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THE PHILIPPINES,12 MONTHS AFTER HAIYAN

On November 8, 2013, super Typhoon Haiyan, with winds of over 180 miles per hour, struck the islands of Leyte and Samar, destryoying the lives of 14 million Filipinos. The national alert saved many lives (there were “only” 6,000 fatalities), but the effects on homes, fields and livelihoods were devastating. From the very beginning of the emergency response, international organizations have been working hard to solve the logistical difficulties and reach those affected by the disaster.

Twelve months later, the situation has significantly improved, largely thanks to the hard work and resilience of the Filipino people. But much remains to be done. Today, more than one million people remain displaced, and it is estimated that a full recovery could take up to 10 years. In this report, one year after the disaster, Action Against Hunger’s humanitarian experts working on recovery efforts take stock of the emergency, our progress, and how we are moving forward.

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PRESS KITNOVEMBER 2014

Photo: Dani Burgui/ACF

A YEAR OF SUCCESS

Eduardo de Francisco coordinates Action Against Hunger’s emergency response on the islands of Leyte, Panay and Samar. He arrived in the Philippines 11 months ago, and his main role has been to coordinate the deployment of over 400 people to help half a million typhoon-affected people through programs in nutrition, water, sanitation and hygiene, psycho-social support, and livelihoods.

What is Tacloban like a year after Haiyan?

The situation has improved a lot for affected communities in terms of their most urgent needs: nutrition, food security, water, etc. However, there is still a lot of work to be done to rebuild self-sufficiency and productivity in affected areas, as well as infrastructure: homes, shelters for safety from other typhoons, etc.

Has the emergency been overcome?

In some respects, the population has overcome the typhoon: the crop cycle has been recovered and the affected regions are producing food again. However, more than one million people are still living in temporary shelters or tents, and it will take much longer for the psychological trauma to be overcome.

How would you describe the population’s response to the disaster?

The Philippine population has enormous resilience, and the immediate and vigorous response in the early days has continued over the subsequent months. But beyond their hard work, I want to highlight the enormous optimism of the people, despite the harsh blow they were dealt. The local authorities, which were deeply involved from the beginning, have made a great effort to start long-term recovery (which may take up to 10 years), and to coordinate the foreign aid. The local authorities have always worked in a dedicated and positive way with organizations like Action Against Hunger.


02 COORDINATION OF THE EMERGENCY RESPONSE

Eduardo de Francisco, Emergency Response coordinator

for Action Against Hunger


Has the response of the international community been sufficient over this year?

Of the $ 776 million initially required by all the international organizations, $468 million has been received, which is 60 percent. This has met the essential needs, but other needs have remained unmet, especially in the long-term. Rebuilding will take a very long time.

Could something like Haiyan happen again?

Unfortunately, yes. The Philippines is a country at high risk for natural disasters, which occur regularly, and climate change is aggravating the consequences of some of them. While we cannot prevent natural disasters, it is possible to reduce the impact of typhoons through specific risk-reduction measures.

HAIYAN: THE DISASTER IN NUMBERS

THE PHIlIPPINES: 12 MONTHS AFTER HAIYAN 03

“THE COvERAgE OF BASIC NEEDS HAS IMPROvED, BUT MORE THAN ONE MILLION PEOPLE AFFECTED ARE STILL LIvINg IN TEMPORARY SHELTERS OR TENTS”

14 MILLION

AFFECTEDpeople

6,300 fatalities

4MILLION people displaced

$ 776 million emergency appeal

(only 60% covered)60%

320 PROFESSIONALS from the Action Against Hunger networkworking on emergency relief efforts

555,375 people in 39 municipalities and 5 provinces

Action Against Hunger has assisted

99,469 children under five years old screened for malnutrition

728 children treated for severe acute malnutrition

people received nutritional support from69,731

NUTRITION:

16,561

145 health and nutrition education sessions conducted

85 baby tents and malnutrition treatment centers establishedand nutrition health services revived

PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE SUPPORT:

46,915 people have improved access to safe drinking water

5,544 latrines constructed

79,171 people reached through hygiene promotion activities

324 local authorities trained in water resources management

116,355 people provided with 23,271 water kits

111,215 people provided with 22,243 hygiene kits

76 wells and ponds repaired and rehabilitated, reaching 23,644 people

WATER, SANITATION AND HYGIENE:

50,650 people received livelihoods support

141,930 people provided with cash grants to help

49,000 people provided with cash grants to cover

people received training in food security anddisaster risk management, and income-generating activitiessuch as farming, fishing, and trade

10,980

26,000 people have improved access to food

91,668 people received in-kind food assistance and cash grants for the first three months of the emergency

FOOD SECURITY AND LIVELIHOODS:

Cost of our projects: $31M+

malnutrition treatment and prevention services

pregnant and nursing mothers receivedpsychological counseling and access to health services

restore their livelihoods

their basic needs


04 ACTION AGAINST HuNGER EMERGENCY RESPONSE

HAIYAN: OUR RESPONSE IN NUMBERS

14 MILLION

AFFECTEDpeople

6,300 fatalities

4MILLION people displaced

$ 776 million emergency appeal

(only 60% covered)60%

320 PROFESSIONALS from the Action Against Hunger networkworking on emergency relief efforts

555,375 people in 39 municipalities and 5 provinces

Action Against Hunger has assisted

99,469 children under five years old screened for malnutrition

728 children treated for severe acute malnutrition

people received nutritional support from69,731

NUTRITION:

16,561

145 health and nutrition education sessions conducted

85 baby tents and malnutrition treatment centers establishedand nutrition health services revived

PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE SUPPORT:

46,915 people have improved access to safe drinking water

5,544 latrines constructed

79,171 people reached through hygiene promotion activities

324 local authorities trained in water resources management

116,355 people provided with 23,271 water kits

111,215 people provided with 22,243 hygiene kits

76 wells and ponds repaired and rehabilitated, reaching 23,644 people

WATER, SANITATION AND HYGIENE:

50,650 people received livelihoods support

141,930 people provided with cash grants to help

49,000 people provided with cash grants to cover

people received training in food security anddisaster risk management, and income-generating activitiessuch as farming, fishing, and trade

10,980

26,000 people have improved access to food

91,668 people received in-kind food assistance and cash grants for the first three months of the emergency

FOOD SECURITY AND LIVELIHOODS:

Cost of our projects: $31M+

malnutrition treatment and prevention services

pregnant and nursing mothers receivedpsychological counseling and access to health services

restore their livelihoods

their basic needs



Action Against Hunger was one of the first organizations to deploy emergency teams and supplies. During the first weeks, we sent 12 aircraft with 250 tons of critical emergency supplies to more than half a million people.

After the initial emergency phase, we have been supporting the rebuilding and reconstruction by:

• Treating and preventing malnutrition: we are screening and treating children under five for malnutrition, supporting pregnant and breastfeeding mothers, and strengthening the capacity of government agencies to fight malnutrition.

• Recovering livelihoods: we are supporting local markets, facilitating cash transfers, and providing vouchers for the most vulnerable families so they can purchase materials for rebuilding their homes and livelihoods.

• Providing access to safe water and sanitation: we are installing water points, repairing sanitation networks, and training the communities to maintain them.

• Providing disaster risk management: our interventions always include a disaster prevention component so that the communities are in a better position to face future disasters.

A girl plays with a set of building blocks inside one of the “baby tents” where we are providing psycho-social support to help families overcome post-traumatic stress and

promote good nutritional habits. Photo: Dani Burgui/ACF


06 WATER, SANITATION, AND HYGIENE RESPONSE

WE WILL EXCEED THE STARTINg POINT

Jesús Baena arrived in the Philippines 48 hours after the typhoon. Initially, he was in the field, purifying and distributing water for displaced people taking shelter in schools and public places. In a phone interview from Manila, he discusses how the intervention in water, sanitation, and hygiene has evolved since the beginning of our emergency response.

