: /Pablo Response Action Plan for Recovery Philippines () Humanitarian Action Plan 2013

This document outlines the humanitarian community’s response to the immediate humanitarian needs arising from Typhoon Bopha. Highlights

• Between 4 and 7 December 2012, Typhoon Bopha, the most powerful storm to hit the Philippines in 2012, passed through the southern Philippines from Mindanao to , making landfall three times. • Out of the 5.4 million people affected, over 540 people are dead and 827 missing. • Some 368,672 people remain displaced; half of the displaced are in 173 evacuation centres; the remaining 190,871 people are staying in open areas or with family and friends. Over 46,000 houses are damaged or destroyed. • Initial rapid needs assessments and government priorities indicate dire needs in food, shelter, camp management, water and sanitation, protection and restoration of livelihoods. • By Proclamation No.522 of 7 December 2012, the President officially declared a national state of calamity and accepted offers of international assistance. • In support of Government efforts to respond to the immediate needs of the most affected people, US$65 million is sought to reach 481,000 people through 27 projects, implemented over a 3-6 month period.

5.4 million 368,672 481,000 $65 million Affected people Displaced Target beneficiaries Requested

Situation Overview In the early hours of 4 December 2012, Typhoon Bopha, locally known as Pablo, hit the east coast of Mindanao in the south of the Philippines. It was the 16th and most powerful typhoon to hit the Philippines in 2012. With accumulated rainfall of 500 mm per 24 hours and wind strength of 175 km per hour, Typhoon Bopha had twice the rainfall and three times the wind strength of , which struck in December 2011, claiming over 1,500 lives and affecting over half a million people. In the course of three days, Bopha moved westwards from across Mindanao, Negros Oriental and Palawan. According to the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC), a state of calamity has been declared nationally and by 50 provinces, municipalities and cities across 5 affected regions, namely Regions IV-B, VII, X, XI and XIII. Eastern Mindanao bore the brunt of the Typhoon, particularly the provinces of Davao Oriental, and Compostela Valley. The provinces are mostly rural areas inhabited by coastal and mountainous communities and with an economy largely based on agriculture, fisheries, forestry and mining. Approximately 80% of households rely on subsistence farming, producing basic commodities such as coconut, vegetables, bananas, coffee and cocoa. Despite extensive preparedness efforts by the Government and by communities, which clearly saved lives, some 540 people are reported dead and 827 missing. Of the 5.4 million affected people, 368,672 people are being served inside and outside evacuation centres. More than two thirds of these people are in Region XI. Over 46,000 houses have been damaged or destroyed, vast tracts of agricultural land have been ruined. Power is down in 21 municipalities and six areas are experiencing water supply interruptions. Classes have been suspended and schools used as evacuation centres.

