Response and early recovery updates: 6 months after Yolanda
Sec. Soliman giving Malacañang reporters updates on DSWD’s response and recovery efforts for Typhoon Yolanda survivors.
On November 8, 2013, Typhoon Yolanda
caused massive destruction in six regions, namely Regions IV-B, V, VI,
VII, VIII, and Caraga affecting almost 1.47 million families. Of total
affected, 918,261 families were displaced.
The overall reported damaged houses
numbered to 1,012,790 houses, with 518,878 houses totally damaged and
493,912 partially damaged.
Six months after Yolanda, the Department
of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) continues to assist survivors
through provision of relief assistance, emergency shelter materials,
shelter kits, cash-for-asset, and other social protection services.
Relief assistance
The Department provides continuing
relief assistance to the ‘Yolanda’ survivors. To date, DSWD has given
out a total of 4.3 million 3/6-kg and 713,074 25-kg family food packs.
In Eastern Visayas alone, more than almost 3.5 million 3/6-kg and 713,074 25-kg food packs have been distributed.
Bunkhouses/transitional houses
A total of 3,455 families were
temporarily transferred to 265 bunkhouses constructed by the Department
of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) in Regions VI and Region VIII with
20 and 245 bunkhouses respectively.
Bunkhouses are built for the
disaster-affected families whose houses were either totally damaged or
located in no-build zones while waiting for the construction and
completion of permanent shelter units.
Shelter kits
The Department also provided emergency
shelter kits to 10,795 families from the municipalities of Tanauan
(7,140) and Palo (899), Leyte, and Guiuan (2,756), Eastern Samar, which
consist of GI sheets, U-nails, common wire nails, hammer, and a handsaw.
Emergency shelter assistance
The Shelter Cluster, with the support of
more than 70 national and international NGOs and UN agencies,
distributed emergency shelter materials such as tents and tarpaulins to
571,206 households.
The Shelter Cluster trained some 2,553
carpenters, while 26,972 households received small cash amounts (under
P10,000) to support their shelter recovery.
In addition, 249,564 households were provided with toolkits, while 88,408 households received other materials (framing).
Cash-for-work and Cash-for-assets rebuilding
A total of 7,376 affected individuals
benefited from DSWD’s cash-for-work (CFW) program, amounting to
P2,534,431. They receive a certain amount in exchange of community work
such as food preparation, handling/hauling of relief goods, repacking of
relief goods, sorting and inventory of damaged property and documents,
clearing of debris, coastal cleanup, canal dredging, and communal
gardening.
On February 2014, the DSWD has started
to transition the CFW activities from support to relief operations to
rebuilding of livelihood assets.
A total of 186,080 affected individuals benefitted from our cash-for-assets rebuilding activities amounting to P531,678,180.
Mobile civil registration
The Mobile Civil Registration project
aims to provide free civil registration or reconstitution of
destroyed/damage civil records and other legal documentation covering 20
municipalities/cities in Ormoc, Tacloban, and Balangiga targeting
83,790 individuals.
This is in partnership with National Statistics Office (NSO) and local civil registrars.
Funded programs and services
A total of P1.36 billion has been
released by the DSWD to all affected regions intended for the early
recovery and rehabilitation programs and services out from the calamity
funds (P467,328,364), cash donations (P763,993,754), and an Asian
Development Bank Grant (P131,250,000).
These funded programs and services such
as core shelter assistance, livelihood assistance, cash-for-work,
supplemental feeding, bunkhouse construction, provision of toys through
“Wish Upon a Star” project, among others.
Moving forward
As part of the continuing rehabilitation
efforts, the DSWD and DPWH will continue to distribute shelter kits in
Tanauan and Palo in Leyte, and Guiuan in Eastern Samar. In partnership
with International Organization for Migration, additional transitional
shelters shall be constructed starting May 2014 to move those living in
tents/evacuation centers to better and safer dwelling.
Further, DSWD earmarked P751,310,000 for
the construction of 10,733 core shelters in Regions IV-B, VI, and VIII.
Construction of these permanent houses in safe zones shall be completed
by December 2014.
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