PHILIPPINES: SIX MONTHS AFTER TYPHOON, UN WORKING WITH COMMUNITIES TO REBUILD LIVES

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Date: 7 May 2014 17:00:00 -0400
Subject: PHILIPPINES: SIX MONTHS AFTER TYPHOON, UN WORKING WITH
COMMUNITIES TO REBUILD LIVES
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PHILIPPINES: SIX MONTHS AFTER TYPHOON, UN WORKING WITH COMMUNITIES TO
REBUILD LIVESNew York, May 7 2014 5:00PMSix months after Typhoon
Haiyan devastated the Philippines, while signs of recovery are
starting to emerge, progress remains fragile, the United Nations today
said urging continued international support for the 14 million people
affected.
"Our thoughts are very much with the survivors who suffered the loss
of so many friends and loved ones," the UN Resident and Humanitarian
Coordinator ad interim for the Philippines, Klaus Beck, said in a
message on behalf of the Humanitarian Country Team and Humanitarian
Coordinator, Luiza Carvalho.
The UN humanitarian agencies and their partners in the Philippines are
now prioritizing projects on shelter and livelihoods, while continuing
to assist the most vulnerable people with assistance and protection
services, he added.
Haiyan is the biggest typhoon recorded in almost a century, and
according to the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
(OCHA), it killed thousands and affected nearly 9.8 million people,
displaced some 4 million people and destroyed 500,000 homes.
The storm also devastated the country's infrastructure, hospitals,
schools and public services, causing $12 billion in estimated damages.
"We have helped 133,000 households to build back," Mr. Beck said,
adding that support to assist an additional 380,000 households is now
critical.
Funding for housing is part of the humanitarian community's Strategic
Response Plan (SRP), which at $788 million, is 56 per cent funded,
according to the latest figures.
Meanwhile, in the central part of the country, tens of thousands of
rice farmers are starting to bring in their harvests, having received
certified rice seeds, fertilizer and tools within weeks of the
disaster.
"When I saw the extent of the destruction and damage caused by the
high winds and storm surge, I thought the situation was hopeless,"
said rice farmer Lisa Canaber from Leyte Province, one of the
worst-affected areas.
Her family was one of 44,000 to receive farm aid from the Department
of Agriculture and the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).
"Had I not received the certified rice seed to plant in time for the
December/January season, I would have needed to rely on external food
aid for almost a whole year," another farmer, Carmen Cinco, told FAO.
"I am hopeful now. We are on the way to recovery."
The agency is also working with coconut farmers who lost some 33
million trees to the storm. With a six to eight year wait for coconut
trees to become productive again, the farmers are being given interim
support to find alternative sources of livelihood - such as vegetable
seeds, farm tools and livestock.
Farmers who relied on fishing are receiving sustainable fishing tools,
while FAO is <"http://www.fao.org/news/story/en/item/231119/icode/">continuing
to work with officials and local communities to repair the damaged
coastal mangrove ecosystems.
Children are also receiving support to return to school, be immunized
and have access to clean water.
"In spite of UNICEF's [UN Children's Fund] continued, intense response
since Typhoon Haiyan hit six months ago, and clear progress being
made, the work is far from complete,"
<"http://www.unicef.org/media/media_73426.html">said Lotta Sylwander,
UNICEF Representative in the Philippines.
The agency and partners have so far helped to immunize more than
80,000 children, provide a million people with access to safe water,
reached 25,000 children with support to help them overcome the traumas
they faced, brought children back to school within the shortest
possible time and provided 470,000 children with learning
materials.</P>May 7 2014 5:00PM
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