Impact of Typhoon Nock-Ten on Southern Philippines

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Situation Report Typhoon Nock-Ten January 17, 2017

Country/Location: Philippines

Title of emergency: Impact of Typhoon Nock-Ten on Southern Philippines

Dates covered by report: January 16, 2017

Situation Report No: 6

Introduction

December 23: Severe Tropical Storm Nock-Ten, locally named Nina, entered Philippine Area of Responsibility with maximum sustained winds of 95-120 kph located east of Guiuan, Eastern Samar. At 4:00 PM STS Nina gained strength at maximum sustained winds of 105- 130kph. Signal number 1 was raised over Catanduanes, Sorsogon, Northern and Eastern Samar. 1

December 24: Nina intensified into typhoon with maximum sustained winds of 135-165 kph. At 4:00 PM, Typhoon Nina gained strength of a maximum sustained winds of 175-215 kph located east of Virac, Catanduanes. Signal Number 2 was raised over the provinces of Catanduanes, Albay, Sorsogon, and Northern Samar. Signal Number 1 was raised over the provinces of Camarines Norte, Camarines Sur, Romblon, Masbate (Ticao and Burias Island), Marinduque, and Quezon (Polilio Island). At 11:00 PM Signal Number 3 was raised over the province of Catanduanes.

December 25: At 1:00 AM the eye of typhoon was 280km east of Virac, Catanduanes. Signal Number 3 was raised over the provinces of Catanduanes, Albay and Camarines Sur. Signal Number 2 was raised over the provinces of Southern Quezon, Camarines Norte, Masbate (Ticao and Burias Island), Sorsogon, and Northern Samar. Signal Number 1 was raised over Metro Manila and the provinces of Bataan, Southern Zambales, Pampanga, Tarlac, Nueva Ecija, Bulacan, Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal, Quezon, Aurora, Romblon, Marinduque, Occidental Mindoro (Lubang Island), Oriental Mindoro, Aklan, Capiz, Samar, Eastern Samar, Biliran, Leyte, and Bantayan Island in Cebu. At 10:00 AM, Typhoon Nina further intensified to maximum sustained winds of 185-225 kph. Signal Number 4 was raised over the province of Catanduanes. At 8:00 PM, Typhoon Nina made its first landfall over Bato, Catanduanes with maximum sustained winds of 185-255 kph. At 11:00 PM, Nina made its second landfall over Sagnay, Camarines Sur and intensified further to maximum sustained winds of 175-290 kph.

December 26: At 2:00 AM, Typhoon Nina is traversed the Ragay Gulf. Signal Number 4 was raised over the provinces of Camarines Norte, Camarines Sur, and Southern Quezon. It made its 3rd landfall over San Andres, Quezon. At 4:30 AM, Nina made its 4th landfall over Province of Marinduque with maximum sustained winds of 150-250 kph. Signal Number 4 was lifted. Nina also made its 5th landfall over Verde Island, Batangas and at 10:00 AM, its 6th landfall over Tingloy, Batangas with maximum sustained winds of 130-215kph. At 11:40 AM its 7th landfall over Calatagan, Batangas and made its 8th landfall over Lubang Island, Occidental Mindoro at 1:00 PM.

December 27: At 4:00AM the eye of the typhoon was located 360 km west of Iba, Zambales with maximum sustained winds of 120 kph near the center and gustiness of up to 150 kph. It is forecasted to move west at 17 kph. All tropical cyclone warning signals have been lifted.

December 28: Typhoon Nina exited the Philippine area of responsibility (PAR) on the evening of December 27. Despite this, Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) said residents could still experience moderate to heavy rains for areas within 300km of the typhoon's diameter.

General overview (for EXTERNAL use)

According to the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC), as of January 9, 2017, 98,711 families (487,825 persons) were pre-emptively evacuated and a total of 516,461 families (2,295,021 persons) were affected in regions CALABARZON, MIMAROPA, V and VIII. Of the affected population, a total of 1,158 families (6,227 persons) are still inside 64 evacuation centers in the Provinces of Albay, Camarines Sur, and Catanduanes. There are 13 confirmed deaths and 21 reported missing in the four regions.

