Alliance members Civic Force and CDRC partnered?to deliver relief packs and emergency tents in the devastated towns in Leyte and Samar.?They?worked with CDRC’s regional center Leyte Center for Development (LCDE), who conducted local assessments and organized the relief distributions in the communities.

A?total of 1,900 relief packs were distributed to families in the towns of Alangalang and Albuera in Leyte from November 23 to December 3. The relief packs consisted of food items and hygiene kits good for one week for a family of 6 persons, as well as sleeping and shelter kits.

On December 5-7, Civic Force also distributed 500 emergency tents inGuiuan, Samar, the first town to experience the brunt of Typhoon Haiyan, as well as 400 tents in Tanauan, Leyte, a coastal town in Eastern Samar where destruction caused by the storm surges is visible in numerous toppled houses and debris on the roadside. In addition, 60 more tents will be distributed in different areas in Leyte. Many survivors lost their homes or are faced with the difficulty of repairing their homes given the lack of supplies in the devastated areas. Most have been using plastic sheets to temporarily cover their roofs; while some have built small makeshift shelters made of debris or scavenged materials.

Measuring 3 m x 5.5 m x 2.1 m, each tent can accommodate a family of up to 6 people and can be easily set up by 4 people in about 10 minutes. ?Civic Force and CDRD staff demonstrated how to set up the tents before distributing them to the beneficiaries, most of whom had their houses washed away or destroyed by the strong storm surges.

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