GlobalMedic and local partners continue to provide access to clean drinking water to those affected by Typhoon Washi in the Philippines. To date, over 800,000 litres of water have been purified and distributed for beneficiaries to drink. Our operations in Iligan have been assumed by our local partner ADRA Philippines. This site is providing point of access distribution for those in the surrounding communities, but is also serving as a fill up station for water trucks managed by the cities Water Department.
January 18, 2012
A new water point has been established in collaboration with ADRA Germany and ADRA Philippines at the Mindanao hospital. The team successfully purified and distributed 36,500 litres of clean drinking water today.
January 16, 2012
A water bottling program has started in partnership with the Philippine Mine Safety and Environment Association at one of the sites in Iligan. 20 litre containers are being filled and delivered to remote communities outside of Iligan to expand the number of beneficiaries that have access to clean drinking water.
January 11, 2012
GlobalMedic is distributing 30,000 litres of water daily in the southern Philippines. Three main water distribution points have been established throughout Cagayan de Oro and Iligan. Water is being tankered from these central distribution points along established routes and is improving access to water for more remote communities.
January 9, 2012
GlobalMedic has deployed a second RRT into the Philippines and they have been operational and on the ground for the past 3 days. The RRT is operational in Iligan providing clean drinking water to those affected by the Typhoon. New water points are being sourced daily for additional water purification unit installation as well as for water trucking routes to increase the number of beneficiaries we can reach.
January 2, 2012
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GlobalMedic's Rapid Response Team continues to distribute water at different locations throughout Cagayan de Oro. The team has also provided training sessions to community members along with the distribution of 50,000 Aquatabs and 2400 PUR water purification sachets. GlobalMedic has identified a new site in the City of Iligan where 1000 families are in need of clean drinking water and will begin distributing water at this site within the next 24 hours.
December 28, 2011
GlobalMedic's Nomad and Explorer water purification units are operational in Cagayan de Oro and a shipment of aid supplies from Canada has been flown into our operational areas by the Philippines Air Force from Manila. GlobalMedic's Rapid Response Team is working in partnership with ADRA Philippines and the Philippine Mine Safety and Environment Association to distribute water in Barangay Iponan, Buluon Elementary School and neighbouring communities. Overall, the team provided clean drinking water for over 15,000 people today and we will continue to expand our reach daily.
December 23, 2011
GlobalMedic's local Rapid Response Team has landed and is operational on the ground in Mindanao, running water purification units that can provide clean water for 60,000 people a day. In addition, a Rapid Response Team from Toronto is currently en route to the Philippines along with a large water purification unit, 1.8 million water purification tablets and 185,000 water purification sachets.
Rapid Response Team leader Don Ryan displays the Explorer water purification unit to the media.
Additionally, a press conference was held at the GlobalMedic warehouse this morning with Mr. Pedro O. Chan, the Consul General of the Philippines, the Honourable Jim Karygiannis, MP for Scarborough-Agincourt, ADRA Canada, the International Development and Relief Foundation (IDRF) and members of the Filipino-Canadian community.
Left to right: Mona ElSayeh from IDRF, James Astleford from ADRA Canada, Honourable Jim Karygiannis, Matt Capobianco from GlobalMedic, Rosemer Enverga from the Philippine Canadian Charitable Foundation, Pedro O. Chan, the Consul General of the Philippines.
December 21, 2011
A GlobalMedic Filipino Rapid Response Team is coordinating relief efforts with ADRA Philippines on the ground in Cagayan de Oro and Iligan and will be working with them to provide clean drinking water to those affected. President Aquino of the Philippines has declared a national disaster as the death toll in Mindanao is now over 1,000 people with over 280,000 displaced and 42,000 currently in local evacuation centres.
December 20, 2011
GlobalMedic's Filipino Rapid Response Team had boarded a Navy vessel en route to northern Mindanao. The team of six people will set up two Explorer water purification units in the area to provide immediate access to clean drinking water. The Explorer units are each capable of producing 64 litres of water per minute and can provide water for 40,000 people a day.
December 18, 2011
On December 16, 2011, Typhoon Washi struck the southern island of Mindanao in the Philippines. The storm dumped one month’s worth of rain on the area in a period of 12 hours and caused landslides and flash flooding that devastated the cities of Iligan and Cagayan de Oro. The flooding drowned residents in their sleep, sweeping away homes made of light materials, while others tried to escape by climbing onto rooftops. Over 650 people have been killed, another 800 are missing and 500,000 people are in need of access to clean drinking water.
GlobalMedic's local Rapid Response Team in the Philippines is deploying along with water purification units to provide people in the affected areas with immediate access to clean drinking water. In addition, GlobalMedic is mobilizing a Rapid Response Team in Toronto that will deploy along with 1 million water purification tablets and 144,000 water purification sachets. These will be able to provide over 11.4 million litres of clean drinking water.
