Since the disaster, CARE has been able to distribute supplies to 38,561 people: rice, salt, sugar, beans, cooking oil, dried fish, canned meat. As soon as Philippine markets reopened, CARE sourced local products to support economic recovery and provide families with products they are used to consuming. Recently, more than 2350 households received a repair kit for their homes (construction materials, tools,...) and 9002 households received food parcels.
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A 1st team of the French Red Cross had flown on November 15, 2013, with three and a half tons of equipment. On site, teams from the Philippine and French Red Cross worked together. The French Red Cross has distributed more than 99,000 emergency kits (hygiene kits, blankets, tents, mosquito nets, etc.) and is working to build safer homes to prevent future disasters. Tool kits to repair the affected homes were also distributed and 500 semi-permanent houses were built. The French Red Cross' action in the Philippines is expected to last until the end of 2015.
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Since the beginning of its intervention, MSF has carried out 30,732 outpatient consultations, 733 hospitalizations, 466 emergency surgeries, 360 deliveries and distributed 3,000 essential items (February 2014 figures). 7414 patients benefited from the support provided by the psychological care team and nearly 200 tons of medical and logistical equipment were transported by MSF. The objective now is to support the health system until the return to normal, in order to take care of common pathologies related to lack of access to care: complicated deliveries, chronic diseases...
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