Philippines : Caritas has assisted 500,000 people affected by the Haiyan Three months after the disaster that affected 16 million people are met and caused 4 million displaced from areas devastated by Typhoon Madrid, February 8, 2014 ( Zenit.org ) Drafting | 573 hits When they met three months after the disaster caused by Typhoon Haiyan passing through the Philippines, the international Caritas network is overturned in the relief effort . Since November 8 , when the typhoon made landfall in the archipelago , the actions carried out this charity of the Church have allowed about 500 thousand victims access to food, water and shelter. The organization is working with affected families that have temporary shelters and rebuild as soon as possible sources of income and food , especially the fishing boats and farm implements. The figures provided by OCHA ( the Office of the UN Humanitarian Aid ) and the Philippine Government give an idea of the devastation the worst storm to hit the archipelago in recent decades : 16 million people affected and 4 million displaced from the destroyed by Typhoon Haiyan (especially the islands of Visayas ) areas. Additionally , strong winds and rain left 550,928 homes totally destroyed and 589,404 partially damaged . Despite the scale of this disaster relief efforts for the victims and the work being done locally for rapid reconstruction , show the world the efforts being made by both the Church - with the active support of all Caritas international network - and the very Filipino population to overcome this tragedy. Spanish Caritas collaborates in this task from the outset, not only economically, but with technical and operational support . To date , he has responded to the emergency appeal Caritas Philippines with an overall contribution of 700,000 euros. In addition , three weeks , one of his technicians, Yago Aparicio ago, is in China as part of the Support Team Emergency Response Network Caritas ( ERST ) who is working in the field. This group is responsible for strengthening and enhancing emergency work , the impact of improving the quality and consistency of these actions , and to design the following appeal of post- emergency (Emergency Appeal , EA ), which will focus on rehabilitation work . This new post- emergency calls , which could be ready in a couple of months , will focus on the following sectors : water supply , sanitation and hygiene, and housing rehabilitation , and recovery of livelihoods that many Filipinos lost after the typhoon.
Posted on: Fri, 07 Mar 2014 11:44:30 +0000
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