Assessments

SUMMARY At 10:00 on 6 November 2013, Typhoon Haiyan (named Yolanda locally) entered the Philippines Area of Responsibility (PAR). The Typhoon intensified as it entered the Eastern Visayas region, first making landfall over Guiuan, Eastern Samar province,…

Philippines - A new report by IOM in the Philippines shows that the country is critically short of evacuation shelters in some of the most typhoon-vulnerable parts of the country. The shelter survey – conducted on…

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Between January and early February of 2014, Samaritan’s Purse (SP) undertook an assessment of the Palo, Pastrana, Santa Fe, and Tanauan municipalities in Philippines's Leyte Province. Leyte, part of the Eastern Visayas region of the Philippines,…

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Typhoon Haiyan, was one of the strongest storms to ever make landfall, hitting a number of provinces of the Philippines on 8th November 2013, including Leyte and Eastern Samar which were amongst the worst affected.…

Summary Tacloban city and coastal municipalities such as Palo, Tanauan, Tolosa and Dulag have been strongly affected by typhoon Yolanda on November 8, 2013. A multiplicity of actors (government, international and local NGO’s, religious associations, foundations, …) have since…

Timeframe: 12‐25 January 2014 Location: Eastern Samar, Leyte, Tacloban Assessment team: Edwin Elegado (PHL) and Caroline Borchard (ARO) Objective of the assessment: Assessment of the level of awareness, capacity and aspirations of affected communities, schools and LGUs on disaster risk…

1. Executive Summary This report measures the accuracy of building damage assessments conducted by the OpenStreetMap (OSM) community in select areas affected by Typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda). In Haiti, the Philippines and countless smaller disasters over the past…

1. Executive Summary Typhoon Yolanda, known internationally as Haiyan, was a category 5 typhoon and the most powerful storm to have made landfall on record. Having made landfall in the Philippines on 8th November the storm went…

SUMMARY OF OBSERVATIONS A. Adolescent Girls (15-19 years old) 1a. Schooling. For adolescent girls across sites, the consequences and the heavy financial burden brought about by super typhoon “Yolanda” to their families are formidable. They share the young…

Background In response to the massive devastation caused by Super Typhoon Yolanda (International name: Haiyan) on November 8, 2013 in Eastern and Western Visayas, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) is preparing interventions to rehabilitate reproductive health…