Emergency employment recovery

Early Economic Recovery: Immediate Income Generation through Emergency Employment - International Maritime Employers Council

In partnership with the International Maritime Employers Council (IMEC), the International Labour Organization (ILO) responded through through emergency employment, local resource-based work, skills training and enterprise development in Super Typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda)-affected areas.

Project details

6 January 2014 - 30 August 2015

International Maritime Employers Council (IMEC)

PHI/14/05/IME

Phiilippines

Mr Jonathan Price, Chief Technical Adviser

The International Maritime Employers Council (IMEC) has contributed a total of US$450,000, in two separate agreements, to the ILO's “Emergency Employment and Sustainable Livelihood Recovery for Typhoon Haiyan” project to assist with rebuilding the livelihoods of people devastated by Typhoon Haiyan. Directly affected were about 5.6 million workers. Of these, 2.6 million were already in vulnerable employment and living at or near the poverty line even before the super typhoon.

The project’s contribution will support more than 998 persons through emergency employment, local resource-based work, skills development and enterprise development. These beneficiaries are distributed across communities in Northern Cebu and Tacloban, Leyte.

See also our Social Media report page on:

After Haiyan - The Philippines builds back better, greener and stronger





Culminating event on Building resiliency and strengthening partnerships: Livelihoods at the forefront of recovery after Haiyan (Yolanda) - Northern Cebu

For further information please contact:

ILO Country Office for the Philippines (CO-Manila)
19th Floor, Yuchengco Tower
RCBC Plaza, 6819 Ayala Avenue
1200 Makati City, Philippines
Tel. + 632 8580 9900
Fax + 632 8856 7597

Email


Related content

Philippines: Typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda) aftermath - ILO News and activities

Philippines: Typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda) aftermath - ILO News and activities

Haiyan: Building back better and greener

After Haiyan

Haiyan: Building back better and greener

Economic recovery: Emergency employment and livelihood recovery and development. Final project fact sheet

Emergency employment and livelihood recovery

Economic recovery: Emergency employment and livelihood recovery and development. Final project fact sheet

Emergency Employment and Livelihood Recovery for Super Typhoon Haiyan: Tacloban and Leyte

Emergency employment and livelihood recovery

Emergency Employment and Livelihood Recovery for Super Typhoon Haiyan: Tacloban and Leyte

Emergency Employment and Livelihood Recovery for Super Typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda): Northern Cebu

Emergency employment and livelihood recovery

Emergency Employment and Livelihood Recovery for Super Typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda): Northern Cebu

Culminating Event on Building Resiliency and Strengthening Partnerships: Livelihoods at the Forefront of Recovery After Super Typhoon...

Building resiliency and strengthening partnerships

Culminating Event on Building Resiliency and Strengthening Partnerships: Livelihoods at the Forefront of Recovery After Super Typhoon...

Sustainable livelihood and recovery for Super Typhoon Haiyan-affected communities

Sustainable livelihood and recovery

Sustainable livelihood and recovery for Super Typhoon Haiyan-affected communities

Real life, real challenges, real protection: Life stories of worker-beneficiaries and experiences in social protection availment

Social protection

Real life, real challenges, real protection: Life stories of worker-beneficiaries and experiences in social protection availment

Immediate recovery from disaster through emergency employment

Livelihood recovery

Immediate recovery from disaster through emergency employment

Impact of livelihood recovery initiatives on reducing vulnerability to human trafficking and illegal recruitment: Lessons from Typhoon...

Livelihood recovery

Impact of livelihood recovery initiatives on reducing vulnerability to human trafficking and illegal recruitment: Lessons from Typhoon...

Skills Development and Placement Opportunities for Tourism in Cebu (SPOT Cebu) Trainees’ Orientation

Tourism-related skills training

Skills Development and Placement Opportunities for Tourism in Cebu (SPOT Cebu) Trainees’ Orientation

Helping one’s self: Repair of livelihood and technical skills (LiTeS) training centre in Bogo City, Northern Cebu

Repair of livelihood and technical skills

Helping one’s self: Repair of livelihood and technical skills (LiTeS) training centre in Bogo City, Northern Cebu

Improving chances: Vocational skills training for the out-of-school youth of Bantayan Island, Northern Cebu

Vocational skills training for out-of-school youth

Improving chances: Vocational skills training for the out-of-school youth of Bantayan Island, Northern Cebu

Rebuilding communities: Construction and repair of damaged schools in Camotes Islands

Construction and repair of damaged schools

Rebuilding communities: Construction and repair of damaged schools in Camotes Islands

Connecting communities: Causeway reconstruction for the farming communities of San Remigio

Reconstruction for the farming communities

Connecting communities: Causeway reconstruction for the farming communities of San Remigio

Industrial labour opportunities: Vocational skills training-cum-production with the Provincial Government of Cebu

Vocational skills training

Industrial labour opportunities: Vocational skills training-cum-production with the Provincial Government of Cebu

Dignified work: Construction and repair of damaged schools in Sta Fe, Bantayan Island

Construction and repair of damaged schools

Dignified work: Construction and repair of damaged schools in Sta Fe, Bantayan Island