Our Condolences and Best Wishes for the People of The Philippines in the Aftermath of Typhoon Haiyan

[sharon sanders]

We offer condolences to all those affected by typhoon Haiyan. Via a post by Ronan Kelly there are 1,1774 fatalities that have occurred in the Philippines as a result of typhoon Haiyan.

Français:

http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?p=514121#post514121

English:

http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?p=514123#post514123


There are many news outlets who are providing extensive coverage of this event so we are updating only basic information, such as the official government updates, and a few selected articles. Crof is providing extensive coverage here. As always, please use at least 2 sources for news.


Also, the World Health Organization is assisting:

WHO ‏@WHO 1h
WHO supporting Philippines Government with arrival of medical supplies after #TyphoonHaiyan http://goo.gl/xkghcO
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WHO ‏@WHO 2h
People with diabetes or heart disease will need to continue receiving their regular medication post-#TyphoonHaiyan in the Philippines
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WHO ‏@WHO 2h
12,000 babies expected to be born this month in the #TyphoonHaiyan affected areas, their "regular" health needs will need to be met
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WHO ‏@WHO 2h
Field hospitals are fully self-sufficient—bringing all of their own food, water, electricity, medical supplies and personnel #TyphoonHaiyan
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WHO ‏@WHO 2h
Field hospitals will be set up at locations where local hospitals have been destroyed by #TyphoonHaiyan in the Philippines
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WHO ‏@WHO 2h
More medical teams from Australia and Germany are expected today and tomorrow in the Philippines #TyphoonHaiyan
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WHO ‏@WHO 3h
Field hospitals w/ medical teams from Belgium, Israel, Japan, Norway are currently on the ground in the Philippines #TyphoonHaiyan
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WHO ‏@WHO 3h
WHO is helping the Govt to strengthen its early warning alert and response network to rapidly detect disease outbreaks #TyphoonHaiyan
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WHO ‏@WHO 3h
WHO is working with other humanitarian orgs to secure urgently needed water purification tablets #TyphoonHaiyan
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WHO ‏@WHO 3h
WHO is supporting the Govt of the Philippines in coordinating incoming relief supplies from >30 intl humanitarian health orgs #TyphoonHaiyan
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WHO ‏@WHO 3h
In support of the Govt of the Philippines, WHO is coordinating all health-related aspects of the emergency response to #TyphoonHaiyan


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We caution everyone to carefully consider donations to the many relief organizations that are requesting money for typhoon Haiyan efforts. Before you donate, please look at the record of the organization and review how much of their budget is spent on actual assistance versus administrative costs.

 

[Pathfinder]

Re: Our Condolences and Best Wishes for the People of The Philippines in the Aftermath of Typhoon Haiyan

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Typhoon survivors growing 'desperate' as areas await relief
Aired: 11/11/2013
06:23
Expires: 12/11/2013

In some of the Philippines' most devastated regions, survivors of Typhoon Haiyan are returning to flattened communities with no food, water or sanitation, as officials struggle to provide relief. Angus Walker of Independent Television News reports from the city of Tacloban. Lynnette Lim of Save The Children joins Gwen Ifill.
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A few sites to donate:

UNICEF USA
Help save the lives of children in the Philippines
...Up to 4 million children may be affected by the typhoon
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UNICEF staff in the Philippines are rushing into position to deliver aid. More emergency experts are on the way. In Copenhagen, 60 metric tons of emergency supplies ? for the health, medical and shelter needs of children ? are being readied for an emergency airlift, to arrive within 48 hours.
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Every moment matters for these children. Please, support UNICEF's emergency response in the Philippines...

https://secure.unicefusa.org/site/Donation2?df_id=16500&16500.donation=form1
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SAVE THE CHILDREN
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The Impact on Children

Children are always among the most vulnerable in an emergency. Based on our first assessments and the magnitude of the disaster, we know that children are in urgent need of lifesaving support and safe places to recover from the stresses they feel from the loss of their homes and disruption of normal routines. Shortages of food, clean water and shelter in the disaster zone are taking a tremendous toll on children's health and well-being. Children who become malnourished will have a hard time warding off diseases, and incidences of children suffering from diarrhea resulting from dirty water and unsanitary conditions have been reported. And with thousands of schools damaged or destroyed or being used as shelters, children's education is being disrupted.

Save the Children's Response to Typhoon Haiyan

Save the Children has launched humanitarian relief for Filipino children and families. Our relief experts are on the scene, moving as quickly as conditions allow to assess children's needs and initiate the help they and their families require right now and for their recovery. We are also deploying additional relief experts to the Philippines to help support our planned large-scale relief and recovery operation.
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http://www.savethechildren.org/site/c.8rKLIXMGIpI4E/b.8856103/k.9BA3/Typhoon_Haiyan.htm

Donate to the Typhoon Haiyan Children's Relief Fund
https://secure.savethechildren.org/...an_Childrens_Relief_Fund/apps/ka/sd/donor.asp
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PHILIPPINE RED CROSS
http://www.redcross.org.ph/donate
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If you are looking for someone in the Philippines:

GOOGLE PERSON FINDER:

http://google.org/personfinder/2013-yolanda

 

[Pathfinder]

Re: Our Condolences and Best Wishes for the People of The Philippines in the Aftermath of Typhoon Haiyan

Typhoon Haiyan diary: Mud and ruin in Tacloban

By Nonoy Fajardo, UNICEF Disaster Risk Reduction and Emergency Specialist
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TACLOBAN, Philippines, 13 November 2013 ? I have been working on emergencies for more than 15 years now, and I seriously thought I had seen it all.

But flying into Tacloban on Monday as part of a United Nations assessment team, I was in for a shock.
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The dead were just lying there, among the dazed groups of survivors who were milling about. No structure was left untouched. Even the biggest and strongest concrete buildings were damaged.
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I went to the city coliseum to talk to survivors. Even before they opened their mouths, I could see in their eyes the shock, fear and frustration at what they had just been through.

One man saw me with my satellite phone and told me, ?Use that to call help and get food for us.?
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After traveling through the city, I reported back to colleagues in Manila with a few bars of phone signal I could get in this one spot I found.

There?s no need to assess anymore, I told them.

These people here have lost everything. They need everything.

http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/philippines_70904.html