Contribution to the Federation Emergency Appeal: Philippines, Typhoon Haiyan



Contract partner: IFRC - International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies - Genf Country: Philippinen Funding amount: € 500.000,00 Project start: 12.11.2013 End: 30.06.2015

Short Description:

Overall goal


Typhoon Haiyan (locally known as Yolanda) smacked Central Philippines on 8 November 2013 with maximum sustained winds of 235 kph and gusts of up to 275 kph. The humanitarian impact of the typhoon is massive as the combination of powerful winds, heavy rains and seawater – brought inland by storm surges – devastated buildings, communities and families. There has been extensive damage to critical infrastructure, making access a challenge. A few days after the typhoon, authorities are still determining casualty figures, with the latest update released by the government indicating over two million families (9.67 million people) affected across 41 provinces, with 128,303 families sheltered in 1,444 evacuation centres, while up to 36,646 families have sought alternative shelter with family or friends.

It is in the above context that the IFRC emergency appeal is being launched. The focus of the operation is to enable the Philippine Red Cross (PRC) to provide emergency relief and early recovery support to people affected by Haiyan.

At the moment, this operation aims to deliver assistance to affected families, focusing on food and non-food relief, un-conditional cash grants, health, psychosocial support, water and sanitation, emergency shelter, shelter repair assistance, transitional shelter and early livelihoods recovery.

In addition to meeting the direct needs of affected people, this operation will support the enhancement of PRC’s capacity to respond to multiple disasters.

This emergency appeal has been launched on a preliminary basis for CHF 72,323,259 (about

EUR 58,649,153) to cover the immediate needs of the people affected and support the Philippine Red Cross in delivering humanitarian assistance to 100,000 families (500,000 people) within 18 months.

project number 2637-02/2013
source of funding AKF
sector Humanitäre Hilfe: Sofortmaßnahmen
tied
modality
marker
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    • 2= policy is the principal objective of the activity
  • Donor/ source of funding: The ADA is not only implementing projects and programmes of the Austrian Development Cooperation , but also projects funded from other sources and donors such as
    • AKF - Foreign Disaster Fund of the Austrian federal government
    • BMLFUW - Federal Ministry for Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Water
    • EU - Funds of the European Commission
    • Others - various other donors are listed in ADA’s annual business report.
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