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On 7 December, the President officially accepted the offer of international humanitarian assistance. In support of the Government’s response efforts, this document which forms a part of the Philippines (Mindanao) Humanitarian Action Plan (HAP) 2013 provides an overview of priority needs and funding requirements resulting from the impact of Typhoon Bopha. The Humanitarian Country Team (HCT) would thus need $65 million to implement 27 projects over a 3-6 months period. The Action Plan is expected to be revised around mid-January 2013. Coordination and Needs Assessment Coordination: On 30 November, the Government of the Philippines initiated preparedness measures by issuing early warning signals, establishing evacuation centres, pre-positioning relief items and by alerting response personnel. As early as 3 December, 972 evacuation centres were readied, and 81 personnel, 12 vehicles, 60 seacraft and 35 aircraft were pre-positioned. On 4 December, the President urged the public to heed warnings and pre-emptively evacuate. HCT members took similar preparedness measures at the national level assessing in-country capacity and stockpiles and reviewing the rapid needs assessment tool to suit the current emergency. On 3 December, the Resident Coordinator/Humanitarian Coordinator (RC/HC) chaired an inter-cluster coordination meeting in to agree on joint preparedness actions. On 4 December, the RC/HC formally expressed the international community’s readiness to support the Government’s response efforts. As a pre-emptive measure, the Disaster Assessment and Coordination (UNDAC) team was deployed to provide direct support to the Government and the HCT on joint rapid needs assessments, information management during the preparedness and response phase, and establishing humanitarian coordination mechanisms in affected areas. Additional support was provided by surge teams including from the ASEAN Coordinating Centre for Humanitarian Assistance. On 7 December, President Aquino III and the RC/HC visited the worst affected areas in Davao Region to see first- hand the situation on the ground. On the same day, the President declared the State of National Calamity and accepted the offer of international humanitarian assistance. In addition to already existing clusters, the shelter and logistics clusters were activated to coordinate the humanitarian response in the most affected areas of Mindanao. DSWD decided to establish an operations centre in and field command posts in Trento, Agusan del Sur, and Nabunturan, Compostela Valley, to cover 12 worst-affected municipalities in Regions XI and XIII. At the request of the Government, humanitarian partners will provide support to the NDRRMC with information management, including mapping. On 9 December in Davao City, Social Welfare and Development Secretary Soliman chaired a humanitarian meeting for government representatives, civil society, national and international NGOs, bilateral aid agencies and UN agencies to jointly plan respective cluster response. The Secretary briefed on the principles of response stressed by the President: the importance of strengthening coordination; the equitable distribution of relief where ‘no one is left behind’; a community-driven response; and meeting minimum standards. Communicating with affected communities and information management are essential. At the meeting, DSWD presented the joint NDRRMC-HCT rapid needs assessment results, which informed the cluster response planning that followed (see section on Humanitarian Needs and Priorities): Needs assessment: On 5 December, the NDRRMC and the HCT completed a rapid needs assessment in three regions initially identified as most affected regions: Davao (Region XI), Northern Mindanao (Region X) and CARAGA (Region XIII). The assessments indicated dire need for food, water, shelter, medicines, non-food items, such as generators, and protection. Access constraints and communication difficulties arising from fallen power lines, damaged and destroyed roads and bridges, storm debris and landslides and disrupted flights and telecommunications have hampered the ability to capture a complete picture of the Typhoon’s impact and to initiate the response in some areas. As the full extent of the Typhoon’s impact becomes known, detailed information can be found on http://philippines.hu manitarianresponse.info/ Humanitarian Needs and Priorities In support of the Government’s response effort, the Humanitarian Country Team will provide urgent and time- critical humanitarian assistance by: • providing immediate, life-saving assistance to people with assessed needs who have been affected or displaced • providing transitory and permanent shelter solutions to those who lost their homes • supporting the early re-establishment of livelihoods with a special focus on agriculture

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Projects have been selected on the basis of the following main criteria: • Activities respond to life-saving needs of those most affected by Typhoon Bopha and cannot be met through existing resources and capacities • Activities are based on rapid needs assessment findings in the most affected areas • Activities build on the affected people’s resilience and response capacity • Activities build upon and complement (not duplicate) the Government’s response

Camp Coordination and Camp Management In the most affected provinces of Compostela Valley and Davao Oriental (Region XI), evacuation centres are overcrowded. Some are severely damaged and unsafe for $2 million dwelling. The initial rapid needs assessment indicated that most people in needed (Compostela Valley) are currently staying out in the open as there is no available facility to establish additional evacuation centres. Similar conditions were observed in the coastal municipalities of Cateel, Baganga, and Boston (Davao Oriental). The cluster has 145 camp managers available and 20 have already been deployed to Regions XI and XIII to augment government capacity. The main priority is: • to roll out the Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM) to map existing evacuation centres, conduct displacement profiling and identify the most critical sectoral needs of those who are inside and outside the centres.

Coordination The President of the Philippines has expressed the importance of coordination in humanitarian response. DSWD, which is the Vice-Chair of Response within the NDRRMC, further stressed information management as a key tool to ensure that all $1.5 million humanitarian efforts are well coordinated so that everyone in need receives relief, in a needed dignified manner. To that end, Information Management and Communications Working Group was established among government representatives, NGOs and UN agencies to establish a common platform for sharing real-time data on needs and response. DSWD, plans to establish coordination hubs close to the affected communities as much as possible, and called on humanitarian partners to station a representative in respective operations centres and field command posts, particularly for the first two to three months of the response. Humanitarian organizations are scaling up their operations.

