Reference :
V-P-PH-E-00792
Date :
18/11/2013
Caption :
Eastern Samar province, Mercedes municipality, Busay. One of the first communities reached by the ICRC response. The typhoon, which brought winds of 300kmh, has caused damage to thousands of homes across the Philippines.
Confidentiality level :
public
Publication restrictions :
publication without restrictions
Description :
ICRC website, News release, 17/11/2013
Excerpt
Geneva / Manila (ICRC) – Much-needed aid has reached residents of Guiuan, Mercedes and Salcedo, in south-eastern Samar where Typhoon Haiyan swept away several shoreline communities in the central Philippines.
Today, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the Philippine Red Cross started distributing food (rice, oil, sugar, salt, soy sauce, coffee and tins of sardines) to 10,860 families (54,300 people). The beneficiaries also received soap.
...
For its relief operation in response to Typhoon Haiyan in Samar, the ICRC has launched an initial appeal for 15 million Swiss francs (over 16 million US dollars) to aid 180,000 people for a period of three months.
Original material :
digital
Resolution :
3648x2736
Orientation :
landscape
Colour/B&W :
colour
