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MANILA, Philippines – Sunday, February 16, marks the 100th day since the deadliest typhoon in the country’s history struck.
Typhoon Yolanda (international codename Haiyan) tore across the Visayas on November 8 last year, leaving a huge number of casualties and damage. (READ: TIMELINE: Super Typhoon Yolanda (Haiyan))
Various forms of assistance from the national government and numerous organizations have already been given in typhoon-affected areas.
But are they enough to sustain the recovery of these areas?
Here are some figures to help us see how the typhoon affected the country, and how these have been addressed so far.
These statistics are lifted from the latest reports of agencies and organizations that monitored the damage and aid in the areas hit by the super typhoon.
6,201 |
dead |
28,626 |
injured |
1,785 |
missing |
3,424,593 |
families affected |
16,078,181 |
persons affected |
9 |
regions affected |
44 |
provinces affected |
591 |
municipalities affected |
57 |
cities affected |
12,122 |
barangays affected |
1,140,332 |
houses damaged |
P15.75 billion |
damage to roads/bridges and other structures |
P2.31 billion |
damage to schools |
P1.27 billion |
damage to health facilities |
P230.39 million |
damage to flood control |
P9.49 billion |
damage to crops |
P2.89 billion |
damage to livestock |
P6 billion |
damage to fisheries |
P231 million |
damage to irrigation facilities |
P1.65 billion |
damage to other agricultural infrastructure |
*data from the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) as of January 2014 |
P3.11 billion |
total foreign aid pledged (cash) |
P21.73 billion |
total foreign aid pledged (non-cash) |
P648.18 million |
total cash received by government |
*data from the Foreign Aid Transparency Hub (FAiTH) |
3,150,076 |
number of 3 kg and 6 kg food & rice packs distributed |
344,222 |
number of 15 kg and 25 kg rice packs distributed |
15,188 |
beneficiaries of the Cash-For-Work program |
1,270 |
families transferred to 60 bunkhouses in Eastern Visayas |
*data from the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) |
2.8 million |
received food supplies in the form of high-energy biscuits or rice |
100 |
municipalities that have received World Food Programme (WFP) food assistance |
500,000 |
received cash assistance to buy food |
56,000 |
children and mothers who have received specialized ready-to-eat nutritious food |
*data from World Food Programme (WFP) |
84,000 |
children under 5 years old identified with malnutrition |
2,510 |
children identified as suffering from acute malnutrition |
9,700 |
pregnant and lactating women with infant and young child given feeding services at 37 baby-friendly spaces |
39,600 |
farmers who received rice seed from the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) |
44,000 |
targeted number of rice seed beneficiaries |
151,000 |
people provided with water and hygiene kits |
189,000 |
targeted number of water and hygiene kits beneficiaries |
*data from the US Agency for International Development (USAID) |
500 |
households have received basic emergency shelter materials (like tarps and tents) |
370,000 |
households have received basic, shelter-related household items (like mats and blankets) |
100,000 |
households have received kitchen sets with pots, pans, cutlerly, bowls, cups, plates, etc. |
61,000 |
households have received building materials for walls, frames, floors, etc. |
54,000 |
households have received roofing materials such as corrugated iron sheeting |
40,000 |
households have received cash to buy building materials or pay for labor |
2,000 |
households have received transitional or “core shelters” (small, sturdy houses with one room that can be extended or upgraded) |
170,000 |
households have access to tools such as hammers, saws, shovels, etc. |
*data from Shelter Cluster |
P2.2 billion |
budget released for National Housing Authority, for permanent housing units for those who used to be in “no-build” zones |
P5.72 billion |
budget released for rehabilitation of government facilities |
P111.2 million |
budget released for National Food Administration |
P77.01 million |
budget released for Local Water Utilities Administration, for restoring local water systems |
P1 billion |
budget released for education and health services (including restoration of services in hospitals, regional health units, and barangay health units, and provision of essential medicines |
P2.01 billion |
budget released for local government services |
P2.87 billion |
budget released for agriculture and fishery services (including provision of rice and corn seeds, banca and fishing paraphernalia, and farm implements and fuel subsidies) |
P953.5 million |
budget released for the provision of temporary employment for displaced families |
P1.88 billion |
budget released for food distribution and supplementary feeding activities for typhoon’s survivors |
P1.07 billion |
budget released for additional Quick Response Funds |
P101.2 million |
budget released for generation facilities under the National Power Corporation |
P1.5 billion |
budget released for transmission facilities under the National Transmission Corporation |
*data from the Department of Budget and Management |
P183.30 billion |
amount needed for shelter and resettlement reconstruction |
P28.40 billion |
amount needed for public infrastructure recovery |
P37.40 billion |
amount needed for education and health services recovery |
P18.70 billion |
amount needed for agriculture recovery (crops, livestock, fisheries) |
P70.60 billion |
amount needed for industry/services recovery (livelihoods, enterprises, services) |
P4 billion |
amount needed for local government recovery |
P18.40 billion |
amount needed for social protection recovery |
*data from the government’s Reconstruction Assistance on Yolanda report |
– research by Michael Bueza, Mica Romulo, and Reynaldo Santos Jr./Rappler.com
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