PHILIPPINES: Typhoon Goni (Rolly) and Vamco (Ulysses) Situation Report No. 1 09 December 2020

This report is produced by OCHA Philippines in collaboration with humanitarian partners. It covers the period from 17 November to 7 December 2020

Key Figures HIGHLIGHTS vulnerability to negative coping mechanisms. • The Philippines Humanitarian Needs and In most communities across the typhoon-affected TYPHOON GONI (ROLLY) Priorities (HNP) plan was initially launched areas in northern and southern Luzon, particularly on 9 November and subsequently amended those that are far-flung from city centres, water 8,000 on 26 November by the Humanitarian supply systems have not been fully restored. Displaced Population Country Team to support government’s Repair and reconstruction have barely started. response to the consequences of Typhoons The pandemic affected the usual deployment and Goni and Vamco. resource mobilization due to the imposition of quarantine measures and varied local entry 61,100 • The Central Emergency Response Fund Destroyed Houses requirements and protocols. (CERF) Secretariat has approved the US$3.1million to support life-saving needs Findings from market assessment indicate that 253,200 of the most vulnerable people in areas cash and vouchers are a suitable modality for Damaged Houses severely affected by Typhoon Goni. providing essential household and hygiene items. Even in Catanduanes, an island where the Super Typhoon Goni made its initial landfall, financial TYPHOON VAMCO (ULYSSES) SITUATION OVERVIEW service providers are already operating and queues are getting shorter. However, due to high More than 55,000 children and their families were demand from households and businesses, some 46,800 affected by typhoons Goni and Vamco in the Bicol Displaced Population shelter material is not easily available in Virac, and Cagayan Valley Regions and at least 46,800 Catanduanes at present. Procurement outside of people remain displaced in Bicol Region. Over Catanduanes followed by in-kind distribution may 12,000 persons with disability are living in hard-to- 23,100 be more appropriate. In Catanduanes, most Destroyed Houses reach areas in Camarines Sur, Cagayan and financial service providers are in Virac, meaning Catanduanes Provinces. Economic setbacks that affected families from other areas of the brought by the successive typhoons resulted in island have less access to their services. 166,400 further food insecurity and lack of livelihood Damaged Houses opportunities, increasing protection risks and Source: DSWD DROMIC as of 07 December 2020

Humanitarian Needs and Priorities 905,000 People in Need

278,000 People Targeted USD 52.6M Funding Requested

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DISPLACED POPULATION MODULAR CUBICLES Camp Coordination and Camp Management 46,800 300

NEEDS • Roll-out of Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM) in Catanduanes • Care and Maintenance of evacuation facilities in Albay. • At least 46,800 people remain displaced and are staying in 240 evacuation centres, camp-like settings, or are hosted by relatives and GAPS and CONSTRAINTS friends. Gaps RESPONSE • Observance of physical distancing among evacuees at the height of • Provision of 150 pop-up modular cubicles, 5,000 alcohol bottles and evacuations due to insufficient evacuation space 5,000 face masks in evacuation centres in Cagayan Valley. Constraints • Provision of 150 pop-up modular cubicles to Region 4A evacuation • Quick deployment of CCCM response teams to displacements sites due centres to varying LGU quarantine protocols.

