PH’s challenge: Coordinating foreign assistance

At least 14 international military units, 59 foreign medical teams, and 96 humanitarian partners rushed to help the Philippines after Super Typhoon Yolanda (Haiyan) struck central Philippines. But humanitarian assistance experts said this poses a challenge to the Philippine government, a “coordination risk.” It’s important for the Aquino administration to provide the leadership and strategy that others would follow, they said. Under fire during the early response phase of the crisis, the Aquino government and local government units are now pressured to get their act together in steering the affected-areas to recovery.

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