Communication with Communities Needs: • Affected communities need information on the ongoing humanitarian response activities.

• Key findings of the consolidated community feedback stressed the need for food, water and shelter.

Response: In support to the CwC/AAP working groups in Tacloban and Borongan, PECOJON and Radyo Abante will produce 4, 000 copies of newsletters on relief operations and other humanitarian activities in the affected areas of Samar and Northern Samar.

• The Digital Humanitarian Network (DHN) and the MicroMappers continue to provide real-time update on the impact of the typhoon. The result can be viewed in these links: http://bit.ly/1AMM8KL and http://micromappers.org/ . Hundreds of Standby Task Force Volunteers (SBTFV) across the globe as well as the Rappler team and the Project Agos volunteers in the Philippines continue to crowdsource information via social media such as Facebook and Twitter.

• Project Agos was able to document at least 260 crowdsourced data (via alert maps) on evacuation centers, cyclone path, status of media outlets (radio and TV) and ongoing relief operations. The result can be viewed in this link: http://agos.rappler.com .

• The CwC/AAP working group in Tacloban is developing a new communications strategy for typhoon Hagupit response. This includes updating contact lists to ensure wider reach of information using the frontline SMS tool, crafting key messages on various issues affecting the communities and enhancing the Community Response Map (CRM) tool. The said tool is part of the ongoing Pamati Kita project for post typhoon Haiyan that is used to document community feedback. IOM, Plan International and World Vision are the agencies taking the lead on this.

• Action Aid shared to the working group the CwC and AAP guidelines on adhering to humanitarian principles and standards for typhoon Hagupit response. To view the file, please see this link: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/sipspdi5ty344kl/AAA7528WqUhtIGcokngv1VoUa?dl=0

• Aside from dispatching water and hygiene kits (with attached key messages and basic information), UNICEF provided power generators to the local health units in hardest hit municipalities of Dolores and Oras in Eastern Samar.

• The Center for Community Journalism and Development (CCJD) and Disaster Risk Reduction Network (DRRNet) Philippines are supporting the local government units (LGUs) of Eastern Samar, Leyte, Albay, Camarines Sur, Marinduque and Quezon in the conduct of needs assessments as well as response operations. As part of the post-Hagupit initiative, the DRRNet will conduct rapid field assessment or appraisals on the early warning systems (including the local flood early warning system or LFEWS) of the areas affected by the typhoon.

• The Caucus of Development Non-Government Organization Networks (CODE-NGO) has mobilized its “Task Force Ruby” from its members across Regions 4-B (Mindoro, Marinduque, Romblon and Palawan or MIMAROPA), 5 (Bicol), 6 (Central Visayas), 7 (Western Visayas) and 8 (Eastern Visayas) to conduct series of assessments and support affected LGUs in the relief operations as well.

• The Far East Broadcasting Company (FEBC)-First Response Radio (FRR) emergency radio equipment remains on a standby pending the assessment of the affected radio stations across regions hit by the typhoon. On the other hand, PECOJON plans to set up emergency broadcast in partnership with the local media and possible collaboration with the Communicating with Disaster Affected Communities Network (CDAC-N) members.

Gaps & Constraints:

• Initial assessment reports are ongoing but no definite timeline on the results on the information needs of the affected populations is available.

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• As most power lines were damaged, affected communities have less access to information and other updates on radio and TV. In the same way, coordination and information sharing have been difficult between two working groups in Tacloban and Borongan.

• Limited information on the status of possible affected media outlets in Masbate, Northern Samar and Samar is available. At this point, PECOJON reported that at least 32 journalists were affected by typhoon but no casualties are reported so far.

• In Batangas, affected communities relied on the barangay councils rather than on TV and radio with regard to updates on the relief distribution and impacts of the typhoon after the landfall.

For additional information and queries, please contact: Gil Francis G. Arevalo, Communications with Communities Officer, OCHA, Manila, [email protected] , +63 917-515-3539 Catherine Alcaraz , Communications with Communities Officer, OCHA, Tacloban, [email protected] , +63 917 -554-6155

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