IASC Event Typhoon Haiyan: Lessons for Improving the Response to Large-Scale, Sudden Onset Natural Disasters
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Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines: Lessons for Improving the Response to Large-Scale, Sudden Onset Natural Disasters
Late last year, the Philippines was struck by Typhoon Haiyan, the strongest on record, which claimed more than 6,000 lives (with thousands more still missing), affected more than 14 million people, and destroyed over a million homes. While the emergency response was by and large successful, more than four months since the storm hit, significant challenges to recovery remain. The typhoon also marked the first declaration of a Level 3 emergency by the IASC in the context of a large scale, sudden-onset disaster and offers important lessons on how to improve the implementation of the humanitarian program cycle under the Transformative Agenda. Refugees International (RI), an independent advocacy organization that advocates on behalf of people displaced by conflict and natural disasters, conducted a mission to the Philippines in February 2014 to assess the response to Typhoon Haiyan and the protection needs of those still displaced by the disaster (see links to the reports below). Please join us for a panel discussion with: Marcy Hersh, Senior Advocate for Women & Girls, Refugees International Alice Thomas, Climate Displacement Program Manager, Refugees International Victoria Stodart, Consultant, Shelter and Settlements, IFRC who recently returned from four months in the Philippines as Shelter Cluster Coordinator and Housing, Land, and Property Advisor RI Reports: Philippines: Typhoon Survivors Face Obstacles to Recovery Philippines: New Approach to Emergency Response Fails Women and Girls