According to the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), the number of families affected by Typhoon Nina continues to rise as concerned regions submit their reports. The DSWD Disaster Response Operations Monitoring and Information Center (DROMIC) reports that some 131,011 families or 590,069 persons were displaced; of which, 37,271 families or 152,112 individuals are sheltered in 831 evacuation centers, while 501 families or 2,367 persons chose to stay with relatives or friends. The number of damaged houses also increased to 76,418 in Regions CALABARZON, MIMAROPA, and V; of which, 55,682 are partially damaged, while 20,736 are totally damaged.

Typhoon Nina’s impact was greatest on the provinces of Southern Luzon. Region 5 and Region 4-A and B bore the brunt of the typhoon, but some area of Region 2 and Region 8 were affected as well due to heavy rains. A total of 13 roads sections and 3 bridges across the affected areas are unpassable due to fallen trees and debris. A total of 114 areas Region 4-A and B and Region 5 are experiencing power interruption since 25th of December 2016 and at least 11 power lines in Region 4-A and Region 5 have been down since 25th of December.

Unlike during Typhoon Haima, the Humanitarian Coordinating Team (HCT) did not provide any formal letter of offering support to the National Risk Reduction and Management Council (NRRMC) and the Office of Civilian Defense (OCD). Instead, HTC has informally communicated that it is available to support if needed. It is believed at this stage that Typhoon Nina had smaller effect compared to Typhoon Haima.

The following are updated from the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council on the Philippine Government response1:

A total of P355,261,993.75 worth of assistance from DSWD, LGUs, DOH, NGOs, and Office of Civil Defense (OCD) has been extended to affected provinces in Regions CALABARZON, MIMAROPA, V, and VIII.

The Food and Non-Food Items Cluster reported a total of ₱7,112,134.00 worth of relief assistance has been provided to the affected families. Of the said amount, the Department provided ₱6,249,254.00 while the LGUs provided a total of ₱862,880.00.

1 National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council

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The Camp Coordination and Camp Management and IDP Protection Cluster reported that a total of 132,908 families (603,770 persons) are affected in 785 barangays in Regions CALABARZON, MIMAROPA, V, and VIII. Evacuation was done in Regions CALABARZON, MIMAROPA, V and VIII. A total of 26,811 families or 114,933 persons have pre-emptively evacuated. Of which, 22,078 families or 93,271 persons are currently staying in 367 evacuation centres while 1,206 persons or 5,243 families chose to stay with relatives or friends.

The Health Cluster reported the Department of Health prepositioned P26,359,242.98 worth of logistics in Regions III, IV-A, IV-B, V, VI, VIII and NCR while P41,921,211,46 are prepositioned at the DOH Central Office. The Philippine Red Cross (PRC) staff, volunteers and logistics are on standby and closely monitoring the effect of Typhoon Nina for rescue and relief operations. Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Health Service also has standby medical teams (with ambulances) ready for mobilization. International Partners, the World Health Organization and United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) expressed support in the provision of health logistics (hygiene kits).

The Education Cluster reports that a total of a total of 56 schools and 182 classrooms were used as evacuation centers in CALABARZON, MIMAROPA, and Bicol Region, of which 18 schools and 51 classrooms were still being used as evacuations centers as of December 29. Standby funds are available for setting up Temporary Learning Spaces and support for school clean up.

Three ChildFund Philippines partners – REINA, FACE, and YKBI – were in the path of Typhoon Nina. The following are updates on their respective communities:

YKBI (provinces of Quezon, Laguna and Batangas): All covered communities are back to normal; no response is needed. Clean up activities are being conducted by respective partner Local Government Units.

REINA (Northern Quezon): All covered communities are back to normal; no response is needed.

FACE (Camarines Sur and Sorsogon): All families in evacuation centers have returned to their respective homes as of December 27, 2016.

