Here are some of the latest news items about the Solomons Island floods and Oxfam’s response.
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Christmas after Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines
Oxfam Great Britain’s Jane Beesley reports on a very different Christmas among the survivors of Typhoon Haiyan in Tacloban, central Philippines. This Christmas many people in the Philippines will be spending it without their loved ones, without roofs, without their homes, without jobs, but they are not without hope.
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Meet Romeo and Lourdes
Oxfam’s Jane Beesley met Romeo Rosello (61) at a distribution for hygiene and water kits at Mancilang Baranguy, Madridejos, Bantayan Island, Cebu. As a senior citizen he was fast tracked through the distribution with other senior citizens, women who were pregnant, and those with disabilities. Over 600 families received hygiene and water kits that day. Romeo and his wife Lourdes were revisited on 27 November when they provided feedback on how useful they found the kits.
Getting back and moving on….
“Typhoon Yolanda destroyed my two pump boats. Can you give me one so I can start earning my livelihood?”
Meet the families you helped in Cebu
When Oxfam distributed emergency aid in the village of Paypay in the northern tip of Cebu on November 15 and 16, photographer Jane Beesley met some of the recipients. Hygiene and water purification kits were given to over 800 families on November 15 and 16 in the coastal region of Daanbantayan which was badly affected by the typhoon.
Facing up to climate reality
As we rush to help survivors of Typhoon Haiyan, we also need to look at the bigger picture.
