Guyana sends US$50,000 for typhoon - devastated Philippines

Guyana sends US$50,000 for typhoon – devastated Philippines

Nov 29, 2013 News

Government has announced a US$50,000 (G$10M) financial assistance to the typhoon-hit Philippines.
According to a release from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the assistance by Guyana is part of the international response to the immense loss of lives and devastation in the Philippines caused by Typhoon Haiyan.
“Guyana’s contribution will go to the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) which launched an appeal for US$348M for relief efforts. The OCHA is currently headed by UN Under-Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Baroness Valerie Amos of the United Kingdom.”
OCHA is focusing its efforts on providing food, clean water and shelter as well as prioritizing the needs of women and girls who remain in a vulnerable position following the disaster.
The November 8th storm, known to Filipinos as Yolanda, was one of the most powerful typhoons ever to make landfall, packing sustained winds of up to 195 mph and triggering storm surges that devastated many coastal communities on the islands of Leyte and Samar.
At least 5,500 people were killed and an additional 1,700 are still listed as missing, according to the latest government count. More than a million homes were damaged or destroyed and 3.4 million people displaced. The storm also swept away trucks and fishing boats, ravaged businesses, and left agricultural fields under water.
“The enormity of this disaster is unprecedented, at least in the Asia-Pacific region, in terms of the geography,” said Sanny Jegillos, coordinator for crisis prevention and recovery at the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). “It’s much, much larger than the tsunami in Aceh.
“The rehabilitation cost will be more expensive for Haiyan, because a unit of a school will be more expensive than a school built in Aceh because of the design parameters.”
The government’s initial estimates point to a reconstruction cost of as much as 250 billion pesos ($5.7 billion). Aceh’s rebuilding over eight years required nearly $7 billion, funded by the Indonesian government and international donors.
Manila has said new structures in the typhoon-prone areas must be able to withstand winds of 300 kph (186 mph), close to Haiyan’s maximum winds when it slammed into Eastern Samar province before crossing the central Philippines.

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