Glide no. TC-2009-000205-PHL
Period covered by this Operations Update: 29 October to 4 November 2009;
Appeal target (current): CHF 16,286,096 (USD 16.1 million or EUR 10.8 million);
Appeal coverage: With contributions received to date, the appeal is 28 per cent covered in cash and kind; and 36 per cent covered including pledges in the pipeline. Funds are urgently needed to enable Philippine National Red Cross to continue providing immediate humanitarian assistance to those affected by this disaster.
Appeal history:
- This Emergency Appeal was issued 23 October 2009 for CHF 16,286,096 (USD 16.1 million or EUR 10.8 million) for eighteen months to assist approximately 110,000 families (550,000 people).
- A revised preliminary emergency appeal was issued 12 October 2009 for CHF 6,854,640 (USD 6.65 million or EUR 4.51 million) for nine months to assist 200,000 beneficiaries.
- The Emergency Appeal was initially launched on a preliminary basis 1 October 2009 for CHF 3,086,571 (USD 2.98 million or EUR 2.45 million) for nine months to assist 200,000 beneficiaries.
- Disaster Relief Emergency Fund (DREF): CHF 200,000 was allocated from the Federation's DREF to support the national society in initial response.
Summary: Typhoons Ketsana (locally known as Ondoy) and Parma (locally known as Pepeng) struck the Philippines in quick succession on 26 September and 3 October respectively, wreaking havoc across Central Luzon, including the capital city Metro Manila. As of 28 October, the national disaster coordinating council (NDCC) reports 929 people killed and 89 people still missing. To date, government figures report 34,062 houses have been completely destroyed, and 178,856 significantly damaged, while almost 9.4 million people (about 1.9 million families) across the country have been affected. The country has contended with two more typhoons in the period since Ketsana and Parma and the latest, Typhoon Mirinae (locally known as Santi), which struck Metro Manila and surrounding areas on 30 October, has caused a further 19 deaths, destruction of over 6,000 houses and damage to more than 25,000 homes.
To date, cash and in-kind contributions have been received from American Red Cross, Australian Red Cross, British Red Cross/British government, Canadian Red Cross/Canadian government, Danish Red Cross, Finnish Red Cross, German Red Cross, Hong Kong branch of the Red Cross Society of China, Irish Red Cross, Iranian Red Crescent, Japanese Red Cross, Republic of Korea Red Cross, Luxembourg Red Cross, Monaco Red Cross, Netherlands Red Cross, New Zealand Red Cross/New Zealand government and Swedish Red Cross/Swedish government. Contributions have also been received from the European Commission's Humanitarian Aid Office (ECHO), the OPEC Fund for International Development and the Italian government.
On behalf of the Philippine National Red Cross, the International Federation would like to thank all partners for their quick and generous response to this appeal.