DAMAGE ASSESSMENT Early Recovery FAMILIES IN SAN MIGUEL, CATANDUANES LOST THEIR SOLE 95% SOURCE OF LIVELIHOOD 11

NEEDS subsistence farming or other non-agricultural activities while damaged farms are being rehabilitated through replanting. • Conduct of post-disaster needs assessment for the affected provinces to allow the local governments access to various funding sources and GAPS and CONSTRAINTS likewise inform recovery planning. • Restoration of affected livelihoods especially in the agriculture sector Gaps like San Miguel, Catanduanes where 2,086 hectares of abaca • Catanduanes is an isolated island-province heavily dependent on fishing plantations were severely damaged. and agriculture livelihood activities. Currently, the fishing industry is • In Virac, Catanduanes, municipal fishers are already encroaching on the challenged not only by damaged boats but overall disruption in the marine protected area as they cannot venture far out to sea due to supply chain. Ice plants have limited supply because electricity is not damaged motorized boats. yet fully restored in the island. This situation prevents fishermen to go • While rebuilding loss livelihoods in the agriculture sector are ongoing, on longer distance and length of time in the sea. Interventions should there is a need to diversify the household sources of income by look at the problems holistically and in a developmental lens creating sustainable decent jobs through non-agricultural micro- appropriate for the local situation of a geographically isolated island. enterprises. Constraints • The COVID 19 pandemic proved to be a challenge in mobilizing quick RESPONSE response to disasters. The health requirements put a significant delay in reaching affected areas. There are also significant effects on the • Conducted LGU-level, sector-based damage assessment in 11 Albay operational budget. Likewise, coordination became harder because towns to develop an intervention aimed at supporting women some offices are not operating in full-capacity or majority have work- entrepreneurs and people-with-disabilities in starting or continuing from-home arrangements. micro-enterprises proven to be viable prior to the typhoon. • The last quarter of the year is always a challenging time to introduce or implement projects due to budget and operational restrictions of • Conducted field assessment and meeting with local governments of agencies. Year-end deadlines and caps in releasing budget and in Virac and San Miguel in Catanduanes for restoring the economic and spending which will prevent immediate implementation in the remaining livelihood functions of abaca farmers in San Miguel and the fisherfolk days of the year. in Virac. Abaca farmers will be provided with interim support such as

MOST VULNERABLE SCHOOL-IN-A-BOX Education LEARNERS NEED 111,240 SUPPORT FOR EDUCATION CONTINUITY 46

NEEDS RESPONSE

• At least 8,500 schools which were either destroyed or damaged by the • Cluster member agencies deployed rapid assessment teams to assess typhoon and flooding will have to be repaired. the impact on education and to identify areas that would need • Damaged self-learning modules will have to be replaced, while immediate assistance. educational supplies will have to be distributed to support education • Provided 46 School-in-a-Box that contains notebooks, pens, and other continuity of 101,800 teachers and 2,800,000 K-12 learners from basic educational supplies which will benefit 1,840 learners in the Bicol affected schools across the country. region. • Mental health and psychosocial support services, including referral • Back-to-school kits, solar lamps for teachers, and teaching and learning systems, will have to be provided affected learners, parents, and materials are being procured by Save the Children Philippines in teaching and non-teaching personnel. response to its rapid assessment findings. Psychosocial support is also in the pipeline. Situation Report | 3

GAPS and CONSTRAINTS • There is no sex disaggregated data and information on very young children (4 years old and below), and learners with disabilities in the • Information on the educational needs of learners in Early Childhood DepEd situation reports. Education Centres and Alternative Learning System Community Learning • Contents of the standard educational supplies that are normally being Centres are not included in the assessment reports of the Department of deployed during emergencies need to be redesigned to be more suitable Education (DepEd). for the ongoing distance education modalities.

FARMERS REACHED Food Security and Agriculture FARMING AND FISHING HOUSEHOLDS REQUIRE 43,300 SUPPORT 1,850

NEEDS • Other cluster partners have distributed food, cash and livelihood assistance in Camarines Sur, Albay, Catanduanes, and Batangas. • Immediate food needs of about 51,200 vulnerable and underserved households (256,000 individuals), wherein 2,544 households (12,720 individuals) are persons with disabilities (PWDs) in hard-to-reach areas GAPS and CONSTRAINTS of Albay, Catanduanes, and Cagayan. • Restoration of resources and livelihoods of 18,500 farming and fishing Gaps households affected by the disasters. • There are still 25,257 households in need of food assistance while • Re-establishment of resources and livelihoods of 2,544 households of 16,650 farming and fishing households have yet to receive support. PWDs that were directly affected by typhoons according to Persons with Disability Affairs Office of Cagayan and Association of Person • Government agencies (DSWD, NDRRMC, and LGUs) could not provide with Disability of Camalig and Albay. data on PWDs, their situation and concerns. Contact with the local disability network is ongoing to expand the assessment and reach more PWDs. RESPONSE Constraints • FSAC Members joined the inter-agency rapid needs assessments in • The pandemic affected the usual deployment and resource mobilization Albay, Catanduanes and Cagayan provinces. due to the imposition of quarantine measures and varied local entry • 1,850 severely affected abaca farmer households in Catanduanes were requirements/protocol. provided with multi-purpose cash through funding support from the Belgian Government. • Resources are overstretched as the cluster is responding to both • Mobilized resources from the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs Typhoons Goni and Vamco. and Trade and the Central Emergency Response Fund in the of conduct • IHDC-BBMC is appealing for the prioritization of persons with SCOPE registration and provision of cash assistance to 5,443 affected dissabilities as their conditions prior to the pandemic and the households with destroyed or damaged houses in Catanduanes and successive typhoons disasters were already extremely difficult. Albay for the next three months.