A total of 178,264 houses were damaged of which 56,584 are identified as totally damaged and 121,680 with partially damaged houses in the Bicol region as of January 3, 2017. The DSWD defines partially damaged houses as those with portion of walls or roofs destroyed, but posts and rafters or truss still intact. Totally damaged houses are those with posts and rafters or truss destroyed. In the Municipality of Pili a total of 13,738 houses reported damaged were 4,673 houses were reported totally damaged and 9,065 with houses partially damaged in 26 total barangays of Pili. Ten of the 26 barangays are covered by FACE were they have a total of 3,336 reported damaged were 1,152 are totally damaged and 2,184 houses that are partially damaged. Of the 1,152 totally damaged houses, 316 of them are ChildFund enrolled families while 639 HH are with partial damages

Families with totally damaged houses are starting to rebuild their homes using salvaged materials left in the wake of the typhoon. Plastic sheets, used temporarily to cover exposed roof, is being provided by BLGU and DSWD Regional Office to all families with totally destroyed houses. Commonly used housing materials such as such as coco lumber and nipa are scarce; rebuilding is anticipated to be slow. Affected families need immediate support to rebuild and repair their homes; badly damaged structures have left families exposed to the elements.

Infants and young children are particularly vulnerable at this time. Forced to sleep in the open, they are exposed to the cold weather which may lead to illness. Local government health units are monitoring the situation. In addition to housing supplies, families need mosquito nets, blankets, and mats.

Seventy-Two (72) hours after the typhoon, the LGU Municipality of Pili began distributing one day- food items to 4673 families with totally damaged houses . As of January 9, DSWD Region has augmented another round of relief support to the same families with provisions that can be used for three days while OWWA has also provided support to 1000 families with pail-full of provisions. Other donations in kind from private institutions in Pili with corporate social responsibility programs are also coming in such as SAVEMORE, LCC, TOYOTA, AMAIA ESCAPES and BDO, Air lIft Asia. Local entities are also providing support like CARD Inc., a MicroFinance Institution, Local Trading businesses, Rice Mills and some moneyed individuals.

Basic food items (rice, sardines, noodles etc.) were provided to the evacuees by their respective Barangay Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (DRRMC). According to the Pili Municipal DRMMC and Municipal Social Welfare Development Office (MSWDO), they have sufficient non-food items such as blankets and mats ready for distribution to the families who are heavily affected. There is no need for civil society groups to provide support in this regard.

BDRRMCs in the covered areas are functional and performing their responsibilities, however their budget for the year is nearly exhausted. The DSWD is prepared to extend assistance when needed.

The water supply is intact; no reported damage to water sources or major pipelines.

Electricity is expected to be restored in 3 months time, but lines along commercial areas will be restored first. At this time, all offices and establishments are using generators.

Almost all affected families are beneficiaries of the Pantawid Program of the DSWD, a conditional cash transfer program, which has a component of sustainable livelihood program through which livelihood recovery intervention will be partially addressed by the government. This is where FACE and ChildFund may choose to intervene, having previous experience with livelihood recovery in other typhoon-affected areas. According to the Department of Agriculture, damage to agriculture and fisheries in the Bicol region alone is estimated at PhP4 billion (US$80 million).

The DepED Regional Office in Bicol reported that 1,192 school classrooms been totally damaged by Typhoon Nina and 2,430 classes need temporary learning spaces. At a ratio of 40 pupils per classroom, this would translate to some 144,880 pupils and students with no classrooms for hold classes at come school opening in January 2017. 5

DepEd also reported that there are 2,868 partially damaged classrooms needing major repairs and 3,986 partially damaged classrooms needing minor repairs. This initial figure however does not yet include damages of the learning materials for children, furniture, and computer equipment. The total partial estimated cost of damage to infrastructure reaches Php234, 850,000.00 while the non-infrastructure costs Php14, 142,200.00 (this figure is as of 30 Dec 2016.

Children have expressed sadness over the loss of their books and school supplies. Parents are unable to replace these as they are focused on providing shelter and restoring their livelihoods.