How have our water, sanitation, and hygiene interventions evolved from the start of the emergency response to now?

The situation has dramatically changed over the year. At the start, we focused on securing water as soon as possible, making the available water safe to drink, and distributing it in tankers. We are now in the middle of repairing water networks, which we will finish in March. Instead of providing care for displaced people individually, we’re now focused on expanding our reach to the people affected by improving their access to water and sanitation that was damaged by the typhoon.

What was the most difficult challenge in the beginning?

It was difficult to access a lot of the affected areas. In the cities, we got underway right away, but outside the city there was a huge area covered by a massive layer of debris. We knew there were so many communities affected and we couldn’t reach them. This made us feel really helpless. Fortunately, within a few days the Philippine authorities mobilized their machinery for clearing debris, and within a week we were able to reach these areas.

What achievement from the year do you remember most fondly? We were able to set up the first water treatment plant a few days after the disaster. We did it in an old water treatment plant, taking advantage of some of its components. We got a lot of help from community members who worked hard to clear the area, enabling our trucks to access the site. The moment when we got water out of it was very moving. In the later stage, coordinating with other organizations to plan all the repairs has also been wonderful. It’s like planning something from scratch, working really long and intense days, and we’re all full

Jesús Baena, Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Coordinator

for ACF-Philippines

Latrines in the Mandalog neighborhood in San Dionisio municipality on Panay island.Photo: Dani Burgui /ACF

Repaired water pump in San Dionisio, in the province of Iloilo

Sanitation

Water



of hope. I think we will not only get back to the starting point-we will exceed the scope of what was there a year ago. More people will have adequate access to water and sanitation than a year ago, and this is very important.

Could these networks be destroyed again in another typhoon?

We are integrating disaster prevention in all our work. For example, we are burying piping and using more durable materials. We are also implementing something much more ambitious: contingency plans prepared with the participation of the communities themselves. Their involvement is crucial so that they take ownership of the risk management.

What role has hygiene played in the emergency response?

It’s crucial. Everyone focuses on water because it’s the most obvious. Taking brown water from a river and turning it into clear water gets people’s attention, but this is a purely physical process; it’s the easiest part. The difficulty begins with the social component of the water, to prevent it from becoming a vehicle for transmitting diseases during transport or storage. For this, we need to go to people’s homes and work with them to change habits, which is much more complicated.

What remains to be done in water, sanitation and hygiene?

We’ll finish the repairs underway between March and May. We’re starting projects now to strengthen local governance, which is what will make our projects sustainable. We will work closely with the local authorities so that in the future they can respond to a similar situation.

Hygiene promotion workshops in Binuntucan Barangay in Pontevedra

(Panay Island, Philippines).

“THE FIRST WATER TREATMENT PLANT WAS OUR FIRST BIg ACHIEvEMENT. NOW WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT PLANNINg THE REPAIRS OF THE WATER AND SANITATION SYSTEMS, WHICH WILL EXCEED THE SCOPE OF WHAT THERE WAS A YEAR AgO”

Hygiene

Did you know...?A group of humanitarian organizations established minimum standards for access to water, sanitation and basic hygiene during emergency responses, including:

• 15 litres of safe water per person per day for drinking, cooking and hygiene.

• 1 water point for every 250 people, less than 500 meters away

• 1 latrine for every 20 people


08 DISASTER RISK MANAGEMENT REPSONSE

HOW TO DEAL WITH THE FORCES OF NATURE: RISK MANAgEMENT

Mark Cervantes, the point person for disaster risk management at ACF-Philippines, explains how Typhoon Haiyan is being used as a lesson to change the paradigm of how communities tackle natural disasters, which are becoming increasingly more extreme and common due to climate change.

