Typhoon Haiyan Response: Three years on

Report Update

11.2016

TYPHOON HAIYAN RESPONSE:

Three years on

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About the Cover: Kaloy (7), Princess (9), Curt (5), Pearly (7), and Justin (6) are enjoying playtime inside their new home. It’s amazing what 3 years of building resilience can do to help children recover from the scars of typhoon Haiyan.

Design and Layout: Juan Miguel Lago

Aaron Aspi / WVDF

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Contents FOREWORD OVERVIEW INTRODUCTION REBUILDING COMMUNITIES RESILIENT LIVELIHOODS RESPONDING WITH ACCOUNTABILITY FINANCIALS

Mark Nonkes / World Vision

CHALLENGES AND LESSONS LEARNED

Raising climate change awareness involves getting children to be proactive in taking care of the environment.

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Children benefit from kitchen gardens – vegetables are grown in idle plots or in recyclable containers to augment household food needs.

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Jennina Lanza/ World Vision

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Foreword We have gone a long way in our efforts to rebuild lives and restore communities 3 years after typhoon Haiyan struck in 2013. As we end our humanitarian response in 2016, World Vision Development Foundation in the Philippines is grateful for the opportunity to work together with Haiyan-affected communities from the emergency to the rehabilitation phase of the response – serving the needs of the most vulnerable in partnership with the government, donors and supporters who have greatly contributed to this worthwhile undertaking.

Since day 1 of the Typhoon Haiyan Response (THR), one thing is clear – the resilience of the Filipino people has always been the driving force behind the painstaking recovery that has yielded significant results over the course of 3 years. This translates to far more than 1,000 days of work involving more than 1,400 staff from the entire World Vision partnership all working together, reaching more than 1.6 million Filipinos during their most difficult times. We are grateful for all the resources entrusted to us to fulfill the daunting task of delivering much-needed aid and services to disaster-affected communities in the Visayas region.

From delivering truckloads of relief and emergency essentials, constructing water, shelter and health facilities to

strengthening livelihood, we embarked on a shared journey with the Haiyan survivors from survival to self-recovery.

From delivering aid to ending need, we supported disaster-affected communities by building their local capacities, while upholding the highest standards of accountability throughout our humanitarian response.

As we transition to development work, it is only fitting that we finish our work in Tacloban City and nearby areas in East Leyte – once called typhoon Haiyan’s ground zero. During the final year of the response, we focused on improving livelihood support and disaster risk reduction (DRR) through the Hope for Tacloban’s Children project, restoring urban spaces to create a more conducive living environment where children can live, learn and play as their families thrive and move to a promising future.

Since day 1, the resilience of the Filipino people has always been the driving force behind the painstaking recovery that has yielded significant results over the course of 3 years.

It is our prayer that disaster-affected families continue to lead meaningful lives post-Haiyan – stronger and better prepared in the face of impending disasters. World Vision remains steadfast in its commitment to promote a culture of safety and preparedness among Filipino youth and the rest of the country.

Mabuhay at daghang salamat!

God bless the Philippines!

AJAB-ARAM R. MACAPAGAT Humanitarian and Emergency Affairs Director World Vision Development Foundation-Philippines

ROMMEL V. FUERTE Acting National Director World Vision Development Foundation-Philippines

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Joy Toose / World Vision

Overview

Released into the air, paper planes contain children’s hopes and dreams. In community consultations, children affected by disasters expressed that when they go back to school they want to see their classrooms cleaned and repaired.

On November 8, 2013, typhoon Haiyan hit the Philippines. World Vision was one of the first organisations to respond. The World Vision Typhoon Haiyan Response (THR) worked in key sectors - food security, WASH (water, sanitation and hygiene), shelter, livelihood, cash-based programming, health, education and DRR (disaster risk reduction).

From the emergency to rehabilitation phase, the response covered four areas -- North Cebu, Panay, West Leyte and East Leyte serving 566 villages in 48 municipalities considered to be Haiyan’s hardest-hit areas according to

inter-agency damage assessments and government reports.

From early 2015, World Vision commenced the final phase of its response. THR focused its energy and resources in East Leyte municipalities of Alang-Alang, Dagami and Dulag where DRR mitigation projects are completed. In Tacloban City, 4,200 households benefited from the Hope for Tacloban Children’s Project, which aims to increase community resilience -- restoring community assets, creating safe spaces and rebuilding livelihoods that enable families and children to cope from post-disaster stresses and start anew.

Overall, the response has reached more than 1.6 M people in the Haiyan corridor in the Visayas region.