CARGO TRANSPORTED Logistics 73

NEEDS provided to the Provincial Social Welfare and Development Office of Albay to augment the need for storage space for their relief • Transport support to OCD and DSWD for the movement of their pre- commodities. positioned relief items such as Family Food Packs, Family Kits, shelter • Regular logistics updates are provided thrice a week detailing the items etc. ongoing and changing logistics environment. • Logistics response equipment such as Mobile Storage Units to establish Logistics Hubs, generators, boats, and prefab offices. GAPS and CONSTRAINTS RESPONSE Gaps • A total of 73 truckloads of cargo have been transported upon requests • Resources for the continued hiring of transport services are running low. by OCD and DSWD in Albay, Catanduanes, Camarines Sur, Camarines As a result, the cluster is considering which requests from the Norte, Cagayan, Isabela, Cebu and Marinduque. These cargoes include Government may be accommodated. over 75,000 Family Food Packs, over 5,000 Family Kits/Kitchen Kits, 200 rolls of tarpaulins, along with other various non-food items. • Regular reporting from Cluster members. • WFP issued logistics emergency response equipment from its pre- Constraints positioned stocks which include two Mobile Storage Units, a generator, • Stocks of emergency logistics equipment are being depleted. and a prefabricated office to be used for the setup of an emergency • While in transit, loaded trucks provided to support government logistics base management by the Catanduanes provincial government. operations are not receiving priority at seaports even if proper decals A generator was also issued to OCD to support their mobile water and papers are complete, resulting in delayed cargo delivery. facilitation system in Catanduanes. One Mobile Storage Unit was also Situation Report | 4

MATERNITY PACKS Health (inc. Mental Health and PREGNANT WOMEN Psychosocial Support (MHPSS) and NEEDING EMERGENCY 4,000 MATERNAL CARE 500 Sexual and Reproductive Health (SRH)

NEEDS and coordinating teams on Minimum Initial Service Package (MISP) for Reproductive Health were convened at Bicol Region and Catandauanes • Increased ability to comply with minimum public health standards to province. prevent COVID-19 and other communicable diseases. • Continued access to essential health services including immunization, mental health and psychosocial support, sexual and reproductive GAPS and CONSTRAINTS health services and commodities, including provision of comprehensive emergency maternal care. Gaps

• Support for vulnerable and severely affected women and young people RESPONSE and girls, including with disabilities and PLHIVs needing uninterrupted access to safe, quality and affordable SRH services • Procurement of 11 solar refrigerators for provision to 11 Catanduanes municipalities • Ensure transport and road access clearance to referral health facilities • Procurement for DOH of personal protective equipment that will reach (i.e. CeMONC services in Virac) 13,300 adults and 2,000 children to be delivered to Regions I, II, III, IV- • Need for immediate reconstruction and rehabilitation of the health A, IV-B, V, and CAR facilities for uninterrupted health facilities, (i.e. Baras RHU, JMAMDH, • Purchase of 200 modular tents for DOH to be delivered to Bicol Region, BMCH) and the provinces of Cagayan, Isabela, and Rizal. • Distributed 500 maternity packs and 2,200 hygiene/dignity kits to Constraints vulnerable pregnant and lactating women, 1,000 teen kits, 50 modular • Prolonged water and electricity disruption and logistic difficulties affect tents, and provided conditional cash for health for women who give SRH service delivery birth in health facilities in Catanduanes and Rizal. • Solar refrigerators to be procured offshore and will take 1-2 months to • Assessed health facilities and service delivery network, identifying arrive. service delivery gaps and connecting with provincial and regional health partners for resource augmentation. • Activated SRH sub-cluster and conducted series of national meetings,