Early Recovery In Compostela Valley, Davao Oriental and other provinces, debris consisting of mud, rock, gravel, fallen trees and boulders continue to block roads making accessibility to affected remote communities very difficult. There is substantial damage to infrastructures $8 million such as roads and bridges and subsequent landslides and flooding. Local disaster risk needed reduction and management (DRRM) structures were overwhelmed by the level of damage brought by the Typhoon and require support to manage response and assistance. The joint Government and HCT assessment indicated the need • to clear and clean up debris; • to support the construction and repair of permanent shelters, community infrastructures and strengthen the local DRRM structures; and • to prioritize livelihood assistance such as cash-for-work/food-for-work programmes.

Livelihoods Davao Oriental and Compostela Valley provinces were hardest hit and suffered significant damage on agriculture. An estimated 14,000 hectares of banana plantation is destroyed alone in Davao Oriental. The Philippines is the third largest exporter of $770,000 banana in the world market. This will greatly impact the source of income of affected needed families engaged in agriculture. Agriculture-support infrastructures and facilities were also destroyed which could take longer period to rehabilitate and become operational again.

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As such, the government priorities include repair of bridges and other lifeline infrastructures, debris clearing to improve mobility and accessibility, restoration of water and power supply, provision of food and shelter and livelihood recovery for thousands for farmers affected.

Education Out of 12 school divisions, which reported damages, Surigao del Sur, Davao Oriental, and Compostela Valley were most affected. In Compostela Valley, 90% of schools incurred heavy damage. About 158 schools are being used as evacuations centres. The $4.7 million initial assessment indicated the urgent need: needed • to establish temporary learning spaces, which would enable affected children to re-establish a sense of routine; and • to mobilize and distribute education supplies, which is very low.

Food Security and Agriculture With a total estimated loss to agricultural assets at $82 million of which 92% are high value commercial crops including coconuts, vegetables, coffee, rubber, cacao and banana, the impact on agricultural livelihood and food security of the affected $21 million communities is very significant. Those currently unable to return home may stay needed displaced for the next few weeks or months. These individuals and families will be prone to food insecurity and malnutrition among other effects. The cluster currently has stockpiles of high energy biscuits for 150,000 families (750,000 people) available for immediate relief support; additional food assistance can be distributed as required. The cluster can also provide technical assistance to the Government on crop damage assessment and can support affected farmers with agricultural inputs such as seeds, tools and fertilizer.

Health Health facilities continue to treat survivors of the Typhoon but are overwhelmed, in particular in Davao Oriental where five health facilities are reported to be damaged. $2 million Others remain functional but are being used as evacuation centres. Initial assessments needed indicate that there is a need • to disaggregate data by gender and ensure targeted medical assistance, especially to the high number of pregnant women among the affected population • to manage decomposing corpses to avoid the emergence of additional health risks.

Nutrition The life-threatening nutritional risk to children under age five and pregnant and lactating women in the most affected municipalities is considerably high, consequently increasing $2.5 million the risk of disease and death. The main contributing factors include: lack of access to needed clean drinking water and sanitation, unsustained access to primary healthcare services (immunisations, antenatal care and routine medical consultations), impaired access to food sources, and compromised infant and young child feeding (IYCF) practices. The affected areas have limited to no capacity for detection and management of acute malnutrition, which is expected to rise in the weeks following the disaster. Government capacity to establish timely nutrition surveillance and to provide key nutrition interventions is impaired because of damage facilities and human resource limitations. To minimise these risks, it is important • to provide IYCF support through protection and promotion of exclusive breastfeeding and proper complementary feeding practices.

Protection, including Child Protection and GBV Most of the affected people in Regions XI and XIII belong to indigenous communities who live in remote areas and face insecurity due to the ongoing insurgency of the New $5.8 million Peoples’ Army (NPA). The cluster has identified security as a concern for the affected needed communities and aid agencies. Preliminary reports indicate

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• that a significant number of women and children are sleeping in congested evacuation centres or in open areas due to lack of facilities. • the lack of lighting at night, as well as privacy and separate spaces for women and girls. • a high number of unaccompanied children who require psychosocial support.

Emergency Shelter According to the latest assessments, 29,972 houses have been damaged (17,719 totally damaged; 12,253 partially damaged) in Regions IV-B, VI, VII, X, XI, and XIII; the number is expected to rise as more assessment data is received. In New Bataan (Compostela $10 million Valley), about 80% of the houses are heavily damaged or destroyed. Similar conditions needed are reported from the coastal municipalities of Davao Oriental including Cateel, Boston, and Baganga with most houses and public buildings have been destroyed. Families have been returning to their former homes and attempting to make makeshift shelters. In urban areas, informal settlements with poorly constructed shelter units are also likely to have suffered significant damage. • Immediate emergency shelter is needed for people who continue to sleep out in the open.

Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Water supply issues have also been identified in CARAGA region, particularly in San Francisco and Poblacion Esperanza in Agusan del Sur province. The joint Government $6 million and HCT rapid needs assessment in the worst affected areas of Davao Region identified needed the following priority needs: • safe drinking water, water purifying tablets, chlorine granules, jerry cans and hygiene kits. • provision of latrines and hygiene kits.

Logistics For relief efforts to be effective, access issues need to be addressed. As of 8 December, 18 bridges and 16 roads are not passable. Some areas are accessible only be sea or by $802,500 air. Initial needs assessments indicated the need needed • to address transportation and storage arrangements for the Government and humanitarian partners to efficiently deliver humanitarian assistance.

Funding In support of the Government, a number of donors have announced their commitment to provide assistance to humanitarian response to Typhoon Bopha affected communities. On 5 December, the International Federation of the Red Cross launched an emergency appeal seeking $4.9 million (CHF4.5 million) to support the Philippine Red Cross in assisting 10,000 families (50,000 people) for 11 months. Clusters indicate they need a total of $65 million for 27 projects to support government efforts in responding to the immediate needs of 481,000 people affected by Typhoon Bopha.

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Table I: Requirements per cluster

Typhoon Bopha/Pablo Response as of 10 December 2012

Cluster Requirements ($) CCCM 2,000,000 COORDINATION 1,510,211 EARLY RECOVERY 8,000,000 EDUCATION 4,740,000 EMERGENCY SHELTER 10,050,000 FOOD AND AGRICULTURE 20,944,082 HEALTH 1,960,331 LIVELIHOOD 770,000 LOGISTICS 802,500 NUTRITION 2,490,750 PROTECTION, INCL. CHILD PROTECTION AND SGBV 5,787,001 WASH 6,003,426 Total 65,058,301

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Table II: Requirements per organisation

Typhoon Bopha/Pablo Response as of 10 December 2012

Appealing Organisation Requirements ($) CFSI 85,600 CRS 850,000 FAO 1,313,706 HFHI 4,500,000 HI 194,934 ILO 770,000 IOM 6,500,000 MERLIN 245,000 OCHA 1,510,211 Plan 1,000,000 SC 1,553,426 UNDP 8,000,000 UNFPA 681,798 UNHCR 3,000,000 UNICEF 12,977,000 WFP 21,636,626 WHO 240,000 Total 65,058,301

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Table III: List of projects (grouped by sector)

Typhoon Bopha/Pablo Response as of 10 December 2012

Project code Title Appealing Requirements Priority agency ($) CCCM Typhoon Bopha: Camp Coordination and Camp A - PHI-13/CSS/57107/R Management (CCCM) Support to IOM 2,000,000 VERY the Displaced Population in HIGH Region XI and CARAGA Sub-total for CCCM 2,000,000 COORDINATION Typhoon Bopha: Humanitarian A - VERY PHI-13/CSS/57125/R Coordination and Advocacy in the OCHA 1,510,211 HIGH Typhoon Bopha affected areas Sub-total for COORDINATION 1,510,211 EARLY RECOVERY Tropical Storm Bopha / Pablo: A - VERY HI-13/ER/57139/R Integrated Early Recovery Support UNDP 8,000,000 HIGH Programme Sub-total for EARLYRECOVERY 8,000,000 EDUCATION Education in emergencies for A - VERY PHI-13/E/57110/R affected children in 4 provinces in UNICEF 4,740,000 HIGH Mindanao by Typhoon Bopha Sub-total for EDUCATION 4,740,000 EMERGENCY SHELTER Emergency Shelter Distribution to Typhoon Bopha affected A - VERY PHI-13/S-NF/57148/R CRS 850,000 communities in Davao Oriental and HIGH Compostela Valley Shelter Kit Distribution to Typhoon A - VERY PHI-13/S-NF/57150/R HFHI 4,500,000 Bopha affected communities HIGH Typhoon Bopha: Emergency A - VERY PHI-13/S-NF/57104/R Shelter Support to Typhoon Bopha IOM 2,500,000 HIGH Affected Communities Emergency shelter distribution to A - VERY PHI-13/S-NF/57151/R Plan 1,000,000 Bopha affected families HIGH Provision of Emergency Shelter to A - VERY PHI-13/S-NF/57147/R Typhoon Bopha affected SC 1,200,000 HIGH communities Sub-total for EMERGENCY SHELTER 10,050,000 FOOD SECURITY AND AGRICULTURE Restoring agricultural livelihoods in A - VERY PHI-13/A/57117/R typhoon-affected communities in FAO 1,313,706 HIGH Region XI

