percent to 22 percent of households).
- In support of the government response to the Mt. Kanlaon eruption in December, WFP provided logistics support to deliver 1,350 family tents to Negros Occidental. The tents were used to establish a temporary evacuation site to accommodate displaced families residing within the 4 km-radius permanent danger zone.
- In collaboration with the Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development regional offices, WFP conducted two training sessions on geographic information systems application for climate and disaster risk assessment. The training sessions equipped 73 government representatives from Catanduanes, Dinagat Islands, and Surigao Del Norte with spatial analysis skills for developing local climate change action plans.
- WFP trained 26 government responders on the installation, dismantling, and storage of a mobile storage unit in Maguindanao del Norte. The enhanced capacities of responders facilitate efficient management of temporary storage during emergencies.
- WFP trained over 50 first responders from the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT). Participants learned how to deploy and operate connectivity assets, including satellite technologies integrated with the Government Emergency Communications System-Mobile Operations Vehicle for Emergencies (GECS-MOVE). WFP provided connectivity equipment to three DICT regional offices to enhance government response capacities and improve the GECS-MOVE set’s functionality.