MOBILIZED RSUF Nutrition AFFECTED CHILDREN 58,470 AND FAMILIES 600,000

NEEDS monitoring mechanisms through chat groups and other social media platforms to prioritize and integrate Nutrition in Emergencies actions. • A total of 32,728 children and their families in Bicol Region and 25,742 • Nutrition commodities of the government were immediately mobilized: children and their families in Cagayan Valley were affected and over 600,000 sachets of ready-to-use supplementary food (RUSF); 1.5 displaced by the typhoons. Essential nutrition and health services are million capsules of Vitamin A; 10,000 MUAC tapes; 900 breastfeeding halted affecting an already fragile pre-crisis nutrition situation of flipcharts and other available nutrition supplies were distributed. At the children and women, including those pregnant and lactating. request of DOH, cluster lead agency re-allocated 847 cartons of RUSF • Lack of pre-positioned nutrition supplies such as Micronutrient in Regions V, IV-A and II. Cluster members also distributed 2,366 food Supplements for children and Ready-to-use therapeutic food. packs in Catanduanes and conducted learning sessions on the use of • Strengthening of monitoring of the Milk Code and community MUAC tapes and RUSF for the management of wasting to nurses and sensitization is needed to ensure proper care to children and midwives in Albay. breastfeeding is continued, as source of clean and potable water is • Cluster reiterated messages on milk formula donation especially during limited and safety and sanitation remains difficult. emergencies and the exceptional use of RUSF/RUTF in the • Limited availability of calibrated anthropometric tools for weight and management of wasting height, and the risk of coronavirus infection, hampers the continued GAPS and CONSTRAINTS nutrition assessment for children. An alternative nutrition screening tool and approach or MUAC tapes are needed to continue early • Prioritization of other supplies over nutrition commodities and logistical detection and management wasting for children in need. support for movement of nutrition supplies. • Designated liaison for nutrition is needed to coordinate with LGUs to • Increased cost of transporting supplies and truck rentals in enable coordination for nutrition commodities; trained and/or oriented Catanduanes is limiting the mobilization of supplies. Cost of supplies nutrition personnel to ensure effective distribution and proper have also increased in the province. utilization of nutrition commodities is needed. Capacity building for • Lack of pre-positioned nutrition supplies and commodities. new personnel and refresher is needed to ensure strong reinstatement • Training and capacity of personnel community health workers to of essential nutrition services. dispense delivered RUSF RESPONSE • No designated area for child-friendly and woman spaces in evacuation • Cluster representative was deployed in Cagayan Valley as part of the centers because of overcrowding. DOH-led health assessment and distributed nutrition supplies. Member agencies also participated in the needs assessments in Catanduanes • Milk formula donations were observed and reported in Cagayan and and Albay. LGUs have difficulty coordinating and managing donations and supplies • Nutrition and sub-national clusters were activated for coordination and from private donors. Situation Report | 5

Protection (including Child Protection CHILD FRIENDLY SPACES AFFECTED CHILDREN and Prevention of Gender-Based 58,470 AND FAMILIES Violence 20