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During the rehabilitation phase, World Vision THR reached 84,727 people including children. Overall, the response has reached more than 1.6 million people people in the Haiyan corridor in the Visayas region. World Vision has established meaningful partnerships with local authorities, government agencies, NGOs and community members. Humanitarian accountability is at the heart of our work, creating stronger social cohesion and community participation in programme areas.

Transitioning to development work, World Vision is ending its humanitarian response in Leyte province by the end of 2016. However, the organisation will remain active in Leyte province where it has had development programmes since 1982, focusing on child protection, health and nutrition, disaster risk reduction and economic development.

During the rehabilitation phase, World Vision’s Typhoon Haiyan Response reached

84,727

people, including children

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RESPONSE SUMMARY (QUICK FACTS AS OF OCTOBER 6, 2016)

1,638,833 people reached during the relief, recovery and rehabilitation phase

102,957

people benefited from cash-for-work

114,981

people benefited from livelihoods, including livestock distribution, training for alternative livelihoods, business start-up toolkits and community savings groups (COMSCA)

23,000

school children benefited from repair/ construction of classrooms/temporary learning spaces and distribution of learning kits

675,788

people benefited from DRR trainings, community drills, and distribution of preparedness, and search and rescue equipment

68,504

people benefited from hygiene promotion and community-led sanitation initiatives

72,063

people benefited from health interventions including:

67,200

people benefited from distribution of shelter materials and tool kits, construction of homes and trainings

medical equipment and supplies at local health facilities in the area of nutritional assessment; replacement equipment for obstetric and maternal care provided to health facilities; extensive repair and reconstruction work to health centres and stations.

Jennina Lanza / World Vision

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New house, new start

By Aaron Aspi

Lady Alota and her family lost their house to typhoon Haiyan in 2013. They’re one of the 200 families who received shelter assistance from World Vision.

These families were once exposed to unsafe living conditions – they used to live in houses with weak foundation, unsafe walls and makeshift roofing. This can be a problem in urban communities that are prone to flooding and landslides.

“I don’t have to worry about our safety and comfort. I am happy and grateful we have a new house,” said Lady. She can raise her children in a sturdy house they can now call ‘home’.

‘Build-back better’ techniques were used to construct these 17.5 square metre houses for low-income families. Made of timber or composite material, the plan also included a toilet. Built with strong foundation, these houses are designed to withstand extreme weather conditions especially during the rainy season.

“We also joined community drills to help us prepare during disasters,” Lady shared. Her neighbourhood practised their community evacuation in case of fire or earthquake. Early warning and community preparedness are key to keeping people safe and casualties low.

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Mark Nonkes / World Vision

Introduction It’s important for children to feel loved and cared for. Children need to be protected for them to thrive and grow into good, productive citizens.

HOPE FOR TACLOBAN’S CHILDREN During the rehabilitation phase of the response, World Vision saw the need to support Haiyan-affected communities that remained underserved in the urban areas of Tacloban City. In consultation with the communities, areas were mapped in terms of their vulnerability and citywide interventions were identified in 10 villages in the eastern and northern part of the city.

Results from the community consultations expressed people’s need for livelihood support, for their community assets to be rebuilt, and for them to be given more training on DRR and community preparedness.

This called for a response approach that promoted resilience at the community and household level by ensuring that physical risks in communities were reduced while economic security through livelihood trainings were enhanced giving people more opportunities.

Workers from low-income families learned to improve their trade through technical skills training for employability, microenterprise training and capital support for small-scale business entrepreneurs. Farmers in the northern part of the city received agricultural tools, livestock training and support.

Community savings supported family needs and kitchen gardens increased daily food supply.

World Vision worked with government and community partners to increase the income-generating capacity of people in affected communities and to reduce disaster risk in danger zones.

Citywide facilities – schools, community centres, solar streetlights, latrines, canals, pathways, parks and playgrounds were repaired to enhance public spaces and provide safe places for children to live, learn and play.

