1 Overall Humanitarian Timeline of Operations 3 AUGUST JANUARY DECEMBER • Surigao del Norte • Nazareno MAY The Philippine Red Cross (PRC) entered 2017 with a new strategic direction for the next four Earthquake • Tropical Operations years. Greatly informed by its experience in responding to the growing natural and human MARCH • Marawi Recovery Depression Urduja • Tail End of a Insurgency Operations Response induced humanitarian challenges every year, we continued to intensify our drive to build safe Cold Front and • Mindanao Related • Typhoon Nina • Typhoon Vinta and resilient communities throughout the Philippines. LPA Returnees Incident Recovery Emergency • Typhoon Ferdie (from Response Malaysia) Operations We provide timely humanitarian aid, from helping communities stand up once more through Recovery our Disaster Management Services, sharing life-saving skills though our Safety Services and Health Services, supporting disaster-stricken communities through our Welfare Services, to giving our ailing countrymen a fighting chance through the National Blood Services. All these efforts of the Philippine Red Cross could not be done without the unending efforts our network of more than two million volunteers, and the generosity of our donors and partners. FEBRUARY APRIL SEPTEMBER • Parola Fire • Mabini, JULY • Ormoc, • Surigao Batangas • Tropical Leyte This 2017 Year End Report is a testament to the support of our donors, local and international del Norte Earthquake Depression Earthquake Earthquake • Bohol Maring partners, and Partner National Societies; and the effort of the staff and volunteers who worked • Typhoon Insurgency Response round the clock for the past year to deliver aid to the most vulnerable. Gorio • Wao, Lanao Response del Sur Earthquake major emergency recovery Summary of Response 13 operations 3 operations January 17,520,092 liters of water distributed; 1,809,000 pesos worth of cash assistance distributed; 18,809 families provided with food items; 26,338 families provided with non-food items; 51,568 individuals given with psychosocial Nazareno Response Tail-end of Cold Front Response Typhoon Ferdie Recovery Operations support; 12,886 individuals reached through Traslacion is the culmination of the celebration of the The Tail-end of Cold Front brought moderate to occasionally heavy annual Feast of the Black Nazarene. This was attended rainfalls and thunderstorms that triggered flooding affecting areas in Four cities and municipalities in Batangas were health and hygiene promotion; 4,551 families provided with shelter assistance; 3,987 by millions of devotees. With the help of the volunteers, Visayas and Mindanao. We responded to a total of 13 provinces in assisted with shelter for the recovery stage of people families provided with livelihood assistance; 697 families granted with cash assistance; 275 Red Cross First Aid stations were assembled along the Mindanao during this event. procession route. affected by Typhoon Ferdie, which hit the province total fire responses Rescue and Health in September of 2016. Rescue and Health 16 individuals rescued 12 individuals assisted by response teams Shelter Assistance 8 major cases addressed 661 families/ 3,305 individuals 2 801 major cases attended to Welfare Assistance Provided 4 welfare desks established provided with Shelter Repair patients transported 22 108 individuals provided with psychosocial support Assistance 1,136 individuals provided with BP assistance Hotmeals and Food items 15,547 individuals provided with hot meals Non food items 650 individuals provided with blankets and towels 725 individuals provided with hygiene kits Staff and volunteers 164 staff and volunteers mobilized 1 Operation Center Reports, 2017 DMS Accomplishment Report 2 2017 December PMER Factbook *Federation Databank Reporting System (FDRS) Indicators 1 Volunteers + Logistics + Information Technology 2 February April July September Parola Fire Response Mabini, Batangas Earthquake Response Ormoc, Leyte Earthquake Response Tropical Depression Maring Response The PRC staff and volunteers swiftly responded to a fire incident in Parola Tropical Depression Maring dumped heavy rains flooding areas in Metro Manila and Compound, in Tondo, Manila. It damaged approximately 1,000 houses made of light The PRC Welfare Services and medical teams were first on the scene to give relief and rescue A 6.5 earthquake shook Ormoc, Leyte, along with 2 other cities and municipalities. This prompting landslides and flashfloods in nearby towns. Scenes of people wading in waist- materials, leaving 3,000 families homeless. assistance to the people of Batangas after a magnitude 5.5 earthquake shook the province. Always caused at least 4 deaths and 100 injuries. The PRC responded by providing rescue, health, in