A coordination meeting between the LGU of Pili, FACE, and ChildFund was held on January 3 to explore areas of collaboration. The meeting was attended by the a complete MDRRMC, including the Municipal Mayor, the MDRRMC Officer, the Administrator, the Municipal Social Welfare Officer, the Municipal Agricultural Officer, the Municipal Engineer, the Municipal Planning and Development Officer, the Municipal Local Government Operations Officer, selected Municipal Council members, Youth Officers.

The following are highlights of the meeting:  The LGU of Pili can manage the relief operation and does not need to heavily rely on civil society groups for support in this regard.  Per the DRRM Act (Republic Act 10121), the LGU is required to use 30% of the calamity fund, which is 5% of their Internal Revenue Allotment, for emergency response. The LGU intends to use their calamity fund to support shelter recovery through repair and rebuilding assistance and livelihoods recovery through the provision of seeds to farmers.  The LGU requested that FACE to focus its support on shelter, which is the municipality’s priority. Should FACE decide to implement a shelter project, a coordination and implementation body will be created to plan and manage the project.

 As a possible shelter intervention, the LGU suggested training for local carpeners on safe shelter techniques. The idea is that these local partners could then be hired by the LGU to repair and rebuild damaged houses, if LGU resources are available.  The LGU has developed a core shelter plan and estimated cost of materials of more or less 20,000 pesos (see annex for plan and estimate). The LGU will prioritize families with totally damaged houses as per DSWD definition. o This design however was updated to be more responsive to the key messages of building back better (shelter); that resulted to more technical development and cost-restructuring.  Partnership between the LGU and FACE may also take the form of support to families with partially damaged houses through the provision of shelter kits containing tools such as hammers, chisels, and saws, and building materials such as lumber , nails and roofing sheets. As part of food-for-work programs, municipal and barangay LGUs are employing affected members of the communities to clear debris and fallen trees from municipal and barangay roads. The DSWD and barangay LGUs are providing temporary roofing cover sheets/insulators (“trapal”) to families with totally destroyed houses. The municipal LGU is also planning to provide additional “trapal” sheets. Pili expects additional relief support from the DSWD Regional Office in the form of “trapal” sheets, malongs (multi-purpose cloth) and food packs for families with totally destroyed houses. The DSWD Regional Office is developing a rehabilitation plan to include livelihoods and shelter support for Pili.

Overview of ChildFund Alliance response (for EXTERNAL use)

SECTIONS BELOW ARE FOR INTERNAL USE ONLY

1. Security and Logistics

The security situation in the affected areas are generally stable despite the presence of armed guerilla groups belonging to the communist’s New People’s Army. There are no reports of banditry in the area.

2. Partnerships and Coordination

The Philippine INGO Network (PINGON) agreed that there is no need to conduct a joint PINGON assessment, given the ongoing assessments of various organizations. It was noted that most agencies are focusing their assessments in Catanduanes, and that there might be information gap for Marinduque and Oriental Mindoro. It was requested that coordination with HTC joint assessment team be done to increase coverage of municipalities. It was agreed that the PINGON mapping tool of will be used at the municipal level. The results of a quick target assessment areas mapping done at the meeting will be shared via email and will be followed up with further updates by members. It was also agreed the name and contact of team leads to be shared in relevant template for quick coordination on the ground among team members. It was agreed that the RNA Tool – MIRA 72 hours will be used as much as possible by INGOs. It was agreed that reference to RDANA tools of government will also be made in line with support of government initiative. ChildFund Philippines has provided information for PINGON’s and UNICEF’s 3Ws. Child Protection Specialist is in coordination with the CPiE -TWG. ChildFund Philippines, ChildFund Japan and EDUCO are coordinating and sharing information sharing. ChildFund Japan is providing food for work and shelter assistance in Iriga City, province of Camarines Sur. According to EDUCO Country Director Imelda Abalos, they are focused on 5 municipalities of their 12 program area operations. In the province of Camarines Sur, they focus on municipalities of Nabua and Bato while ChildFund is focusing on the Municipality of Pili. The following figures are from the worst-hit affected population/families in Educo covered areas:

Affected Severely Affected Severely Affected Barangays Persons Families Province Albay (Polangui, Libon 34 23,784 4,757 & Oas) Camarines Sur 24 24,659 4,932 (Nabua & Bato) Total for Region V 58 44,443 9,689

Educo is distributing food packs and potable water to some 9,689 families (submitted lists are to be validated). Barangay-based relief distribution started on 30 December 2016 in the municipalities of Nabua and Bato, Camarines Sur. It will continue within first week of January to reach the targeted 58 highly vulnerable and worst-hit barangays. This is to augment the capacity gap of the DSWD Bicol Region, which is only able to provide 30% of the food relief needed by local government units.

Educo adjusted its support accordingly and agreed to also provide food packs to families with partially damaged houses who will be help repair damages in schools. This initiative has been dubbed as “Brigada Eskwela Plus”. This is in coordination with the Department of Education (DepEd) and DSWD. This agreement is necessary for food allocation to suffice for, not only for families with totally damaged houses, but for families with partially damaged houses as well. As of January 17, 2017 a total of 8,479 families received food packs, 5,080 of which we families with totally damaged houses and 3,399 of which were families who helped in the Emergency Brigada Eskwela clean-up, repair and rehabilitation of EDUCO recipient schools. This was done is in coordination with the Department of Education (DepEd) and DSWD ROV. The food packs are composed of composed of 5 kilograms special rice, 3 canned goods, 1 can of biscuits, 300 grams of mongo and 6 liters of mineral water. The Municipality of Pili in Camarines Sur where FACE, Inc. operates covers 10 barangays with a total of 1,060 enrolled families. The Parents Association office located in Pili is severely damaged. It was flooded and the roofs were also destroyed causing damages to some equipment. On-going restoration and cleaning is now being undertaken by the volunteers with the staff. Program volunteers are also affected. Most of the volunteers have partial, if not totally damaged houses.

In coordination with Dep Ed, District level, FACE was able to get the listing of Schools damaged by Typhoon Nina in FACE covered areas:

Nam of School No. Of TLS No. of affected No. of affected Number of pupils ( Male) pupils ( Female) affected teachers A.T. Manaoag 3 37 25 3 ES Bin. Norte ES 3 41 35 3 Caboclodan ES 3 64 52 3 Palestina ES 3 53 43 3 Pili West CS 2 45 44 2 San Jose South 2 41 34 2 ES School of the 3 68 83 3 Future Tinangis ES 3 56 48 3 TOAL 19 505 364 22

The damaged schools were already reported by the district to the Division Office of Camarines Sur. Estimated cost of damage is pegged at PhP 2,280,000. Currently, all damaged buildings remained untouched. Pupils affected are now under the temporary learning spaces. As of this reporting period, about 25% of all barangays in Pili are now energized. CKC Office in Pili is still operating under a generator set. Staff and volunteer are back to work and had participated in the validation of the reported affected families

According to the regional director of DSWD. There were challenge on quality data from the MDRRC/PDRRMC on data disagregation on children by gender and age. The current tool for data gathering is the RDNA and PDNA (on going during the week) which is focused only on housing damages- total & partial, limited on the tool used in rapid need assessment.

Furthermore, in relation to child protection, RD acknowledged the regional child protection working group was not re-activated as expected, accordingly, the region was focused on the Food distribution of food packs to 30% of affected families with reported total and partial damages.

According to FACE (ChildFund’s local partner), BCPS were activated during the response, however, admittedly BCPCs as just added staff of the barangay LGUs, and not as a clear council with tasks and roles clear for the protection of children. FACE plans to engage BCPSs capacity building in the future but not with the 25% realignment of their budget.

