Project profile — Typhoon Ketsana - Save the Children Emergency Response 2009

• Philippines (100.00%)

• Emergency Response: Material relief assistance and services (72010) (100.00%)

• Gender equality (not targeted)
• Environmental sustainability (cross-cutting) (not targeted)
• Participatory development and good governance (not targeted)
• Trade development (not targeted)
• Biodiversity (not targeted)
• Climate change mitigation (not targeted)
• Climate Change Adaptation (not targeted)
• Urban issues (not targeted)
• Desertification (not targeted)
• Children's issues (not targeted)
• Youth Issues (not targeted)
• Indigenous Issues (not targeted)
• Disability (not targeted)
• ICT as a tool for development (not targeted)

October 6, 2009 - Typhoon Ketsana hit the Philippines on September 26, causing massive destruction and flooding in Manila and other areas. As of October 6, an estimated 3.9 million people have been affected, while 295 are dead and 39 missing. This project allows Save the Children Canada to support children and their families in four severely hit municipalities in the Province of Rizal for a period of two months. Save the Children Canada is providing essential non-food items (tarpaulins, mosquito nets, blankets, cooking household items, etc.) and hygiene kits to 6,135 families to complement the food items distributed by the local government and other non-governmental organizations.

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