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- These women helped clean up their community by removing refuse from blocked drainage ditches as part of a cash-for-work program sponsored by Lutheran World Relief.
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- After the storm, cash-for-work activities were implemented to assist people whose livelihoods were destroyed by the typhoon. These activities included projects such as debris removal and cleaning out drainage and irrigation canals. More than 23,000 people participated in cash-for-work activities.
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- After more than 4 million people were displaced by the storm, shelter became an immediate need. Within 10 days after the typhoon hit, shelter repair assistance was given to more than 25,000 people who were impacted by the storm.
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- Safe drinking water, proper sanitation and hygiene materials were immediate concerns following the storm. In addition to increasing access to safe drinking water, hygiene kits containing soap, water collection buckets and toothbrushes were distributed to more than 65,000 people.
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- On the first anniversary of the typhoon, a woman weeps at the grave of her son in Tacloban, a city in the Philippines that was ravaged by the storm.
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- Because the storm disrupted many of the area’s major food sources, food security remains a major concern for many families. Food baskets, distributed to 20,000 people, consist of rations of rice, cooking oil, sugar, salt and dry fish for two weeks at a time. The food will be provided as needed through the end of January 2015.
Since Typhoon Haiyan struck the Philippines a year ago, impacting about 13 million people, members of the ELCA and others have contributed more than $2.5 million for the ELCA’s humanitarian assistance for the storm’s survivors. The funds are disbursed through Lutheran Disaster Response to support ongoing relief and recovery efforts carried out by Lutheran World Relief and the National Council of Churches of the Philippines.
