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Displaying 15 of about 107 resultsTACLOBAN, 9 December 2013 – Sunday marked thirty days since Typhoon Haiyan (known as Yolanda locally) tried to rip the heart out of the Eastern Visayas region of the Philippines with winds from hell that sucked the sea along with them to take the lives of thousands and leave millions homeless.
The strength of the Philippine people in the wake of one of…
GENEVA, 20 November 2013 – The private sector will be crucial to the massive recovery effort in the wake of Typhoon Haiyan, one of the Philippines’ top chief executives said.
“A lot is expected from the private sector in the rehabilitation of calamity-stricken areas in the Philippines,” said Mr. Hans T. Sy, the President of SM Prime Holdings Inc, the c…
This study aimed to understand the impact of Typhoon Haiyan on health staff at a personal and work level when the storm hit the Philippines in 2013. The three main aspects reported as influencing staff were accessibility, safety and emotional aspects. Accessibility was a main difficulty, which prevented some staff from reaching the hospit…
This report outlines and examines the changes made to Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (HADR) in the Philippines based on lessons from Super Typhoon Haiyan. It analyses how major stakeholders transformed lessons from Super Typhoon Haiyan into policy responses and reforms to HADR operations, including civil-military coordination. This document…
This reports analyzes the economic recovery of 4,000 households in the Philippines that were badly affected by typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda) in the Philippines and recommends improvements to the role of microfinance in enhancing the financial resilience of such communities.
Microfinance is now an embedded feature of almost all low and middle income countrie…
"The experience of Haiyan sealed what many development organisations have been asserting for years: that disaster risk is most real to the poor, marginalised and vulnerable sectors of society, including women and children. These are the people who do not have the social safety nets and capacities to protect themselves and recover, and are therefore left…
By Alex Wynter and Donna Lagdameo, Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre
Opening the Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) Manila Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction and Management, President Benigno Aquino of the Philippines said it is now vital to mount “a focused international effort to address the threats posed by climate change, and to build communities th…
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Some of Asia’s most important economies have the highest risk from the threat of natural hazards, due to the exposure of their cities and trading hubs to events such as flooding, earthquakes and tropical cyclones, according to the Natural Hazards Risk Atlas released by risk analysis company Maplecroft.
Bangladesh, the Philippines, Myan…
By Afrhill Rances, in Manila
For communities affected by floods or other natural disasters, resilience doesn’t just mean rebuilding their homes, but building back better in order to be prepared for the next time. In the Philippines, the national Red Cross society is involved in a range of projects that demonstrate the need for a long-term response – to…
A delegation from the European Commission’s Humanitarian Aid department visited the municipality of Bokod in Benguet province last week to see the progress made in the implementation of a relief project the Commission is supporting in the Cordillera Administrative Region.
Among the project activities targeted households will benefit from public awarene…
This paper discusses the role of resource rights in pre-disaster resilience and post-disaster reconstruction. It also raises a number of important questions: Where is the balance between communally-held and privately-held resource rights? How can an understanding of resource rights be integrated into disaster risk reduction plans and disaster relief? An…
David Celdran observes that families that survived the devastation caused by tropical storm Sendong in Northern Mindanao have returned to vulnerable areas along riverbanks to rebuild their lives and homes just a week after. This is considered worrisome by experts who predict similar cataclysmic events in the future. On the contrary, Japanese have learne…
The document describes livelihood recovery initiatives in response to Typhoon Bopha, a Category 5 super typhoon that hit the Philippines on 4 December 2012. It describes in detail the processes and practices employed, the immediate results of the interventions, and the experiences and learning of the ILO project team and its local partners in the implem…
This paper is part of a series highlighting the World Bank's achievements in disaster risk management initiatives. It presents the analytical support provided by the World Bank in close collaboration with the Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR) on the basis of the Government-led Post-Disaster Needs Assessment (PDNA) following the…
This document reports on children's experiences during the typhoon Haiyan that hit the Philippines on 8 November 2013, and about their recommendations for response and assistance. Their priorities include education, health, disaster risk reduction and preparedness, infrastructure and town planning, safety and child protection, livelihoods, and technolog…