Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines - Emergency Assistance to Improve Livelihoods - ACF 2014

February 2014 - On November 8 2013 Typhoon Haiyan (locally known as Yolanda) made landfall in the Philippines a densely populated country of 92 million people. The category five typhoon killed over 6 000 Filipinos caused 4 million people to be displaced from their homes and caused severe damage to infrastructure including homes roads schools and health centres. Although many people have already received life-saving humanitarian assistance significant humanitarian needs remain including early recovery activities that contribute to building communities that are more resilient. With DFATD’s support Action Against Hunger (ACF) is helping up to 15 000 people affected by Typhoon Haiyan on Panay Island by providing livelihoods assistance to help them meet their basic needs. Project activities include: (1) providing unconditional cash assistance to the most vulnerable people for basic needs such as food and shelter; (2) providing linkages to microinsurance schemes to protect poor people against risks such as accidents illness or natural disasters; and (3) providing assistance to help people establish backyard vegetable gardens to meet their basic food needs.

The expected immediate outcomes for this project include: (1) increased access to basic needs such as food shelter and productive assets for livelihoods; and (2) increased access to livelihoods to allow people to meet their basic needs. The expected intermediate outcome is reduced vulnerability of crisis-affected people especially women and children.