anticipation of the “Big One,” PRC, we have trained our 143 volunteers for years, and is fine- food items, non-food items, water, and welfare services to the affected communities. deep flood, taking refuge on top of cranes and riding boats were seen as PAGASA issued a red rainfall warning over Metro Manila, Bulacan, Pampanga, Bataan and Rizal. tuning its current response strategies to respond to this kind of disaster. Rescue and Health Non food items Non food items 3 units of blood provided to 1 patient 1,895 families provided with non-food items 351 families provided with Jerry Cans Rescue and Health Rescue and Health Shelter Assistance 45 patients transported 454 families provided with sleeping mats 3 persons rescued 17 medical tents established 280 individuals sheltered in 33 individuals assisted in 1,895 individuals received a pair of slippers 183 families provided with hygiene kits Non food items evacuation centers BP consultations Welfare Assistance Provided 135 families provided with tarpaulins 138 families provided with plastic mats Welfare Assistance Provided 31 families provided 29 individuals provided with with blankets Surigao del Norte Earthquake Response 4 welfare desks established Welfare Assistance Provided Water and Sanitation psychosocial support 31 families provide 2,149 individuals provided with Staff and Volunteers 10 welfare desks established A 6.7 magnitude earthquake hit 8 cities and municipalities in Surigao del Norte, where 4 water bladders deployed with mats psychosocial support 41 staff and volunteers mobilized 2,363 individuals provided with more than 300 houses were damaged and some 100 people were injured after its full 390,292 liters of water distributed to Hotmeals and Food items impact. psychosocial support Hotmeals and Food items 11,774 individuals 110 families provided with 3 day rations Staff and Volunteers 495 individuals reached on hygiene 588 families provided with hot meals 14 staff and volunteers Rescue and Health 6,665 individuals served with biscuits Hotmeals and Food items promotion 901 families provided with bread mobilized 25 units of blood shipped to the area 926 individuals provided with hot meals 2,225 individuals provided with bread Staff and Volunteers Welfare Assistance Provided Bohol Insurgency Response 86 staff and volunteers mobilized 3 welfare desks established 3,473 individuals provided with psychosocial support The PRC provided relief assistance to 1,500 individuals during the Bohol Insurgency Response. The December clashes started in April 2017, involving ISIL affiliated militants led by members of the Abu Sayyaf Group. Typhoon Gorio Response Tropical Depression Urduja Response Hotmeals and Food items 3,620 individuals provided with hot meals Relief Items Typhoon Gorio affected three provinces in Luzon and 4 cities in Metro Manila. A total of It can be recalled that the PRC was among the first to access Biliran province, one of the 5,461 families were affected, which prompted the PRC to immediately respond to the areas hardest hit areas by Urduja. Among the international pledges coursed through the PRC individuals provided with food packs 1,500 individuals received assorted relief items (e.g. pail, dipper, 2,750 damaged by the typhoon. was from the the Chinese Embassy in the Philippines. They provided a humanitarian blanket, detergent, and canned sardines) Shelter aid amounting to USD 100,000 or P5.1-million that will benefit the affected families in Non food items Visayas. 88 evacuation centers established by the PRC 673 families provided with non-food items 488 families provided with NFI through cash grant Wao Earthquake Response 56 families temporarily resided in these centers Rescue and Health Water and Sanitation 239 families provided with jerrycans 243 persons catered through PRC established and upkept 286 persons rescued 314 water bladders deployed A magnitude 5.4 earthquake struck 26 barangays in Wao, Lanao del Sur, affecting 2,039 families. evacuation centers 69,000 liters of water Water and sanitations Hotmeals and Food items distributed Relief Items 63,000 liters of water distributed to 4,963 August 8,680 individuals provided 23 individuals reached on beneficiaries 1,915 individuals provided with hygiene kits and jerry cans with hot meals hygiene promotion Surigao del Norte Earthquake Response 384 individuals provided with food packs Welfare Assistance May Shelter 13 welfare desks established Non food items Marawi IRI Operations 116 families / 580 individuals provided with Shelter 138 individuals provided March Repair Assistance 211 families provided with psychosocial support with blankets Mindanao Returnees Response The Marawi Siege was an armed conflict between Philippine government security forces and militants affiliated with the