The Red Cross responded quickly in the immediate aftermath of Typhoon Haiyan, reaching 1.3 million people with emergency relief. Following the typhoon, the Canadian Red Cross deployed its Emergency Field Hospital in the city of Ormoc, where they admitted 1,226 patients, performed 114 surgeries and supported 418 deliveries while in operation. One of the ways the Canadian Red Cross is continuing to help is by working closely with the Philippine Red Cross to implement an Emergency Field Hospital Readiness Program. This training makes sure that personnel are prepared and able to sustain a field hospital in the event of a disaster.
Two years after the typhoon, the Canadian Red Cross, partnered with the Spanish, German and Netherlands Red Cross, continues to help survivors recover and rebuild a stronger and healthier future.
One of more than 3,500 carpenters trained by Red Cross and Red Crescent in the Haiyan operation. He has been a tradesman all his life and now works for Red Cross.
Photo by: IFRC
Liliosa and her family received $220 conditional cash to buy chicks and has become a famous breeder. She saved the profits to buy a plot of land to grow rice in and is planning to buy another.
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About 90,800 families were helped with the equivalent of $110 in emergency cash relief during the Haiyan operation.
Photo by: Kate Marshall/IFRC
Mother of 6, Irene was able to set up a simple juice business using $110 emergency cash relief from the Red Cross. She has since been able to expand her business.
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Dr. Lynda Redwood-Campbell treats patients at the Canadian Red Cross field hospital in Ormoc, Philippines after Typhoon Haiyan caused significant damage to the local hospital.
Photo: Nicole Robicheau/Canadian Red Cross
Following the typhoon, the Red Cross field hospital quickly became primarily a maternal and child operation.
Photo: Nicole Robicheau/Canadian Red Cross