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November 2015
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November 2015
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Humanitarian Overview
Recovery Phase
288,098 - Leyte
92,592 - Samar
291,298 - Panay
2,715 - Masbate
20,878 - Bohol
216,375 - Emergency Response
46 municipalities
7 provinces
Nutrition
24, 673 mothers received psychological counselling (with access to basic health facilities)
2,817 - people received training (health staff, leaders and aid workers)
85 mother-baby spaces, OTP sites established and nutrition health services revived
Water, Sanitation and Hygiene
493, 042 - people received water, hygiene and sanitation support and
71-
223,946 people provided with livelihoods support, provided food access and trained
on disaster risk management
98, 040 people provided with in-kind food assistance and cash grants in the
first three months of the emergency
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From L-R: Cyrinne Anota, Lolita Anota, and Sherel Sudario standing next to their new found livelihoods , two years after Typhoon Haiyan.
Photos by ACF International
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something.
In Tacloban City, for the elderly Lolita Elizan, a grandmother of two, who were left to her care and husband Mario,
Haiyan destroyed everything, but not her spirit. "Our house was a wreck, our belongings were destroyed, all under
the rubble, my grandchildrens clothes were washed away by the flood," Elizan said. I made sure the children had
food to eat and clothes to wear and the reconstruction of our house, she said of how she spent the money she received. Lolita returned to her former livelihood selling banana cue on the streets. I also supply nutritious snack in
a schools canteen. Also, every day, I put P10 on my piggy bank, she said.
Meanwhile, Marilou Olino lost her husband to a heart ailment days before Haiyan unleashed wrath. The still-grieving
mother of three children, had to face another challenge. This time, it was Haiyan that devastated her village in Sta.
Elena, Tacloban City. When her husband Benjamin was still alive, the husband and wife were busy cultivating a
patch of land planted with eggplants, bell peppers and string beans, most of the produce they sell.
But Haiyan destroyed the familys source of livelihood. As a widow, Marilou was able to avail of the unconditional
cash grants. "The timely intervention of ACF helped me and my community to rebuild back our lives despite the
challenging ordeal we have gone through," she said. From the grants she received each month, Marilou was able to
continue to send her children to school and provided the essential needs of her family; pay her monthly bills, and
saved some to finance a small-scale lending business. She lends money, with interest rate, to relatives and friends.
"Im really thankful for the help that I received when we had nothing. Things would have been different and difficult if
help did not come in our place, Marilou said.
ACF's emergency response began 72 hours after the typhoon hit, with food and water deliveries in the most affected
areas: Tacloban, Samar and Panay. The first months after the typhoon, the survivors faced enormous challenges.
Two years later, they are on the road to recovery thanks to the Filipino spirit of resilience in the face of disaster and
the collaboration of the local and national government units and the international community.
Donations came in from across the Philippines and around the world. It's just inspiring to know that everyone children with their parents, teachers and volunteers side by side with the Philippine government and people from different nations--they all pitched in, which made the recovery efforts fast. The stories of Cyrenne, Sherel, Lolita and
Marilou who refused to surrender to hopelessness after the super typhoon ruined everything they have, illustrate the
sense of hope and faith in difficult times, said Javad Amoozegar, country director for ACF Philippines. (End)
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The Philippines Approach to Total Sanitation (PHATS), is a Philippines agreed strategy that promotes universal access to improved sanitation and hygiene behavior. It foresees an end to the practice of open defecation by facilitating change in behavior and build resiliency. ACF International, with funds from the UNICEF, is carrying out the
PHaTS program in the three vulnerable municipalities including schools in Panay.
In a UNICEF-led survey in 2014 following typhoon Haiyan, 17.3 percent of households in vulnerable areas of Leyte,
Eastern Samar, Cebu, Iloilo and Capiz were found to be practicing open defecation. Nearly 95 percent of the respondents claimed that they do not have toilets. Most ZOD barangays report fewer cases of diarrhea among children. The use of toilets have resulted in comfort, security, and protection particularly for women and children as well
as dignity for the whole community, according to a UNICEF report.
This initiative should be reinforced by the barangay councils through ordinances that stipulate sanctions and rewards for sustainability, Banglos said. #
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ACF, in coordination with the Department of Social Welfare and Development and the municipal health offices, was
in the forefront in promoting the significance of having toilets in far-flung communities in Eastern Samar. In 2014,
129 barangays from the 11 Haiyan-affected towns in Eastern Samar were identified as target for the ZOD project.
As of October 2015, 34 barangays have been declared ZOD.
The Community Led Total Sanitation (CLTS) behavioral changes process encourages community self-analysis of
existing defecation patterns and threats, and promotes local solutions to reduce and ultimately eliminate the practice
of open defecation," Magdayo said.
Typhoon Haiyan has taught women that they can step up and do more beyond their traditional roles of tending the
households and caring for their children. They, too, can rebuild their homes, just like Gregoria, Magdayo shared.
Dr. Corazon Miflores, the municipal health officer stressed the importance of sanitation and the change of behavior.
She urged the barangay council members and the community to continue and maintain good practices.
It has been my long-time dream that Gen. Macarthur become a clean community not only in front of our houses but
the whole community as well, Mayor Jaime Ty then said. I am grateful that the eight barangays heeded the call
stopping open defecation. I would also like to encourage the residents to build their latrines and practice proper hygiene, the mayor added. (End)
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able to any member of the family. The insurance takes effectivity after the beneficiary received the certificate of insurance with a validity date of one year at a premium cost at PhP400. This insurance covers the beneficiaries,
spouse and their legal children, as long as they are considered dependents, who not more than 18 years old, not
married and still living together with the primary beneficiary and the spouse by the time they availed the insurance.
Grandchildren are not included.
To avail the insurance benefits in covered events, payment procedure is carried out through the nearest Cebuana
Lhuiller branch. Based on the success of the piloted experiences, ACF developed a concept paper to promote microinsurance in its projects and programs in the Philippines. This will be looked upon in the future interventions,
based on the local contexts and availability of service providers.
"Cash transfer programming forms a significant part of ACF's work in fighting under nutrition, and is an emerging
response mechanism in food security and livelihoods, nutrition and water, sanitation and hygiene sectors,"
Murugesu said.
After the success from the first experience on the microinsurance concept by Cebuana Lhuilliers, ACF replicated it
in Kindernothilfe (KNH) project areas in Panay.
To request for a copy of the document, please email ACF at info@ph.acfspain.org.
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About ACF
ACF international | Action Against Hunger is a global humanitarian organization committed to ending world hunger and malnutrition. ACF responds to help vulnerable populations around the world through programs that empower communities to
overcome the barriers standing in their way.
In the Philippines, ACF tackles the root causes of hunger, prevents outbreaks of life-threatening acute malnutrition, and helps
the most vulnerable communities regain self- sufficiency through integrated programs in health and nutrition, care practices
and psychosocial and care practices, food security and livelihoods; water, sanitation and hygiene; disaster risk management;
good governance and advocacy while incorporating gender, care for the environment, climate change adaptation and cultural
sensitivity. Our programs save lives and provide communities with long-term solutions to hunger and its underlying causes.
We work in more than 45 countries and reach approximately eight million people annually.
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Communications Manager
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