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Education for All launched in Ozamiz City

World Vision is committed to promote Education for All (EFA) in partnership with other stakeholders in the communities. The EFA movement in the Philippines seeks to improve the quality of basic education for every Filipino by 2015. In Ozamiz City, one of WVDF's community partner Kahayag Development Program recently launched the Education for All (EFA) campaign in the municipalities of Panaon and Sinacaban.

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World Vision responds in Haiti

Outside a state hospital in Port au Prince, 6-year old Haitian girl Lorvencia is treated by World Vision staff, cleaning her wounds. She was injured when their house fell down on her and her four siblings. Their mother was out shopping for dinner when the quake hit. All the children were injured, none seriously. World Vision delivered emergency medical supplies to 9 hospitals in the first 2 days after the quake.(Photo by Steve Matthews/World Vision)

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World Vision responds in Haiti earthquake

World Vision sends initial aid to Haiti in the aftermath of the devastating earthquake which reportedly has killed almost 50,000 people (as of Jan 14), damaged major infrastructures and affected thousands more.

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Earthquake Survivor

Seven-month old Billy is alive after being pulled from the rubble of her home. She was buried for about 48 hours, but was rescued by neighbor Julie Exile, shown here carrying the baby survivor. Image taken at L'Hopsital General. (Photo by Steve Matthews/World Vision).

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"Thank you for the warm bed"

At the height of Mayon's threat (alert level 4) to explode December last year, over 50,000 families were displaced to the different evacuation centers in Albay province. Thousands of evacuees were reduced to sleeping on cold floors. Leading foam company Uratex partnered with World Vision to provide comfort mattresses to over 410 families in Guinobatan and other evacuation camps.

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News and Stories

The Mayon Volcano in Albay (Bicol region) magnificently spewed lava and ashes last December, as Philvocs raised the threat of an imminent explosion to Alert level 4 driving almost 50,000 people away from their homes during the Christmas holidays. After almost a month, Mayon calms down as authorities lower the alert to level 2. Residents, mostly farmers, have now gone back to their homes after weeks of discomfort in the evacuation camps.

 

 

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News and Stories

Lea Salonga offers her extra-ordinary passion and gift for music in the two-night concert entitled "Lea Salonga…Your Songs” to help the people affected by typhoons Ondoy and Pepeng. Part of the proceeds of the successful event went to World Vision for its ongoing assistance to recovering communities after the calamity.

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Rebuilding Communities thru Cash for Work

More than three weeks after typhoon Ondoy caused massive flooding in Metro Manila and nearby provinces, roads and drainage are still covered with mud, garbage and debris. World Vision launches Cash-For-Work project to help communities recover from the devastation caused by Ondoy.

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Emirates donates tons of relief to World Vision

The Emirates Group, through its international airline company Emirates and airport ground services company D’NATA, donates tons of relief aid to World Vision to assist the families in Northern Luzon who survived the flooding brought by Typhoon Pepeng (Parma).

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Typhoon Ondoy Response: 3weeks on

Over three weeks after Typhoon Ondoy (international name Ketsana) left the country in shambles, affected communities remain miserable on picking up what was left of their lives. With many areas remain submerged and people exposed to much garbage and unsanitary conditions of cramped evacuation sites, all of these is taking a toll in their health, and hence aggravating their already desolate condition

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News and Stories

" I miss my books. I lost them in the flood, along with my notebooks and papers,” says 7-year-old and first grader Jerome (left). A Child Friendly Space in Marikina provides a supportive environment where children like Jerome are encouraged to share their experiences of the disaster brought by Typhoon Ondoy (Ketsana).

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News and Stories

Child Friendly Space (CFS) is a place set up for children in crisis, usually after a disaster, emergency or conflict. It addresses both physical and psychosocial needs of children in a stable environment that invites trust. Children are provided the sense of safety, structure and continuity that provides support amidst overwhelming experiences. In the wake of Typhoon Ondoy, World Vision established a total of six (6) CFS in Marikina, Cainta, Rizal, and Pasig including in the ULTRA stadium serving over 4,000 children.

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News and Stories

World Vision in the Philippines helped over 20,000 families or 100,000 people affected by heavy rains and floods brought by Typhoon Ketsana (local name Ondoy).

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REUTERS/Joel Trimble, courtesy www.alertnet.org  World Vision sends initial aid to Haiti in the aftermath of the devastating earthquake which reportedly has killed almost 50,000 people (as of Jan 14), damaged major infrastructures and affected thousands more.
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© World Vision 2009World Vision, along with disaster reduction network partners, urgently calls legislators to pass the Disaster Risk Reduction Management Bill (DRRM). “Our government is set up now to react, not to prepare for, disasters...The DRRM Bill will change that. It will save lives and properties and protect investments," asserts World Vision executive director Elnora Avarientos.
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