Region 8 Relief Delivery

VICTO National Disaster Relief (Region 8)

Friday 8th November was a tragic day for the Philippines, and particularly for Region 8. Typhoon Haiyan was the most powerful and deadliest typhoon this country has ever endured. The impact was catastrophic! Region 8, and particularly Leyte, experienced the most significant impact to both people & infrastructure.

VICTO National conducted relief missions to provide relief goods to affiliated co-operatives and their members, as well as directly impacted VICTO staff in Region 8.

La Transfiguracion Del Senor Credit Cooperative	CFI Cooperative (Ormoc Branch)	Kangara Multipurpose Cooperative
Relief consisted of food, water, hygiene kits, bedding, and mosquito nets.	People search through the ruins for anything salvageable	OCCCI (Kananga branch)
Computers laid out to dry. Many computers were destroyed from water damage, subsequently resulting in loss of data.	VICTO National and Nagkaisang Magsasaka nang Caibiran MPC (NAMACA MPC), in part-nership with Foundation for Sustainable Development (FSSI), packed & distributed 500 food packs (rice, noodles, corned beef)	350 packs for co-op members, and 150 packs for the community of Caibiran, Biliran.
CFI Cooperative (Palo Branch)	Help First Basey Multipurpose Cooperative After the typhoon	Hygiene kits comprising of matches, shampoo, and soap
Typhoon Haiyan caused total destruction in many parts of Tacloban	VICTO National staff & the Australian Medical Rescue team happily volunteered their time in the evenings and on weekends to pack relief goods in Cebu.	VICTO National conducted relief missions to provide relief goods to affiliated co-operatives and their members, as well as directly impacted VICTO staff in Region 8.
Basey 1 District MPC	Tacloban airport