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STORY: PHILIPINES/ ILO ONE MONTH UPDATE
TRT: 2.47
SOURCE: ILO
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / WARAY-WARAY / NATS
DATELINE: 22-23 NOVEMBER 2013, TACLOBAN, LEYTE AND ILIGAN CITY, MINDANAO, PHILIPPINES
1. Aerial shot, shoreline
2. Driving shot, destruction caused by Typhoon Haiyan
3. Med shot, Roberto Lagu, 48, fisherman walks through rubble and destruction in Tacloban.
4. Various shots, Lagu, sitting by the sea
5. SOUNDBITE (Waray-Waray) Roberto Lagu, 48, Fisherman:
“My son was in my arms when Typhoon Yolanda hit our home. He was lost because of the big waves. I could not get him back. He died. My boat was wrecked. I am entirely dependent on the sea, so now I have no source of income. I have no way to get an income.”
6. Wide shot, motorcyclist drives through rubble
7. Wide shot, girl and dog walks through rubble on hillside
8. Wide shot, people walk under fallen electric poles
9. Various shots, workers employed by the Philippine authorities to participate in debris clearing
10. SOUNDBITE (English) Lawrence Jeff Johnson, ILO Philippine Office Director:
“Emergency employment essentially puts money in the hands of individuals affected. We know that 2.2 million were vulnerably employed – that’s equivalent to the city of Chicago – so we put cash in their hands right away. But we also ensure they are not victims again by ensuring they have safe working conditions – gloves, protective materials, also good practices when they’re working. But they also get access to social protection, social security, health insurance, accident insurance while working.”
11. Various shots, locals create piles of wood building material, take out nails from wood, saw wood, move wood
12. SOUNDBITE (English) Exequiel Sarcauga, Regional Director of DOLE for the Eastern Visayas:
“This is an opportunity for people to build certain skills, like carpentry, for instance, to rebuild houses that were washed out, masonry, electricity to set about those things in the houses and residences that will be set up.”
13. Various shots, ILO's post-Tropical Storm Washi project beneficiaries transform hillside into terrace farmland.
14. Various shots, ILO's post-Tropical Storm Washi project beneficiaries rebuild a wall surrounding a high school in Iligan City
15. Various shots, ILO’s post-Tropical Storm Washi project prepare nets for fish farming
As victims of Super Typhoon Haiyan struggle to pick up the pieces, the ILO is working hand-in-hand with Philippine authorities to help the most vulnerable regain their livelihoods and build back better.
The deadly storm left behind a trail of devastation when it barreled over the central Philippines on November 8, 2013. In Tacloban and surrounding villages, the scenes of loss and destruction are heart wrenching. Relief efforts are gathering speed, and business is restarting on a very small scale, with vendors selling whatever goods they salvaged or managed to bring in. But the challenges ahead are formidable.
Roberto Lagu says he spends his days walking aimlessly along the debris-strewn shore. He hopes, against the odds, that he will find some kind of work, and forget the dreadful day when Super Typhoon Haiyan killed his nine-year-old son, and robbed him of his livelihood. The destruction around him bears witness to the ferocity of the storm - known here as Yolanda - that reduced his fishing village to rubble.
SOUNDBITE (Waray-Waray) Roberto Lagu, 48, Fisherman:
“My son was in my arms when Typhoon Yolanda hit our home. He was lost because of the big waves. I could not get him back. He died. My boat was wrecked. I am entirely dependent on the sea, so now I have no source of income. I have no way to get an income.”
The ILO is providing support and expertise to the government of the Philippines, which has placed emergency employment and early rebuilding of livelihoods at the forefront of its national disaster response strategy.
SOUNDBITE (English) Lawrence Jeff Johnson, ILO Philippine Office Director:
“Emergency employment essentially puts money in the hands of individuals affected. We know that 2.2 million were vulnerably employed – that’s equivalent to the city of Chicago – so we put cash in their hands right away. But we also ensure they are not victims again by ensuring they have safe working conditions – gloves, protective materials, also good practices when they’re working. But they also get access to social protection, social security, health insurance, accident insurance while working.”
The nerve center of the emergency employment operations in Tacloban is the open-air parking lot of the Department of Labor and Employment, or DOLE, whose offices were battered by the typhoon.
SOUNDBITE (English) Exequiel Sarcauga, Regional Director of DOLE for the Eastern Visayas:
“This is an opportunity for people to build certain skills, like carpentry, for instance, to rebuild houses that were washed out, masonry, electricity to set about those things in the houses and residences that will be set up.”
The ILO has significant experience implementing emergency employment programmes around the world. In the Philippines, thousands of victims from earlier natural disasters have benefitted from similar ILO projects, including in areas battered by Tropical Storm Washi, - also known as Sendong - which hit the island of Mindanao in December 2011.
At a nearby village, fishermen say their catch has dwindled since Washi churned over the sea and slammed into their village. With help from the ILO, they have learned fish farming skills. The nets that will contain the fingerlings are now ready and the fishermen are trying them out before setting them in place in shallow waters.