Why should disaster risk management be a priority for the Philippines? The Philippines experiences various natural hazards at a high rate. Thus, Disaster Risk Management (DRM) must become a way of life in the Philippines.

Has the situation improved after Haiyan in terms of risk reduction?

Typhoon Haiyan has changed the way Filipinos view disasters and Disaster Risk Management in general. This is an improvement! Though DRM measures were already in place, Typhoon Haiyan was a new experience because the disaster readiness did not match the extent of the damage. There have definitely been improvements, but there has also been a recognition that we need to make advances, with an emphasis on safety and security. There was some acknowledgement that socio-economic and political systems play a role as root causes of vulnerability in disasters, which is why existing measures did little to help. Therefore, there has been a paradigm shift that we wanted to see: more people have access to resources and the ability to make decisions. These values and beliefs espouse collective strength.

How can a typhoon like Haiyan be prevented?

Typhoons like Haiyan can’t be prevented, but massive losses of lives, livelihoods, homes and other assets can be avoided if communities are at the center of all Disaster Risk Management work. This means communities should take the lead in identifying their risks, and taking measures to prevent, mitigate, prepare, and adapt. This also means working to resolve the underlying causes of disaster risk, and strengthening capacity to navigate their changing environment.

Mark Cervantes is the focal point for Disaster Risk Management

at ACF-Philippines

“DISASTER RISK MANAgEMENT

MUST BECOME A WAY OF LIFE IN

PHILIPPINES”



How do communities respond to DRM?

People should build the foundation for safety and resilience in their communities and make DRM a way of life. If DRM is included in the fabric of communities, risks from disasters and climate change will be lower. Safety and security are of the utmost importance for all people, including the government. We must ensure that programmatic interventions like nutrition, water, sanitation and hygiene, and food security and livelihoods all include components that build resilience to disasters in communities. Additionally, disaster readiness and survival systems and structures, like community organizations, should be in place.

What should be done in the coming years for DRM?

DRM and climate adaptation should be planned for, not accidental. This should be the springboard for development. The aim of development processes and planning should be to increase community resilience. Disaster Risk Management and Reduction should be taken seriously, and should be a mandatory part of government and community plans. Processes should start with disaster risk assessment and analysis, including intensive research on climate change and its effects. From there, based on the results of the assessments, we can identify DRM measures to take, and monitor, evaluate, and learn from these processes. More significantly, the communities themselves should be at the center of the whole process.

Did you know...?

• After Bangladesh, Philippines is considered to be the second country most exposed to natural disasters in the world.

• The archipelago is hit by more than 25 typhoons every year.

• 95% of victims of natural disasters live in developing countries.

• Filipinos give a name to every typhoon that occurs each year. Each one starts with a letter of the alphabet from A to Z. In 2013 there were more typhoons than letters, so they had to start a new round.

• Yolanda is the Filipino name for Haiyan.

Auring, Bising, Crising,

Dante, Emong, Fabian, gorio,

Huaning, Isang, Jolina, Kiko, Labuyo.

Maring, Nando, Odette, Paolo, Quedan,

Ramil, Santi, Tino, Urduja, vinta, Wilma,

Yolanda, Zoraida

Tropical cyclones in the Philippines

in 2013


10 MENTAl HEAlTH AND CARE PRACTICES RESPONSE

IN THE SHELTER OF BABY TENTS Núria Diez arrived in Tacloban on November 21, 2013. She is a psychologist with an M.A. in international cooperation. She coordinates our programs in psychosocial support and care practices, which are linked to nutrition, for the women most affected by Haiyan.

What journey have the women you worked with made within the last year?

There have been over 5,000 women who have participated in psycho-social activities from November 2013 until now in the province of Leyte, where I have been coordinating the program. Responding quickly to their immediate needs, we opened the first baby tent in late November in the biggest evacuation center in Tacloban. At that time, the women were afraid, very stressed, and emotionally blocked. They needed to be heard and to express their pain and fears, to share their experiences. They found a refuge in the program. We gave them a place to express their feelings and find support from women in the same situation. The tents were also a clean and private place to nurse their babies, where they could learn how to adapt their new circumstances and the basic needs of their children: hygiene, nutrition, and health. They always showed great resilience and an ability to cope.

