Reference :
V-P-PH-E-00805
Date :
17/11/2013
Caption :
Eastern Samar province, Guiuan district. ICRC staff assesses the most pressing needs of the affected population.
Confidentiality level :
public
Publication restrictions :
publication without restrictions
Description :
The ICRC is focusing its efforts on Samar island, one of the hardest hit areas, which has also been affected by armed conflict and where the organization has been working for many years.
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.
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Guiuan, a district of nearly 48,000 people, was one of the places hardest hit by Typhoon Haiyan when it made landfall there. Most structures were massively damaged and the population was cut off from vital supplies.
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Original material :
digital
Resolution :
3648x2736
Orientation :
landscape
Colour/B&W :
colour