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WORLD VISION’S RESPONSE

HAIYAN RESPONSE AREAS Panay Island Northern Cebu Western Leyte Eastern Leyte Tacloban City

EMERGENCY RELIEF PHASE (NOV. 2013 - FEB. 2014) RESPONSE AREAS Panay Island Northern Cebu Western Leyte

789,816

people

Emergency Shelter & Non-Food Items

Education in Emergency

Food

Health

Water & Sanitation

Livelihood/ CFW

Eastern Leyte Tacloban City Ormoc City

Child Protection

RECOVERY PHASE (MAR. 2014 - DEC. 2014) RESPONSE AREAS Panay Island Northern Cebu Western Leyte

321,403

people

Shelter

Education

DRR

Water & Sanitation

Livelihood/ CBP

Infrastructure

Health

ATiP

Eastern Leyte Tacloban City Ormoc City

REHABILITATION PHASE (JAN. 2015 - DEC. 2016) RESPONSE AREAS Western Leyte Eastern Leyte Tacloban City

84,727

people

Shelter

DRR

Water & Sanitation

Livelihood/ CBP

Infrastructure

Project HOPE

Ormoc City

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Rebuilding Communities The devastation brought by typhoon Haiyan underscored the need to ensure that rehabilitation initiatives should have a strong Disaster Risk Reduction focus. This would raise awareness and broaden understanding of how communities can better prepare for disasters.

Local Disaster Risk Reduction and Management councils were trained, and local government bodies were provided with climate database software and equipment.

Community groups were trained in the Community Voice and Action (CVA) approach, empowering them to engage with their local authorities.

Families were given quick run bags and attended community drills to apply their training during a simulated emergency. Village responders were organised to support early warning and evacuation, fire prevention, search and rescue, basic life support, first aid and relief distribution. All of these efforts contributed to strengthening participation of communities owning the responsibility to protect their families from future disasters as part of their recovery.

Rhonda Hirst / World Vision

In the rehabilitation phase, disasterrelated assessments on the hazards and vulnerabilities in villages were conducted through community

mapping and consultations. World Vision focused on building resilience of communities at the household level through the Disaster-Ready Families (DRF) approach, promoting the value of disaster preparedness among family members as they underwent a weeklong training on fire and earthquake safety (urban) and flooding (rural).

Clean-up drives through cash-for-work programmes helped reduce risks in hazardous and flood-prone areas.

Clean-up drives utilised more than 100 trucks to haul debris with the help of 2,902 cash-for-work participants.

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Aside from enhancing the community’s local capacity to respond to disasters, World Vision also addressed the need to keep families and their children protected from hazardous surroundings. Clean-up drives utilised at least 100 trucks to haul hundreds of tonnes of debris with the help of 2,902 cash-for-work participants. In areas where houses stand near lowlying areas and stagnant canals, backfill work covered exposed areas, improving drainage and clearing access from neighbourhood alleys and pathways to main roads. World Vision was also able to support shelter needs of 200 families whose houses were in hazardous and flood-prone surroundings.

In the urban areas where World Vision works, public facilities were also rehabilitated and constructed to bring back and create safer spaces where people congregate. Multi-purpose community centres serve as venues for wellness activities, social occasions

and village meetings. Centres also serve as rendezvous points and temporary evacuation areas during large-scale emergencies. Solar street lamps improve visibility at night, help deter street violence and keep communities safe. Village and school playgrounds were also built for the enjoyment of children recognising their need for safe play areas. Refurbished classrooms and newly constructed facilities such as school stages, toilets, wash areas and perimeter fencing help maintain a conducive learning environment in schools where children are safe and protected.

14,900

benefited from trainings, community drills, quick run bags and preparedness equipment

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school playgrounds

and repair works in 25 schools are now being enjoyed by more than

people in 17 villages

students

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additional homes community playgrounds and parks

World Vision was able to support shelter needs of 200 families whose houses are in hazardous and flood-prone surroundings

In rural areas of eastern Leyte, repaired structures like bridges, culvert and riprap (piled rock to prevent erosion) help protect farms from floods, enhance agricultural activities and help improve farm to market access. Vetiver grass and fruit trees were planted to protect the water banks and prevent erosion as part of DRR mitigation measures in communities.

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32,000

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solar street lamps community latrines

2,370 3,441 667

cubic metres of backfill linear metres of canals

linear metres of pathways with railings

were repaired in highly populated communities

multipurpose centres

constructed

Aaron Aspi / World Vision

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DRR preparedness as part of community rehabilitation

By Aaron Aspi

Village residents woke up early and gathered in their newly constructed multi-purpose hall. After a week of disaster preparedness training, they were now ready for their community drill. Teams trooped to their stations as they prepared to do community evacuation, search and rescue, firefighting, first aid and relief distributions.

“Before only the village officials were trained which resulted in confusion. Now, World Vision’s disaster risk reduction (DRR) programme centres on household and community preparedness as we support government efforts to attain zero casualties during disasters,” shared Reynato Cano, DRR Coordinator.

