The Human Response Consortium-Oxfam has distributed a total of P4,212,000 unconditional cash grants for the 2,808 families affected by Typhoon Pablo in Compostela Valley and Davao Oriental.
“The unconditional cash grants were given to vulnerable groups like the elderly, and residents in the affected areas whose houses were badly damaged by the typhoon,” HRC-Oxfam Information Management Officer Eula Ganir said.
Ganir said this is just one of the interventions of HRC in the aftermath of the typhoon. HRC’s interventions include the Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH), Emergency Financial Sustainable Livelihood (EFSL), Shelter and Camp Coordination Camp Management (CCCM).
HRC was initiated by Oxfam even before Typhoon Pablo as immediate responses to any calamity. It involves ASWD or A Single Drop of Water, RDIISK or Rural Development Institute of Sultan Kudarat, PDRRN or People’s Disaster Risk Reduction Inc and KFI or Kadtuntaya Foundation Inc.
“Under the EFSL program, HRC has also provided cash for work opportunities for 822 people in the affected provinces at a rate of P250 per day,” Ganir said. These were the people hired for VIP latrine construction.
She said out of the 6000 targeted families for the cash for work opportunity for drainage and clean-up campaign, only 35 percent or 2,096 families were given such opportunity at one person per family
More than the financial grants, Ganir said it is important to keep the evacuation centers orderly which explains their CCCM thrust. This includes capacity building for camp leaders who will ensure that the rights of the people there are respected.[LAC]
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