· - World Vision supported more than 9,000
typhoon-affected families in the provinces of Bohol, Cebu, Negros Occidental,
and Surigao del Norte
· - World Vision provided life-saving essentials including
emergency shelter kits, hygiene kits, kitchen kits, water purification kits,
food packs, and non-food items including mosquito nets and blankets.
· - World Vision is concerned with the wellbeing of the affected population especially children, as many communities are still reeling from the impact of the typhoon.
A month after Typhoon Odette (international name Rai) entered Philippine shores and left billions worth of agriculture and infrastructure damages, World Vision supported more than 9,000 families including 10,912 children with life-saving relief aid in the provinces of Bohol, Cebu, Negros Occidental, and Surigao del Norte.
World Vision, a child-focused and relief aid organization, distributed more than 2,000 food packs, 2,200 hygiene kits, 1,600 kitchen kits, 2,200 non-food items, 1,000 shelter kits, and 900 water purification kits to families who were left without electricity, homes, water, and communications signal for weeks.
World Vision also provided a 7x6 meter tent in Siargao Island, one of the hardest hit communities in Mindanao, south of the Philippines, to assist the local government’s medical efforts in the island.
“We are grateful for the generous contribution of our sponsors and donors to the organization’s emergency response,” says Rommel Fuerte, National Director of World Vision in the Philippines. “But more work needs to be done, especially for the children’s wellbeing.”
Fuerte, who visited affected families and children in Surigao del Norte for several days last December 2021, also expresses his concerns on the impact of Typhoon Odette on children. “For several days, even until now, many of the communities in the affected provinces have no electricity. Families have no proper shelter, and difficulty getting clean water. In a situation such as this, children’s health is at risk making them more vulnerable to illnesses, which will become a cause for concern amid the continuous spike in the number of COVID-19 cases in the country.”
World Vision remains committed to serve more affected families in hard-to-reach areas and complement government efforts in rebuilding devastated communities – providing a safe place for children.
For more information and how you can support World Vision’s emergency
response, please visit www.worldvision.org.ph or follow World Vision’s official social media pages
/worldvisionph on Facebook, @worldvisionphl on Instagram, and @worldvisionph on
Twitter.
About World Vision
World Vision is a Christian relief, development, and advocacy
organization dedicated to working with children, their families, and
communities to overcome poverty and injustice. Inspired by its Christian faith
and values, it is dedicated to working with the world’s most vulnerable people.
It serves and collaborates with all people regardless of religion, race,
ethnicity, or gender.
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