World Vision’s Disaster-Ready Family (DRF) training included 32,000 people from 17 villages. Families also received quick run bags, which consisted of a hygiene kit, first aid kit, pair of slippers, whistle, and DRR info flyers. It even had a set of crayons and colouring book for children. Medicine cabinets were provided to schools. Disaster preparedness information was provided on tarpaulins in community noticeboard areas.

Fulgencio Agravante shared, “I want to check our family preparedness so we joined the community drill. It’s good to know what to do before, during and after disasters. I don’t want a repeat of what we experienced during typhoon Haiyan so this is a good learning experience.”

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Rogelio Pagobo, 66, improved his trade as a baker by attending a short course. A school noticed his exceptional baking skills and hired him as a trainer.

Rogelio’s wife sells his homebaked bread at the market.

He hopes to earn enough to build his own bakery.

Restoring the livelihoods of Haiyanaffected families was one of the most pressing challenges during the response. Devastated livelihoods also affected families’ ability to access basic services and support their daily needs.

According to the government’s 2015 poverty report, 2 out of 10 families in Leyte province were living in extreme poverty. Leyte’s subsistence incidence has increased from pre-Haiyan levels to 2015 rate of Php 7663 (est US$160) per month for a family of five to survive.1 In World Vision-assisted urban communities livelihood interventions were in the form of micro-enterprise

training in partnership with government agencies and training institutions This helped trainees set up and enhance their small businesses in food processing, food services management, bread and pastry baking and cosmetics. Short duration trainings were also provided, together with toolkits and capital to support their businesses and encourage the recovery of small entrepreneurs.

Government-certified technical skills training for gainful employment were also provided to individuals for work opportunities related to hotel, restaurant services, food processing and cookery, driving, consumer electronics

1 2015 Poverty Report, National Economic Development Authority

Aaron Aspi / World Vision

Resilient Livelihoods

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and computer hardware servicing, and construction-related work like welding, plumbing and masonry. With their training certified by TESDA – the national technical education agency – they now have the skills and national qualifications fit for employment.

Urban agriculture was also adopted to augment household food needs. Using ordinary household recyclables as plant containers, kitchen gardens were set up in communal areas and idle plots to grow different vegetables like pechay, eggplant, okra and bell pepper.

Aaron Aspi / World Vision

In northern Tacloban, World Vision supported the livelihood needs of host communities: people who were looking after typhoon-affected survivors, yet were affected, themselves. Host communities had been exposed to the economic strain of hosting relocated families.

Agricultural support and trainings for farmers helped boost local food production.

Agro-based interventions were provided as support to families living in small farms with backyard production of high value vegetables and cash crops, and small livestock (pigs and layer chickens). Practical entrepreneurship training also helped people boost their income through effective agribusiness management practices.

Community savings groups called COMSCA (community managed savings and credit association) were formed to encourage savings behaviour and increase economic resilience.

Leadership, financial literacy and management trainings were also provided to COMSCA members to help sustain their groups.

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In 2015, Leyte’s subsistence incidence has increased to Php 7663 (est US$160) per month for a family of five to survive.

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2,209

households benefited from skills-based trainings to enhance small businesses and and technicalbased competencies

804

3,033

people participated in entrepreneurship trainings

farmers received agricultural packages (crops, layers and hogs)

families received kitchen garden support

205

CoMSCA groups (with 3,285 members) in Tacloban City have US$116,000 in savings

Layer poultry farming provides farmers with a daily supply of fresh eggs that they sell for additional income.

Aaron Aspi / World Vision

3,206

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Responding with Accountability Community engagement is an important part of our work, ensuring we hear the voices of communities we serve. From sharing timely and accurate information, to receiving community feedback, humanitarian accountability ensures a range of community members have a say in the decision-making process.

From assessments, to designing and monitoring projects and to evaluations, we incorporate feedback from the elderly, women, people with disabilities, and most importantly, children.

Having an established feedback mechanism in our response areas builds trust and enhances good working relationships among government, community partners and other humanitarian partners.

611 636

World Vision responds to community feedback through its Complaint and Response Mechanism (CRM).

During the rehabilitation phase and as World Vision Typhoon Haiyan programmes transition in the communities, exit messages help families receive relevant programme and disaster information. Community members are encouraged to send feedback through suggestion boxes, frontline sms and through their Community Recovery Committee (CRC) whose members are equipped to handle consultation meetings and respond to queries and clarifications.

