
11 years into Haiyan, Filipinos are better prepared for disasters but still need more support, investments – Harvard study MASSACHUSETTS, USA – Filipinos’ self-reported disaster preparedness level...
11 years into Haiyan, Filipinos are better prepared for disasters but still need more support, investments – Harvard study MASSACHUSETTS, USA – Filipinos’ self-reported disaster preparedness level...
Tacloban, Philippines – When Super Typhoon Haiyan – locally known as Yolanda – hit the Philippines in November 2013, Nancy was working as a nurse in a hospital in Singapore. She scoured the news for...
Human Rights Council Fifty-sixth session 18 June–12 July 2024 Agenda item 3 Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, including the right...
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Human Rights Council Fifty-third session 18 June–12 July 2024 Agenda item 3 Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, including the right...
Introduction This case analysis explores different living conditions and levels of community involvement between residents of permanent shelters in Tacloban City. The devastating impact of Typhoon...
INTRODUCTION This brief, a collaborative effort by the Philippines Gender in Humanitarian Action Community of Practice (GIHA COP), the Asia-Pacific Gender in Humanitarian Action Working Group (AP...
The Humanitarian Country Team (HCT) and UN Country Team (UNCT) launched the Enhancing Resilient Communities (ERC) initiative in Tacloban City, Leyte on November 7, a day before the 10th anniversary...
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1 INTRODUCTION Countries in the Global North bear a high responsibility for the current climate disaster. This is underlined by the skewed responsibility for historical carbon emissions; estimates...
We are marking a decade of humanitarian and development efforts in the Philippines, reflecting on our journey since November 2013 when we responded to Super Typhoon Yolanda. Over the past ten years,...
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For Immediate Release. Office of Press Relations. press@usaid.gov. Wednesday, November 8, 2023 Statement by Spokesperson Jessica Jennings Today, as we mark ten years since Super Typhoon Haiyan –...
PALO, LEYTE – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today handed over logistics equipment, including a reach truck and a rice milling machine, to the Department of Social Welfare and...
“I can remember Save the Children very well because they were the first one to respond in Tacloban City,” recalls Lemuel Egot, a survivor of Super Typhoon Yolanda (Haiyan). Lemuel was one of the more...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Field Office 8 (Eastern Visayas) received various disaster response equipment that were donated by the World Food Programme (WFP) as part of...
Today, the Philippine Red Cross (PRC) joins the country in commemorating the 10th year anniversary of Super Typhoon Yolanda, internationally known as Haiyan, which buried numerous parts of Luzon and...
Humanitarian and development organization Oxfam Pilipinas urges local governments to shift from reactive spending to a proactive approach by utilizing local calamity funds, also known as the Local...
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Much has changed since the Super Typhoon Haiyan, known locally in the Philippines as Yolanda, devastated the Philippines 10 years ago. One of the most powerful storms in recorded history, its impacts...
Today we commemorate the 10th anniversary of the devastating impact of Super Typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda), which struck the Philippines on 8 November 2013, resulting in over 6,300 deaths and the...
Typhoon Haiyan (locally known as Yolanda) was among the largest and most destructive typhoons recorded to date. It made landfall on the morning of 8 November 2013 in Guiuan, Eastern Samar province...
Oxfam Pilipinas calls for proactive spending of disaster funds on Yolanda's 10th anniversary Humanitarian and development organization Oxfam Pilipinas urges local governments to shift from reactive...
On 8 November 2013 Typhoon Haiyan made landfall in the Philippines Vicious winds reached 315 kilometres per hour, laying waste to houses and tearing up trees. Tsunami-like storm surges inundated...