Typhoon Rai has caused widespread damage to buildings affecting livelihoods, agriculture and infrastructure. It has also brought severe flooding and rain-induced landslides to large parts of the areas in its way. Communication, power lines and water supply have been widely disrupted.
At this stage it is estimated that over 1.8 million people have been affected by the typhoon and close to 440,000 are currently displaced. The country has battled COVID-19 for two years which has affected the country financially, and with more bad weather predicted to come, support is needed urgently.
The donation will for example be used for:
- Shelter, housing and settlements (people targeted – 90,000)
- Livelihoods (people targeted – 90,000)
- Health and care (people targeted – 100,000)
- Protection, gender and inclusion (people targeted 400,000)
- Risk reduction, climate adaption and recovery (people targeted – 60,000)