What is the connection between psycho- social support and hunger?

When a person is under stress and emotionally blocked, he or she isn’t able to address or focus on other issues which are also important, such as nutrition for themselves and their children. The support we offer gives them the stability and self-confidence needed to better care for themselves and their children. They can learn to set new goals, implement lessons learned about care practices, and follow through if they need treatment for health issues. Working with groups of vulnerable women who are facing similar challenges—the majority of whom have few economic resources—gives them support and strength, and empowers them to overcome adversity such as the threat of hunger. The traumatic experience of the typhoon has made them stronger, and they have learned how to overcome difficulties in a more practical and effective way, with initiative and hope.

Núria Diez coordinates our programs for mental health and care practices

in the Philippines

We are screening babies for malnutrition in Ilaya Barangay, in Sara municipality, Iloilo province

(Panay, Philippines). To test for malnutrition, we measure the mid-upper arm circumference (MUAC)

and weight of babies. Photo: Dani Burgui /ACF



What are you most proud of after a year of working in the emergency?

I’m proud to have been able to help the most vulnerable women affected by such a tragedy as Haiyan on the front lines: reinforcing their self-confidence, giving them the opportunity to think and reflect on what they want and need, giving priority to their feelings and their emotional relationships with their children. We are also working on the difficult but rewarding task of trying to integrate psychological support into existing support structures such as local government, community leaders, and health centers.

You’ll go back to Spain in a month. What will stay with you from your experience in Tacloban?

At the professional and personal level, I have learned to be stronger and more aware of how people are able to live in extremely difficult situations, and how they continue to want to live, with hope, to be grateful, and even to smile. Also, here I have had the opportunity to see the results of my work in the short-term, which makes up for the intensity of life and work in the field, which has been very high throughout the year. It is exhausting, but rewarding and emotional at the same time.

“IT’S BEEN AN EXHAUSTINg YEAR, BUT I’vE SEEN RESULTS IN THE SHORT-TERM AND THIS IS REALLY REWARDINg”

“Baby tents” are safe and friendly spaces for women and babies in the neighborhood of San Jose, just outside the city of Tacloban (Leyte, Philippines).

Photo: Dani Burgui /ACF

We carry out breastfeeding workshops and promote maternal

and infant health in local communities in Casanayan, Kalobihan, Pilar

municipality on Panay island. Photo: Dani Burgui /ACF


12 FOOD SECuRITY &lIVElIHOODS RESPONSE

CASH BASED INTERvENTIONS, A NEW WAY OF RECOvERY

Julien Jacob runs food security and livelihoods (FSL) programs for Action Against Hunger. In this interview, he gives us some information on a new intervention that is highly effective in emergency responses: cash transfers.

What can a cash transfer intervention provide in an emergency response?

The advantages of such interventions are twofold. On the one hand, they reactivate local markets and stimulate the economy in the affected communities, which is key for recovery. On the other hand, they empower the people receiving this aid: they decide what to buy, according to their recovery priorities, and this is certainly somewhat more dignified than any other kind of aid.

How can we ensure that the money is well spent?

There are several types of transfers. In Philippines, we have applied two: on one hand, we have given 10,000 Philippine pesos to 13,000 vulnerable families in the form of coupons to only purchase supplies that would allow them to recover their livelihoods (seeds, fishing gear, rebuilding materials, etc). On the other hand, we have given these same families 2,500 pesos in unconditional direct transfers. We know that this money has, in the vast majority of cases, been allocated to buying food and basic goods. This has allowed them to spend this time working to rebuild their homes instead of spending time finding food; consequently, the rebuilding phase has been much faster.

Who receives this aid in the form of money?

