Philippines

(asked on 15th December 2014) - View Source

Question to the Department for International Development:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what projects the Strengthening Humanitarian Preparedness in High Risk Contexts programme has established in the Philippines; and what the (a) outputs and (b) outcomes of those projects has been to date.


Answered by
Desmond Swayne Portrait
Desmond Swayne
This question was answered on 18th December 2014

The programme has provided the following support to WFP and UNICEF:

· WFP - £130,000 of emergency food supplies able to support 2.4 million people for a two-week period, responding to GoP requests for food, non-food and logistics equipment in various affected areas;

· UNICEF – £320,000 of emergency supplies able to support 6,000 households in Manila, 2,000 in Tacloban and 4,000 in Mindanao;

· 80% of UNICEF country staff trained in emergency response.

DFID will measure and assess outputs and outcomes in collaboration with WFP and UNICEF.

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