NEEDS • With support from a cluster agency, about 25,500 callers to the Philippine Red Cross nationwide helpline were provided with lifesaving • A total of 32,728 children and their families in Bicol Region and 25,742 information on mental health and case management concerns. children and their families in Cagayan Valley were affected and displaced by the typhoons. The effects of the successive typhoons on • Support for medical, psychological, and legal services to children and the economy exacerbates food insecurity and lack of livelihood women survivors are available through one-stop Child Protection Units opportunities, increases protection risks and vulnerability to negative set up in targeted locations. coping strategies such as neglect, child marriage and child labor. • Cluster coordination and technical assistance to government partners • Children are experiencing anxiety, and coordinated efforts are lacking for the prioritization and integration of child protection principles, and for mental health and psycho-social support (MHPSS) for affected formulation of GBV in Emergencies reporting template for integration communities, or for service providers who were also affected by into reports. Discussed with other clusters the need to integrate GBV this emergency. Eroded community protection mechanisms against referral pathway in the kits for distribution and activities to be GBV which are further exacerbated by loss of livelihood. Pre-disaster conducted. data shows approximately 35 per cent of LGUs have functioning local protection councils. LGUs need support on the establishment and GAPS and CONSTRAINTS maintenance of Women and Child Protection Units. • No updated sex disaggregated data in most evacuation centers. • Hygiene and dignity of women and girls may extremely suffer due to issues of water, access for hygiene commodities and clothes • No designated area for child-friendly and woman spaces, including soaked/destroyed by flooding/mud-flood. breast feeding stations or area for psychosocial activities in evacuation • Identification and civil documents of residents in coastal villages have centers. Need for Child-Friendly Space in selected evacuation centers been damaged or destroyed by the typhoon. for families that are under prolonged displacement. • While there is no documented child abuse or GBV cases related to • Women are rendered invisible and marginalized in Cash for Work these recent typhoon emergencies, some affected areas had abuses interventions: socio-economic support that can provide protection cases pre-emergency. The additional stress brought about by this crisis benefits is reported a significant need for women with disrupted could increase the risks for protection issues and abuse cases, livelihoods; such as barangay childcare workers whose daycare including gender-based violence (GBV), as protection mechanisms (law facilities were closed down during the COVID19 pandemic, and then and order, community/family networks) are weakened. Need for severely damaged during the typhoons. continued visibility of protection personnel and maintenance of • Interruptions in power and communication in most areas reduced online women’s and children’s protection desk in evacuation centers and connectivity as a means to continually raise awareness. There is a need strategic points in the community. for more effective dissemination, including materials that can be easily • Based on the latest data of the City Social Welfare and Development understood. Office in monitoring the situation of persons with disabilities (PWD) in • Exposure of emergency responders to affected population increases the Tabaco City during the COVID-19 pandemic, there are a total of 558 risk of COVID19 transmission. children below 18 years with disabilities, which is roughly 25% of the total number of PWDs in the city. All need specialized support, including psychosocial services.

RESPONSE • NCPWG and GBV member agencies deployed teams in Regions V, IV-A and II to assess MHPSS and women and child protection concerns. Protection from Abuse activities for children and adults were implemented, while GBV safety audit and coordination activities were conducted with local protection actors for strengthening response. • 20 Child Friendly Spaces were provided in Albay, Catanduanes, Camarines Sur, Cagayan, and Isabela which are being used as entry points for cross-sectoral response, aside from serving as designated spaces where children can access recreational activities while observing social distancing protocols. • 1,200 dignity kits were distributed in Marikina City. • Scale up advocacy, communications and awareness raising activities around Prevention and Response to abuse, exploitation, violence and neglect through different online and offline platforms. Situation Report | 6

DISTRIBUTED TARPAULINS Shelter DAMAGED OR 569,000 DESTROYED HOUSES 11,786

NEEDS • Affected people in Camarines Sur received a total of 1,813 tarpaulins. Cluster members continue to provide technical assistance for shelter self- • About 31,000 people are still displaced in Albay, Catanduanes and recovery. Camarines Sur. GAPS and CONSTRAINTS • At least 569,000 houses were either damaged or destroyed in Albay, Camarines Sur, Catanduanes, Bulacan and Quezon. Gaps RESPONSE Emergency shelter assistance is limited in Albay, while there are no reported • A total of 5,810 emergency shelter tool kits, 10,070 tarpaulins, and interventions in most affected municipalities in Camarines Sur and Quezon 1,200 roofing and construction materials were distributed to affected families in Catanduanes. Some 56 families received cash assistance Constraints for shelter recovery. • 1,890 emergency shelter tool kits, 1,716 tarpaulins, 800 roofing Limited information available on response of agencies, making it difficult to materials, 600 construction tool kits have been distributed in Albay identify true response gaps. province. About 624 families received cash assistance for shelter recovery.

