GENEVA (Reuters) – The United Nations on Friday asked for $46 million to help hundreds of thousands of people affected by a series of devastating typhoons in the Philippines.
The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said the assistance would be used to help meet urgent needs in areas whose homes, medical facilities and government offices were wrecked by typhoons Durian and Utor.
UNICEF, the UN children’s agency, said the lives of half a million students in the Philippines were disrupted by the storms, which destroyed up to nine out of 10 schools in some areas. Textbooks, computers and other supplies were heavily damaged.
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President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo has already released P1B for the Reming victims in Albay and other affected areas. It will be used for relief operations and restorations of infrastructure. But with thousands of homeless victims and millions of infrastructure destroyed, P1B can hardly suffice.
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Super Typhoon “Reming” (International name, Durian) has left the Philippine’s area of responsibility. It left thousands homeless and hundreds of weeping families as the death toll reaches up to 400 people.
Let’s give them even a minute of our prayers.
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