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UN’s integrated approach to humanitarian assistance in Albay and Catanduanes is strengthening recovery and resilience of typhoon-affected families
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MANILA, 9 February 2021 In the provinces of Albay and Catanduanes, the United Nations (UN) Philippines is providing life-saving support that combines cash assistance, shelter repair, and water and sanitation facilities and improvements in order to help families affected by Typhoons Rolly (Goni) and Ulysses (Vamco) recover faster and stronger.
A high-level mission to assess the effectiveness of the integrated UN response in Albay and Catanduanes was led by UN Philippines Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator Gustavo Gonzalez on 27-30 January 2021. Gonzalez was joined by Ambassador Peter MacArthur of Canada, Ambassador Anke Reiffenstuel of Germany, representatives of the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UN OCHA), IOM the UN Migration Agency, UNICEF and World Food Programme (WFP), and other humanitarian part
For the UN and humanitarian partners, helping typhoon-affected Filipinos does not stop for Christmas
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MANILA, 30 December 2020 In four municipalities of Albay province, where tens of thousands of Filipinos lost their homes in the onslaught of Super Typhoon Rolly [Goni], 1,030 families that celebrated Christmas in evacuation centers have received building materials, tools and cash to help put a roof over their heads in time for the New Year.
Throughout December, the United Nations (UN) Migration Agency, International Organization for Migration (IOM), and Catholic Relief Services (CRS), an NGO, have been distributing Shelter Repair Kits to households in 17 barangays in the municipalities of Tiwi, Malinao, Malilipot and Tabaco, in Albay province. The Shelter Repair Kit is intended for the emergency repair of a damaged house to make it livable. It consists of corrugated galvanized iron for roofing, coco lumber for posts and framing, nails, hammer, saw and shelter-grade tarpaul