We do a careful analysis to see who the most vulnerable families are. In the Haiyan emergency, we prioritized pregnant or breastfeeding women or families with children under five years old.

Julien Jacob is our Food Security Manager at ACF-Spain

“BY HELPINg PEOPLE WITH MONEY, THE

POPULATION TAKES CHARgE OF THEIR OWN

RECOvERY, LOCAL MARKETS ARE

REACTIvATED AND FOOD NEEDS

ARE COvERED SO THEY CAN FOCUS ON REBUILDINg

HOMES”



How did Haiyan affect the livelihoods of the population?

The affected areas are mostly populated with fishermen and farmers. Rice was cultivated in the lowland areas, while those in the higher areas made their living cultivating coconut trees. The latter group has been impacted the most, because their coconut trees were destroyed by the wind and it will take years for new trees to grow. The fishermen lost their boats and gear, but their recovery is faster; they can go fishing again as soon as they recover these things. Fortunately, international aid in the form of seed distributions made the first harvest in 2014 possible; consequently, many farmers could recover.

It is possible for livelihoods to be less damaged after another typhoon?

We can minimize the damage. At Action Against Hunger, we apply a disaster risk management approach to our food security projects. For example, by promoting the cultivation of shorter coconut trees that will be less exposed to the wind and have shorter growing cy-cles, or by training fishermen on techniques to protect their boats when a typhoon alert occurs.

“ALTHOUgH THEY CAN’T BE AvOIDED, WE CAN BETTER PROTECT LIvELIHOODS AgAINST FUTURE NATURAL DISASTERS”

Photo: Dani Burgui /ACF

Luz Refuerzo, 55, has just set up a small dried fish stall thanks to the “unconditional cash” transfer program for vulnerable populations. With this business Mrs. Refuerzo can care for the three men in her family: her 11- year-old grandson, her husband who is now unemployed, 57, and her 79- year-old father, who is paralyzed.


14 lOGISTICS FOR EMERGENCY RESPONSE

MINUTE ZERO: DEPLOY LOgISTICS

Cristina Sainz de Vicuña is Action Against Hunger’s Emergency Team Logistics Coordinator. Her role is crucial for getting aid to the victims when a few hours can mean the difference between life and death. In the response to Hayain, she was responsible for coordinating the distribution of the 11 deliveries of our humanitarian cargo, and for overseeing the entire process so the most critical distributions started as soon as possible. A scenario such as the aftermath of Haiyan is never easy.

14 million people affected, inaccessible areas, interrupted communications...where does logistics start in a scenario like this?

The most important thing is to be prepared. So we have emergency stocks at different geographical locations so that we can position the necessary equipment and respond as fast as possible: communication equipment (satellite, internet), generators, materials to assemble the base and office for the team, the kits we’ll distribute, etc. Once it reaches the field, the logistics team has to ensure access to the areas, transportation and security, always in partnership with both local as well as international actors. What was the hardest thing?

Just one of the big difficulties was to find transportation and storage towards and in Tacloban, as everything was destroyed and the ports were blocked. But the team in Cebú was able to organize the kits into trucks that were used as warehouses in Tacloban that then distributed the kits directly to the affected communities. This required very precise coordination between the teams, as they had to plan in advance the amounts and types of kits they needed, as well as the localities where they would be distributed, and always against the clock. An achievement that you feel especially proud of...

A large part of the team we recruited (drivers, warehouse staff) were victims of the typhoon. We all work very hard and to have a team so involved was really very satisfying.

Cristina Sainz de Vicuña, Emergency Logistician for ACF-Spain

“WE DEPLOYED 12 HUMANITARIAN

FLIgHTS WITH 250 TONS OF EMERgENCY

MATERIAL”



Have we improved our practices for the next time we face a situation like this?

We continue to work on the preparation, which is key in responding to an emergency, taking the lessons learned from our response to typhoon Haiyan and developing tools that allow us to improve our response.

We were able to get the aid to the coastal localities of Tagubanhan and Canagnaan, two remote islands on the east coast of Iloilo province, days after the storm.