There was discussion of affected schools who are conducting their back to school classes using Temporary Learning System (TLS) until their damaged schools will be reconstructed with "Food for Work" to be supported by the DSWD-region. Related to school-based child protection, initial discussion on the need to conduct Psychological First Aid (PFA) sessions for adults (affected school teachers) and PFA for affected school children, as a post disaster CP PSychosocial support and point of entry in strengthening their school-based CP mechanism in partnership with DEPED and DSWD- trained focal Staff with support from ChildFund technical staff. The attached updated data from DEPED Pili are initial list to be considered as target participants for the PFA sessions.

3. Program ChildFund and Local Partners

REINA and YKBI are back to regular program implementation. Only FACE is continuing their coordination and further assessment needed for their related proposals on shelter and livelihood. FACE has submitted a budget modification proposal to realign 25% of their budget for shelter repair assistance to 30 families who were identified with totally damaged houses. This target is based on the overall total of FACE‘s 10 covered barangays in Pili with totally damaged houses (1,152 families) and on their 25% subsidy realignment budget for 3

10 months (Php738,440.01). Of the total realigned budget, 18% will be for admin, monitoring and technical staff cost while the remaining 82% will be for the direct shelter repair assistance. The target based on the LGU core shelter plan of at least Php. 40,000 cost of repair per family. Also, additional 1 Million pesos was allocated from the savings of new funding model to be used for the shelter project. The national office is now waiting for the fund request of FACE for this amount. Despite all this support, there remains a significant gap in reaching the all affected families. Additional resources and funds are needed to support the LGU’s capacity. ChildFund, in its commitment to support FACE, has developed a proposal worth S150,000 for ChildFund Korea funding to support the construction and repair of 250 units of core houses respectively. It has also included livelihoods support to 83 families for a one cycle crop production from planting to harvest.

FACE and ChildFund has also set another meeting with the Engineering Office of Pili to finalize the design, estimate and specification of the shelter that will be constructed. The plan is expected to be completed by Thursday, January 12, 2017 FACE is also targeting to provide livelihood assistance as part of the recovery program of the disaster. FACE has undertaken a revalidation exercise on the ground. From the 194 list of revalidated number of families with totally destroyed houses, they have prioritized 54 families as most in need though they still need to further trim this number to 34 for the initial funding Proposed strategies for these projects will be in the form cash voucher for the shelter repair assistance and conditional cash transfer for the livelihood assistance will be implemented. Similar to the livelihood assistance strategy in TY Lawin (Haima) response in the CPFI areas in Cordilleras area and in Apayao. FACE intends to provide educational supplies to children in affected communities, through their regular program budget.

Educo By January 3, 2017, Educo immediately started the field evaluations and groundwork for the immediate relief response in their affected communities in the region. Given the extent of damages in shelter, and schools, Educo may also provide for starter kits for school children. Educo also intends to participate in the rehabilitation and restoration of school facilities, including Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) support on the road to normalcy. Some possible livelihood assistance for severely affected families may also be needed to support the continued schooling of the children, in areas covered by Educo.

ChildFund Japan . ChildFund Japan local representatives, haven’t submitted updates on their response, Nock-Ten, but were responsive in providing details in their response for the CDO flooding in Mindanao.

4. Staffing As of January 3, 2017, ChildFund has deployed one technical staff (MEALO) to support FACE and staff in their assessments, coordination meetings, and proposal development. The MEALO is gathering information on shelter and livelihoods, conducting shelter spot visits for documentation, conducting Child Verification Interview with families with totally destroyed houses, relief and recovery activities for SITREP updating, as well as proposal development on shelter and livelihoods. Since January 10, the Program Effectiveness Manager of Luzon was also deployed in Bicol . She provided support to FACE in coming up with a more effective data gathering process and a concrete plan with timetables for the response. She also had coordination work with Provincial and Regional offices involved in disaster response to gather more data and to probe on other form of support for FACE beneficiaries. Today (Jan 17, 2017), the finance officer of ChildFund Luzon program office was deployed to Bicol, to assist FACE in the following capacities: co-facilitate the financial component of their procurement of the core-shelter materials, conduct of psychsocial activities, and coordination with regional line agencies.