PEOPLE REACHED WASH 40,000

NEEDS • WASH Cluster partners are currently finalising their plans to quickly scale up their respective responses to include distribution of more • Operations of water supply systems have not been fully restored in far- water kits, hygiene kits and COVID-19 protection packs; disinfection of flung areas and repair and reconstruction have barely started. People water sources supported by water quality monitoring; supporting LGUs are forced to pay exorbitant prices for drinking water from refilling and water districts in repairing and reconstructing damaged water stations, and while relief distribution would at times include bottled supply systems; repair and rehabilitation of communal and institutional water, this is has become limited, inconsistent and unsustainable. sanitation facilities, including desludging; and further intensifying • Level I water systems are contaminated after being submerged in hygiene promotion. These interventions are undertaken while taking floodwater and are now utilised only for domestic purposes. The into account the differentiated needs of women and men, girls and limited water supply is also hampering clean-up drives weeks after the boys, and other vulnerable groups. typhoons, as well as hygiene activities. • Thousands of houses remain damaged and unrepaired, including their sanitation facilities. The urgent need to desludge household, communal GAPS and CONSTRAINTS and institutional toilet facilities continues to be reported. • Along with the persistent appeals for hygiene items are requests for Gaps supplies and materials for COVID-19 prevention. • Coordination is fast becoming an issue with observed overlaps in • The extreme impact of the typhoons on people’s livelihood are taking response activities and sites, this while a number of geographically its toll on their capacity to address their emergency WASH needs. isolated communities still have not been reached. Regional and provincial health offices are perceived to be needing technical RESPONSE assistance on intra- and inter-cluster coordination, including on information management. • WASH Cluster partners have already distributed at least 2,424 water kits, 3,539 water containers, and 7,855 hygiene kits in the most • At the household level, repair of damaged houses, along with their affected areas in the provinces of Catanduanes, Albay, Camarines Sur, sanitation facilities, must fully take off as soon as possible to deter Cagayan, Isabela and Rizal. In most cases, the hygiene kits provided open defecation. included COVID-19 protection packs consisting of face masks, face • The link between the impact of the successive typhoons on WASH and shields, hand sanitizers and soap. In some instances, the protection COVID-19 infection, prevention and control (IPC) needs to be further packs – at least 2,694 packs – are delivered independently. highlighted, not only at the level of supplies and material distribution but • Water treatment units, water tankers and accompanying tanks on risk communication and community engagement (RCCE) as well. (bladders) and tap stands have been deployed in Catanduanes, Albay, Constraints Camarines Sur, Cagayan, Isabela and Rizal, and even in the cities of Marikina and Quezon in the National Capital Region (NCR) at the height • Response implementation is logistically challenging in Catanduanes: of TY Vamco. Furthermore, chlorine granules were delivered to supplies are limited, prices are higher, transport services by land and by provincial health offices of Catanduanes and Cagayan for disinfection sea are much more expensive with the Virac airport still undergoing of Level I water sources. repairs. • Water pumps, emergency latrine slabs and generator sets were also • Funding remains a key constraint for most WASH Cluster partners provided to the regional office of DOH in Cagayan Valley. • Initial hygiene promotion activities have been initiated in all the affected provinces. Situation Report | 7

ORGANIZATIONS IN 3W Coordination 79 RESPONSE • The Cash Working Group has provided guidance to the clusters on the • The Government of the Philippines through the National Disaster Risk computation of the food minimum expenditure basket for Bicol Region Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) (including Department and lists of Financial Service Providers (FSPs). Results of market of Foreign Affairs (DFA)) have accepted the offer of assistance by the assessments and shelter materials canvassing have also been shared. Humanitarian Country Team, particularly on the conduct of joint rapid needs assessments, information management and emergency relief assistance. In support of government’s response, as embodied in the HNP (Humanitarian Needs and Priorities) Plan, the Humanitarian Country Team (HCT) is assisting in addressing the lifesaving, protection, and early recovery needs of the most vulnerable groups of the affected population, including female-single headed household, children and PWDs. Clusters, through the leads, members, and partners, continue to work closely with the Government, at the national and local levels in terms of beneficiary targeting and validation.

Funding

FUNDING $52.6M $11.6M RECEIVED $41M UNMET TOTAL FUNDING REQUESTED (US$) 22%

TARGET POPULATION FUNDING REQUESTED ($US)

Emergency Shelter 68K $10.2 M

Food Sec & Agri. 256K $10.0 M

Health 96K $9.8 M

Early Recovery 25K $7.0 M

WASH 278K $6.8 M

Protection 171K $4.1 M GBV, CP, and PSEA included in Protection

CCCM 93K $2.0 M

Nutrition 46K $1.8 M

Logistics $.4 M

Education 45K $.4 M

Coordination $.2 M

CONTACT DETAILS: Ms. Manja Vidic Ms. Agnes Palacio Officer-in-Charge National Disaster Response Advisor [email protected] [email protected]