Oxfam’s Jane Beesley met Romeo Rosello (61) at a distribution for hygiene and water kits at Mancilang Baranguy, Madridejos, Bantayan Island, Cebu. As a senior citizen he was fast tracked through the distribution with other senior citizens, women who were pregnant, and those with disabilities. Over 600 families received hygiene and water kits that day. Romeo and his wife Lourdes were revisited on 27 November when they provided feedback on how useful they found the kits.
Philippines
Time running out to help farmers in Philippines
Millions of people in the Philippines will go hungry in the coming months if rice farmers don’t receive urgent assistance after typhoon Haiyan wiped out a third of the countries rice growing areas.
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Seven Sharp typhoon appeal auctions
Thanks to TVNZ’s Seven Sharp who have organised some awesome celebrity auctions to raise money for Typhoon Haiyan.
“There is hope!” A visit to an informal evacuation camp
Golda Hilario is an Oxfam Policy and Research Programme Officer in the Philippines. After Typhoon Haiyan struck, she was part of one of three Rapid Assessment Teams deployed to Tacloban, Leyte to assess what help people need, and plan how Oxfam should respond.
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Getting back and moving on….
“Typhoon Yolanda destroyed my two pump boats. Can you give me one so I can start earning my livelihood?”
Meet the families you helped in Cebu
When Oxfam distributed emergency aid in the village of Paypay in the northern tip of Cebu on November 15 and 16, photographer Jane Beesley met some of the recipients. Hygiene and water purification kits were given to over 800 families on November 15 and 16 in the coastal region of Daanbantayan which was badly affected by the typhoon.