5. Donors No donors have committed at this point pending the release of this SitRep and the formulation of the Plan of Action. Emergency response operations to be initiated at this stage will be financed by reallocating available project funds from their sponsorship funds. Through EMU, the sitrep has been shared with F&E for possible fundraising support.

6. Finance (Budget Source) FACE has finalized and submitted their proposal for their 25% budget realignment in the amount of Php 738,440.01 to respond in providing shelter assistance to families with totally damaged houses. FACE has at least 17 families in Pili with totally damaged houses that will be provided with assistance. Also, 1 Million Pesos was earmarked from the savings gained in the New Funding Model to be used as an additional fund for the shelter project. This new development wills now double the projected number of shelter units, estimated at 34 units that will be constructed. The fund request for this additional amount is now being requested by FACE

7. Media/Communications

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8. Next Steps/Recommendations Childfund Philippines

 Previous sitreps indicated that livelihood assistance is being covered by other organizations and agencies. However, CFP have discovered through recent coordination that there is still a need for additional support in livelihood assistance for the affected families in Pili. Further validation and assessment is being conducted as of the moment by FACE and ChildFund staff on the ground to identify the gaps in livelihood assistance.  FACE will continue to monitor the progress of the education sector in the area; probing if any need of support will be needed to address the issues stated above.  FACE has submitted their 25% realignment proposal for shelter repair assistance to inititally benefit 30 target families for Pili covered areas plus another funding amounting to 1 M pesos from New Funding Model savings will now ensure at least 1.7 M funding for shelter project. Moreover, ChildFund Philippines has submitted an NSP proposal to the alliance worth $150,000 for additional shelter repair/construction and for livelihood assistance. The proposal has already been submitted and once approved, the project will undergo a rigid selection process in prioritizing who among the beneficiaries will be selected to avail of shelter and livelihoods project. The MDRRMC will also have a big role on coordinating technical housing support through the Municipal Engineering Office, the Department of Agriculture for Livelihoods. MDRRMC will serve not just a coordinating body but will be active in the planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of the project. Educo Educo Philippines prepared a project proposal entitled, “Super typhoon Nina Emergency Response and Rehabilitation Assistance” or Project ERRA, which focuses its interventions to education. This will be from January to December 2017.

Under Project ERRA, support will be provided to 39 Educo partner schools in the municipalities of Nabua and Bato, Camarines Sur and Libon, Albay. This support includes:

a. Back-to-school starter kits (BST) for 18,751 pupils b. Instructional Materials (IMs) for 319 classrooms c. Temporary learning space (TLS) for 27 totally damaged classrooms d. School repairs for 16 partially damaged classrooms needing major repairs e. School repairs for 31 partially damaged classrooms needing minor repairs f. Construction of 4 units with 2 classrooms each unit of Typhoon Resilient School Buildings (TRSB) in two schools in Nabua and Libon. This will be in partnership with DepEd, which will provide the TRSB design, while some of the labor for the construction will be through DSWD. g. Livelihood support, material and technical, will be provided to select families. This is to augment for the rehabilitation of sources of income in support to children’s education. This will be in collaboration with the local Department of Agriculture in LGUs.

 Fifty (50) fishermen along Bato lake will receive materials to replace their fishing paraphernalia  Eight hundred (800) Farmers will receive vegetable seeds and other farm inputs for their continuing farming activities h. Awareness-raising on safety and DRR at schools, at home and in communities, is also among the built-in activities of Project ERRA.

Educo Philippines is looking into the possibility of addressing the psycho-social effect of STY Nina to children, teachers, and parents. As disaster happens, survivors cope with shock on their own but others may need external support.

9. Additional Information

Above initiatives are being done while regular programming continues.

CONTACT: Country Office Leadership: Mark Anthony Dasco OIC-ND/Program Director [email protected]

Technical Backstop: Ivan Qarlsen Ledesma DRM-Technical Specialist [email protected]

Field Operations: Marcela Donaal Field Operations Manager, Luzon [email protected]