The UN and aid agencies appealed for US$38 million today to help nearly 700,000 people living in war-torn and disaster-prone areas in the southern Filipino island of Mindanao.
“The situation remains fragile, and the people continue to live in fear and uncertainty,” said Jacqui Badcock, UN Humanitarian...
Nearly 700,000 people still urgently need humanitarian relief, protection and livelihood support in the southern Filipino island of Mindanao, the UN said today.
The warning came as UN Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Catherine Bragg concluded a five-day visit to the Philippines, during which she...
Mariam Usman has just rebuilt her home on wooden stilts, and the memory of the floods that swallowed her village in June is still fresh.
“I always fear that the floods will sweep my children away,” says Ms Usman. A 36-year-old mother of six, she has good reason to be anxious. The small community of Purok Ibrahim...
In Mindanao, the floods in Cotabato City and parts of Maguindanao have begun to recede, especially in areas away from the rivers. However, according to OCHA Sitrep No. 8, many large villages along the rivers remain flooded. Five people died in Northern Mindanao in landslides caused by continuous rains in Northern Mindanao on...
Due to tropical depression “Falcon”, a total of 845,449 people across regions X, XI, XII and ARMM in Mindanao have been affected by flooding by 25 June. According to the latest OCHA situation report, forecasts for central Mindanao show continued scattered rain showers and thunderstorms. The Philippine Atmospheric...
12 December 2011 - 2:11pmThe UN and aid agencies appealed for US$38 million today to help nearly 700,000 people living in war-torn and disaster-prone areas in the southern Filipino island of Mindanao. “The situation remains fragile, and the people continue to live in fear and uncertainty,” said Jacqui Badcock, UN Humanitarian...
23 November 2011 - 1:14pmNearly 700,000 people still urgently need humanitarian relief, protection and livelihood support in the southern Filipino island of Mindanao, the UN said today. The warning came as UN Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Catherine Bragg concluded a five-day visit to the Philippines, during which she...
1 November 2011 - 3:53pmMariam Usman has just rebuilt her home on wooden stilts, and the memory of the floods that swallowed her village in June is still fresh. “I always fear that the floods will sweep my children away,” says Ms Usman. A 36-year-old mother of six, she has good reason to be anxious. The small community of Purok Ibrahim...
12 July 2011 - 8:07pmIn Mindanao, the floods in Cotabato City and parts of Maguindanao have begun to recede, especially in areas away from the rivers. However, according to OCHA Sitrep No. 8, many large villages along the rivers remain flooded. Five people died in Northern Mindanao in landslides caused by continuous rains in Northern Mindanao on...
28 June 2011 - 8:58pmDue to tropical depression “Falcon”, a total of 845,449 people across regions X, XI, XII and ARMM in Mindanao have been affected by flooding by 25 June. According to the latest OCHA situation report, forecasts for central Mindanao show continued scattered rain showers and thunderstorms. The Philippine Atmospheric...