Up to 90 percent of community feedback was answered within 2 weeks and given appropriate action.

volunteers mobilised in 75 CRCs

75

children are members of consultation groups in 7 urban communities

community members received orientation on complaints and response mechanisms

912

community members provided feedback

406 women 279 men 227 unclassified

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COMMUNITY FEEDBACK FLOWCHART

REPORT Community

1 day

FrontlineSMS Feedback Boxes Meetings One-on-One Help Desk

5 days

RECORD

5 days

RESPOND

Feedback Registry Feedback Summary (Weekly) Community Feedback Report (Fortnightly)

Pregnant women go to nearby health centres to get regular check-ups and ensure that their babies are born healthy.

Feedback Update

Operations / Supply Management / Teams FrontlineSMS Frequently Asked Questions Meetings One-on-One Help Desk

Aaron Aspi / World Vision

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Financials (As of September 2016)

TOTAL EXPENDITURE

US$68.5 million EXPENSES BY PHASE

EXPENSES BY FUNDING STRUCTURE

4% 36%

40% US$

68.5

US$

68.5

49%

MILLION

MILLION

47%

24% Rehabilitation (Jan 2014 - Sep 2016)

Grants

Recovery (Mar 2014 - Dec 2014)

Gifts-in-Kind

Relief (Nov 2013 - Feb 2014)

Private non-sponsorship

EXPENSES BY COST ALLOCATION

12%

EXPENSES BY SECTOR

3%

15%

US$

88%

68.5

27% 2%

Programme Cost Support Cost

20% US$

68.5

MILLION

Shelter

MILLION

9%

Water, Sanitation & Hygiene (WASH)

8% 16%

DRR & Advocacy Children & Education DME & Accountability Emergency Relief Health Livelihoods

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Starting them young: quick run bags support disaster preparedness measures and help build community resilience.

Joy Maluyo / World Vision

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Jennina Lanza / World Vision

Challenges and lessons learned

Children enjoy their new playground.

Playing fosters creativity and cooperation. It creates a safe space for discovery and learning.

Responding to the needs of Haiyanaffected areas and working through the rehabilitation phase, NGOs like World Vision have faced challenges working in post-disaster urban context. Lowincome families living in urban and periurban communities have limited access to basic services leaving them exposed to vulnerabilities – insufficient sources of income, sub-standard housing, and unsafe neighbourhoods and lack of water supply and hygiene facilities.

World Vision also faced issues on land rights, cash economy and congestion that affects the urban psyche of affected

families in Tacloban City. These issues are relevant as we determined our focus on strengthening livelihood and long-term resilience of communities in the hardest-hit areas in the city.

Improving household income and repairing community assets will hopefully lead to better living conditions for families and their children.

As the response closes by the end 2016, the following themes will be closely studied and reflected upon during subsequent evaluation and lessons learned activities.

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TRANSITIONING FROM URBAN RESPONSE TO DEVELOPMENT WORK Issues related to urbanisation and poverty are magnified the most when disasters strike. Responding to typhoon Haiyan served as an opportunity to increase our knowledge and capacity in operating in a fast-changing urban context, challenging our assumptions of the rural and urban divide and addressing the needs of disasteraffected families and communities. In addressing the gap between emergency aid and sustainable development work in affected communities, resilience-building approaches become the emerging driver in future development programming.

LEARNING AND INNOVATION Haiyan-affected areas also served as a learning hub for humanitarians – we need to underscore the importance of partnership and collaboration in driving innovation. Innovative ways in logistics through the use of technology

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– such as Last Mile Mobile Solutions (LMMS) together with Non-food Tracking System (NTS) improved the efficiency of aid delivery and services.

Engaging local and international cash delivery mechanisms through cash-based programming was also instrumental in increasing the scale and reach of our humanitarian assistance, improving the economic resilience of households and local markets.

EFFECTIVE RESPONSE MANAGEMENT How can we further improve as an urban-ready humanitarian organisation?

It is important for World Vision to draw lessons from its rehabilitation work in the urban response setting.

The resources, capacity and tools used should be carefully considered to come up with the response strategy that promotes an urban resilience framework. Integration and collaboration with stakeholders are key to ensure local participation and accountability in the communities affected.

Jon Warren / World Vision

For 3 years, around 1,400 World Vision staff were involved during the Typhoon Haiyan Response from emergency to rehabilitation phase providing humanitarian support to the most vulnerable children, families and communities.

It looks like I’m not the only one enjoying World Vision’s new playground at the Tacloban Astrodome. It’s great that the children here finally have a safe place to play.”

Mark Nonkes / World Vision

Marc Nelson Disaster Risk Reduction Ambassador, WVDF-Philippines

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