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Project code Title Appealing Requirements Priority agency ($) Food Assistance for people A - VERY PHI-13/A/57138/R WFP 19,630,376 affected by typhoon Bopha HIGH Sub-total for FOOD SECURITY AND AGRICULTURE 20,944,082 HEALTH Typhoon Bopha: Health Assistance to Displaced and Affected A - VERY PHI-13/H/57115/R IOM 1,000,000 Population in Region XI and HIGH CARAGA Bopha Typhoon Health Emergency A - VERY PHI-13/H/57116/R MERLIN 245,000 Response HIGH Ensuring Access to Reproductive A - VERY PHI-13/H/57119/R Health Services in TS Bopha UNFPA 475,331 HIGH Affected Areas Ensuring access to health services A - VERY PHI-13/H/57141/R for populations affected by TY WHO 240,000 HIGH Bopha Sub-total for HEALTH 1,960,331 LIVELIHOOD Immediate Impact Post Calamity Interventions: Application of ILO Local Resource-Based A - VERY PHI-13/ER/57143/R ILO 770,000 Employment Generation and HIGH Livelihood Recovery Interventions in Typhoon Pablo-Affected Areas Sub-total for LIVELIHOOD 770,000 LOGISTICS Logistics Augmentation in support of the Government of the A - VERY PHI-13/CSS/57142/R WFP 802,500 Philippines response to typhoon HIGH Bopha Sub-total for LOGISTICS 802,500 NUTRITION Typhoon Pablo (Bopha): Life- saving nutrition interventions for A - VERY PHI-13/H/57103/R girls, boys, and women affected by UNICEF 1,287,000 HIGH Typhoon Pablo (Bopha)h in Eastern Mindanao and CARAGA TS Bopha: Emergency Nutrition Response to Prevent and Treat NOT PHI-13/H/57136/R Moderate Acute Malnutrition WFP 1,203,750 SPECIFIED Among Boys and Girls in Region XI and CARAGA Region Sub-total for NUTRITION 2,490,750 PROTECTION, INCL. CHILD PROTECTION AND GBV PHI-13/P-HR- Basic and specific needs for A - VERY HI 194,934 RL/57140/R vulnerable in Compostela Valley HIGH Typhoon Bopha: Responding with PHI-13/P-HR- A - VERY Clear Communications and IOM 1,000,000 RL/57118/R HIGH Feedback Mechanisms

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Project code Title Appealing Requirements Priority agency ($) Prevention and response to Gender PHI-13/P-HR- A - VERY based Violence (GBV) in Typhoon UNFPA 206,467 RL/57101/R HIGH Pablo affected areas Ensuring Protection of Typhoon PHI-13/P-HR- A - VERY Bopha affected population in UNHCR 3,000,000 RL/57124/R HIGH Mindanao PHI-13/P-HR- Typhoon Bopha: Child Protection in A - VERY UNICEF 1,300,000 RL/57106/R Emergencies HIGH Typhoon Bopha: Communication A - VERY PHI-13/CSS/57114/R CFSI 85,600 with Affected Communities HIGH Sub-total for PROTECTION, INCL. CHILD PROTECTION AND GBV 5,787,001 WASH WASH in Emergency services and supplies provision to disaster A - VERY PHI-13/WS/57127/R SC 353,426 affected and most vulnerable HIGH children and families Ensuring sufficient and resilient WASH services for the disaster A - VERY PHI-13/WS/57105/R UNICEF 5,650,000 affected areas in Region XI and HIGH CARAGA Sub-total for WASH 6,003,426 GRAND TOTAL: US$ 65,058,301

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