Nearly a year after Typhoon Yolanda (Haiyan), 400 families still live in tents in Tacloban City while hundreds stay in temporary houses. The bunkhouses are very temporary, very, very temporary. A bunkhouse resident in Palo, said a bunkhouse is better than none.
. Presidential Assistant for Rehabilitation and Recovery office showed the government had rebuilt and completed:
6 of 43 damaged ports,
213 of 19,600 classrooms,
21 of 161 civic centers,
3 of 34 bridges.
6 km 116 km of damaged roads,
The government has released about 51.9 billion pesos ($ 1.15 billion) for the initial recovery work but only 450 homes will be completed and ready for turnover to displaced families on Nov. 8, typhoon first year anniversary.
About 75.6 billion would be spent on new townships where homes would be able to withstand winds of 250 kph, once built.
A program of an up-close inspection of the incredible destruction was performed to gain unique insight into the current situation.Tacloban still bears the indelible scars of Haiyan's (Yolanda's) destructive path with evidence of it everywhere:
1) The Daniel Z. Romualdez Airport has only been partially reconstructed, and significant parts of the city is still on the road to recovery.
2) A grounded cargo ship that remains manned by the stranded crew to this day,
3) A temporary burial site where thousands of bodies had to be identified before being exhumed for placement in permanent graves later.
4) A school that remains eerily frozen in time after being completely gutted by the typhoon's storm surge, which was fueled by winds that reached an average of 195 mph (310 kmph).
5) The program also visits a healing camp where affected children are being taught to forget what they have experienced, and to begin to trust the ocean again.
The Department of Education (DepEd), as of October 15, has already completed the construction of 101 new classrooms, 209 new classrooms have been built by DepEd partners from the private sector. The total of 310 of the 2,300 needed classrooms have been built one year after Super Typhoon Yolanda (international name: Haiyan).
STATUS OF Classrooms (REHABILITATION AND REPAIR)
Total number for repair and rehabilitation-- 70 335
Completely rehabilitated and repaired ------ 877
Ongoing repair and rehabilitation ------------- 2,646
Ongoing procurement --------------------------- 3170
Ongoing validation ------------------------------- 10,600
After the storm uncovers, everything that was being done:
The frightening aspect of corpse management,
Keeping the local open air terminal as a lifeline
in conjunction with the US military,
Reconnecting power,
Helping survivors cope with the emotional trauma of the disaster and the pain of loss,
Clearing the downed countless number of coconut trees and logging the remaining dead trees to prevent infestation,
Preparing for the next possible megastorm.
Some of the grounded cargo ships were removed.Other ship owners faced delays in their insurance claims that would have been used for salvaging operations.
There are barangay officials asking for assistance damage [from ship owners]. Apart delayed from the documentation for the claims of insurance, other reason for the delaying of vessels' removal is due to lack of space for salvage operations. The place is cramped. People living in the villages already make shanties near the ship and when they (salvors) work, people will not leave the place without compensation.And that is why removing vessels takes longer time. Vessel owners were originally given 90 days to remove their ships after Yolanda hit Manila and Bacolod in November last year.
In Tacloban City, the ships that have stayed grounded are:
M / V Happy V
M / V Jocelyn Eve
M / V RKK Uno
M / V Tomi Elegance
M / V Jaguar
In Guiuan,there are still stranded:
M / V Northern Star
Vicente barge-1
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| Catholic priests hold Mass for victims who died during the onslaught of typhoon Yolanda in Tacloban City |
The WHO
November 8, 2014 marks the first year anniversary of the devastating typhoon that battered Central Visayas, Philippines. WHO Representative in the Philippines Julie Hall told a press conference that about 600 health facilities in affected areas Yolanda sustained huge damage, but reconstruction in two-thirds of these has yet to start. She however noted that the real time to ask the question about the speed of rebuilding health facilities, is in another year's time considering the extent of damage that the typhoon caused.She noted how important it is for a major hospital to be the last building standing during disasters.
She even said that in only one year, comprehensive health services were already available across Yolanda-affected areas. "We are looking to continue our help and support to the government to make sure the energy, the momentum, the engineering work and the funding continue , so that all the facilities are built back in a manner that can withstand future super typhoons, "she also said.
Hall also lauded the Philippine government's guidelines on building back safer and stronger health facilities which has already been developed years before Yolanda.The Philippines in terms of its guidelines was ahead of many countries in the world.
WHO received a total of nearly $ 17 million from international contributors. This amount was spent on different needs, such as medicines, medical equipment, quick repair of health facilities, policy support and training for health workers.
6,081------- homes built
13 506----- households received cash or materials for shelter repair assistance
29 061 ----- *households received USD 220 (Rs 90,658) for livelihood support
7 ------------ health facilities built, repaired and equipped
128,000---- people reached through hygiene promotion activities
14,300 ----- people received psychosocial and emotional support
1,493------- water systems repaired or constructed
192 --------- equipped classrooms and repaired
Such accomplishments would have been impossible if not for the volunteers who helped.
The organizations received a total of $ 386.6 million in support of Yolanda operations. Of this amount, 59% came from the general public, others come from 136 Red Cross and Red Crescent societies globally. With the vast amount of support coming in, Red Cross conducted audits and assessments of its expenses in Yolanda operations.
The following data is the breakdown of the Red Cross' Yolanda operational expenses:
Community and shelter and infrastructure Shelter --- $ 38 million
Food and livelihood ------------------------- $ 36 million
Hygiene promotion & water sanitation - $ 2.385 million
Health care ------------------------------------- $ 10 million
Disaster risk reduction ---------------------- $ 2.28 million
Capacity building ---------------------------- $ 4.46 million
Programme support and coordination --- $ 14.9 million
One year has passed. Properties were destroyed, lives were lost, but lessons were also learned. But the survivors of Yolanda are still standing and getting strong.Tacloban's recovery has been arduous and reconstruction is still in progress, but it begins moving forward.
LOOKING BACK THE AFTERMATH:
By the evening of November 7, Public Storm Warning Signal (PSWS) No. 4, the highest level of warning which indicates winds in excess of 185 km / h (115 mph) are expected, in Eastern Samar, Biliran Island, Leyte, northern Cebu, Cebu, Leyte and Samar. Through November 8, PSWS No. 4 continued to expand, to areas including southern Luzon.
Although wind speeds were extreme, the main cause of damage and death appears to have been a storm surge. The major site of devastation appears to have been on the east coast of Leyte and Samar, with a particular focus on Tacloban, because of its location between Leyte and Samar, and the large population in low-lying places. Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Mar Roxas said the scale of the relief operation that was currently needed was overwhelming, with some areas described as a wasteland of mud and debris.
NOW AFTER A YEAR,
THE RISE AND RECOVERY OF TACLOBAN CITY.
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NOTE:
Pope will visit Yolanda survivors in Leyte on January 17 from 10 am to 4:30 pm As part of his itinerary, the Pope will hold an open Mass at Tacloban airport beginning at 10 am After that he will proceed to the archbishop's residence in Swipe to dine with the poor.
NOVEMBER 2013 NOVEMBER 2014
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