Photo: Agnes Varraine-Leca/ACF

Cristina and the rest of our logisticians worked under a high pressure to ensure the first food distributions arrived on time. Photo: Agnes Varraine-Leca/ACF

“A BIg PART OF OUR TEAM WERE THEMSELvES AFFECTED BY THE TYPHOON, IT WAS REALLY gOOD TO SEE ALL THEIR ENgAgEMENT”


16 THE PHIlIPPINES: 12 MONTHS AFTER HAIYAN

A YEAR IN PICTURES

Leyte, November 16, 2013. Leyte was one of the islands hit hardest by super Typhoon Haiyan. Within the first few days, we provided psycho-social support to mothers to help them overcome post-traumatic stress and to be able to restart breastfeeding and basic nutritional care. We also distributed emergency rations. Photo: Dani Burgui /ACF

Haiyan wiped entire communities off the map and destroyed the livelihoods of coastal localities in the province of Iloilo on Panay island. Over 900 families in the remote communities of Manipulon, Longinot and Bayas (Estancia) receive food rations from us. Each one contained 60 lbs of rice, 20 cans of sardines, 30 packs of noodles, 4 kg of sugar and 1 lb of salt. Photo Lyziel Ampo/ACF International

An old man salvages his valuable belongings after super Typhoon Haiyan struck Palo, Leyte, Philippines on November 16, 2013. Photo: ACF/Dani Burgui

Action Against Hunger’s workers unload supplies from a vehicle on December 4, 2013, for people affected by super Typhoon Yolanda in Leyte. Days after the storm, our emergency response teams delivered nearly six tons of food to six isolated mountainous and coastal areas. Photo: Agnes Varraine-Leca/ACF.



A family in Tacloban receives nutritional supplements on November 23, 2013. We aim to minimize the nutritional impact of Haiyan, so we periodically assess the nutritional status of children under 5 years old and promote good nutritional practices. Photo: Daniel Burgui/ACF.

May 3, 2014. Sanmiguelay, Santa Fe, Leyte. A man works on constructing latrines. Photo: Daniel Burgui/ACF International.

Jared is one year old. We are measuring his mid-upper arm circumference (MUAC) to screen him for malnutrition. The green indicates that the little one is safe. Photo: Rosa May Maitem/ACF.

A fisherman prepares his boat on May 14, 2014 in Pilar, Panay. The cash transfers we have distributed have allowed fishermen and farmers to replace their damaged tools and gear so they can make a living. Photo: Daniel Burgui/ACF International.


18 FIlIPINAS: 12 MESES DESPuÉS DE HAIYAN

Community members build water and sanitation structures in Barangay Sanmiguelay, municipality of Santa Fe, next to Tacloban, in Leyte. Photo Dani Burgui/ACF

Our teams conduct hygiene promotion session in San Antonio, Pilar, on Panay island. Something as simple as proper hand washing before eating and after defecation can save thousands of lives in an emergency. We also built emergency latrines and distributed hygiene kits after the typhoon. Photo: Daniel Burgui/ACF.

Community members carry materials for constructing water systems in Eastern Samar on April 22, 2014. In areas hit hard by Typhoon Haiyan, we are installing water tanks, rehabilitating sanitation networks, and training community members to maintain clean water points. Photo: Jenny Pacursa/ACF

Today, over one million typhoon-affected people are still living in temporary prefabricated housing, waiting to be able to rebuild their homes. Photo: ACF/Dani Burgui

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In the Philippines, we prevent outbreaks of malnutrition, tackle the root causes of hunger, and help vulnerable communities regain self-sufficiency through our integrated programs: Nutrition and Health; Care Practices and Psycho-social Support; Food Security and livelihoods; Water, Sanitation and Hygiene; Disaster Risk Management; and Advocacy. Each of our programs incorporates issues such as gender, persons with disability, environment and cultural sensitivity.

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