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Saturday 24 October 2020
This year I’ll be spending Christmas on the island of Panay in the Philippines, where families have had their homes and their livelihoods wiped out by typhoon Haiyan, writes Clare Ahern.
The devastation is still apparent, writes Clare Ahern, who says it’s vital that people’s livelihoods are now restored.
The 16 tonnes of supplies are being sent from Irish Aid’s stocks in Malaysia.
Aid agencies say transportation of second hand goods can sometimes mean essential supplies don’t make it to where they’re needed.
Latest figures estimate 4.3 million people lost their homes, double the number of those made homeless by the Indian Ocean tsunami of 2004.
The aid is being sent by GOAL on a special Aer Lingus flight to the stricken country.
The damage caused by Typhoon Yolande is almost impossible to put into words, writes Eoghan Rice, who is on the ground in the Philippines.
The aid agency is overseeing a programme to renovate 2,000 damaged fishing boats in areas where fishing communities were devastated by the storm.
GOAL has said that the humanitarian situation caused by Typhoon Haiyan is as bad as anything it had encountered in its 36 year history.
The funding brings to over €3 million the amount pledged by the Irish Government.
In Tacloban, babies continue to arrive and are the most vulnerable to the region’s problems.
An Irish scuba resort owner on a tiny Filipino island is raising funds that go directly to stricken communities in the area, which he says has been ‘flattened’.
The tiny island of Malapascau, and the ‘Evolution’ resort run by Irishman David Joyce, were in the direct line of the storm when Haiyan hit nine days ago.
Everybody’s talking about the aid crisis in the Philippines, Labour senator injured and the ASTI’s refusal to accept the Haddington Road deal.
The UN says at least 4,460 people died after the super typhoon but the government says the figure is 2,360.
The head of the UN humanitarian fund says that six days on, logistical problems mean help still hasn’t reached some places.
The NGO is calling for an increase to the €1 million already committed.
The country has already sent aid worth €1.5 million to the island…but is it enough?
The UN estimates more than 11.3 million people have been affected with 673,000 made homeless, since Haiyan smashed into the nation’s central islands on Friday.
A large crowd of hungry survivors carried away more than 100,000 bags of rice.
As a Filipino, I know we’re a resilient nation – but this time the devastation is so great that people are truly desperate. This sort of disaster is simply unprecedented, writes Dr Natasha Reyes.
5 minutes, 5 stories, 5 o’clock…
Speaking at a UN conference last year, the Philippine envoy makes a tearful plea for action on climate change.
It comes as the US and Britain deploy warships to the islands. Some 10,000 people are feared dead in the wake of Typhoon Haiyan.
Evacuation flights from the devastated city are scarce, meaning that tensions are rising.
Charities are warning that the death toll in the Philippines which is currently estimated to be around 10,000 – is likely to rise.
60 metric tonnes of emergency aid is due to arrive in the Philippines tomorrow from UNICEF’s central supplies in Denmark.
Charities are warning that the death toll – currently estimated to be around 10,000 – is likely to rise.
Everyone’s talking about a stabbing in Limerick, Remembrance Day and devastation left by Typhoon Haiyan.
200 tarpaulins, 85 family tents, 10,000 blankets and other basic food and hygiene necessities are also being sent.
Plan Ireland has launched an emergency appeal, commenting that reports have underestimated the numbers of people who will need help to repair their homes and get their lives back on track.
Law enforcement has not caught up with advances in technology that are giving sexual predators access to vulnerable children, writes Hans Guyt.
Several hundred people have been confirmed dead in the Philippines, but that could rise dramatically as more cities report in.
The typhoon moved on to Vietnam today.
Dutch children’s rights organisation Terre des Hommes created a virtual character, known as Sweetie, to operate in public chat rooms in order to catch thousands of people.
The earthquake reached 7.2 on the Richter scale.
Dublin artist Murray Aston won a competition that sent him to the other side of the world.
The ferry, which was carrying 831 passengers and crew, collided with a cargo ship and sank almost instantly.
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