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Livelihood recovery

Japanese Government donates US$3 million to help Typhoon Haiyan victims

The Japanese Government is to fund a US$3,000,000 project to help the victims of Typhoon Haiyan rebuild their livelihoods.

Disaster response

Power restoration in Mindanao worst typhoon-hit areas

The Philippine government has committed to restore electricity in all Typhoon Bopha (Pablo) affected areas within 45 days. The ILO supports this by applying a labour intensive approach and engaging workers for power restoration of five affected...

The daily struggle of a Haiyan widow

Jobs are the top priority for many of those whose livelihoods were shattered by Super Typhoon Haiyan. The situation is particularly challenging for women who lost their husbands and became head of household overnight.

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TESDA, ILO aid typhoon survivors with training and tools

The Technical Education and Skills Development Authority and the ILO signed a partnership agreement to help thousands of people affected by Haiyan through skills training, decent work and sustainable livelihoods.

Disaster response

ILO pursues its medium-term rebuilding strategy in Davao Oriental

Workers who lost their livelihoods to Typhoon Bopha (Pablo) are now part of rebuilding efforts in Mindanao. The ILO has accelerated its medium-term interventions on sustainable livelihoods with the support of the Australian Government’s Department...

ILO response to natural disaster

Lessons from Japan's tsunami response to aid Philippines Typhoon Haiyan victims

A high-level ILO delegation from the Philippines agreed during a visit to Japan that creating decent work opportunities will be the key to the long-term success of the response to Typhoon Haiyan.

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100 days on, Haiyan survivors need more jobs to recover

Millions of workers have been affected by Typhoon Haiyan’s devastation, many of whom were in a vulnerable situation in the first place. The ILO has been responding by providing emergency employment programmes to help restore sustainable livelihoods....

Building resilient livelihoods: Examples from the Philippines

By Mr Lawrence Jeff Johnson, Director of the ILO Country Office for the Philippines at the study tour and symposium on employment-led post-disaster recovery, Iwate and Tokyo, Japan, 16-18 February 2014

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Rebuilding livelihoods after super typhoon Haiyan

Three months after Super Typhoon Haiyan hit parts of the Philippines, the ILO response programme is expanding with the support of the Governments of Norway and Japan, the International Maritime Employers’ Council and other partners.

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ILO: Sustainable livelihoods key for post-Haiyan recovery

Building on years of experience, the ILO is helping survivors of Super Typhoon Haiyan restore their livelihoods by supporting the government in providing emergency employment, skills training and enterprise development.

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ILO: Emergency employment and livelihoods spell recovery

Over 20,000 workers who lost their livelihoods to Typhoon Haiyan were hired under the emergency employment programme to help rebuild their communities within decent and safe working conditions. This approach has been used in countries like Cambodia,...

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ILO and private sector join hands to protect typhoon-affected workers

The private sector helps ensure that people in Haiyan-affected areas do not fall victims again of work-related illnesses or accidents. Consuelo Foundation, Ace Hardware and SM Cares partner with ILO to provide much-needed emergency employment for...

Typhoon Haiyan, Philippines

Haiyan survivors see hope in long-term employment

Restoring livelihoods is a priority for workers affected by Typhoon Haiyan, which hit the Philippines on 8 November killing thousands of people and leaving millions homeless and jobless. As the recovery gathers pace, people are looking for...

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Rebuilding livelihoods after Typhoon Haiyan

Within a few hours on Friday 8 November 2013, the super typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda) ripped through the Philippines, bringing death and destruction. The livelihoods of almost six million workers have been destroyed or disrupted. ILO teams have been on...

Typhoon Haiyan

Lessons and livelihoods emerge from disaster in the Philippines

On 16 December, ECOSOC convened a meeting of UN member states, agencies and other relief organizations to discuss the international response to Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines.

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ILO Assistant Director-General commends typhoon emergency employment work

By the end of the year, 20,000 workers and their families will have benefited from the Emergency Employment Programmes run by the Department of Labor and Employment, with the support of the International Labour Organization. The ILO’s most senior...

ILO Assistant Director-General to visit typhoon areas

Mr Yoshiteru Uramoto, the ILO's Assistant Director-General and Regional Director for Asia and the Pacific, is to pay a visit to the Philippines to visit those affected by Typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda), talk to workers taking part in emergency employment...

ILO supports DOLE's emergency employment programmes

The ILO is giving technical expertise and financial support to the Department of Labor and Employment's emergency employment programmes for Typhoon Yolanda (Haiyan) victims.

Philippines - Typhoon response

ILO: Invest in 100,000 people and change half a million lives

Livelihoods are a priority need for the 2.4 million vulnerable workers affected by Super Typhoon Haiyan. The Philippine government, with ILO support, has put in place Emergency Employment Programmes to help disaster-stricken families to begin...

Philippines - Typhoon response

Emergency Employment Programme: Dealing with the emergency, building for the future