The Philippines is one of the most disaster prone countries in the world. Annually, an average of 22 tropical cyclones enter the Philippine Area of Responsibility of which around 6 to 7 cause significant damage. Conflicts in Mindanao also cause intermittent cycles of forced displacement.
In 2007, OCHA established a presence in Manila to complement the Government’s response to natural disasters and to strengthen humanitarian coordination. In September 2009, Tropical Storm Ketsana devastated Metro Manila, prompting the Emergency Relief Coordinator to appoint the Resident Coordinator as also the Humanitarian Coordinator.
OCHA’s presence in the Philippines was upgraded to a country office in 2010, with a dual focus: emergency response preparedness and response to sudden onset emergencies and the protracted conflict situation in Mindanao. United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs office (OCHA) in the Philippines.
In 2020 OCHA Philippines country office was scaled down to a Humanitarian Advisory Team (HAT).
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This data is about the humanitarian activities by civil society organizations, clusters/sectors, government, private organizations, UN agencies and Red Cross related to COVID-19.
This data is about the humanitarian interventions of local/international organizations, faith based organizations, government, private sectors, UN agencies, and Red Cross in the areas affected by the typhoons.
A series of earthquakes occured in provinces of Cotabato (North Cotabato) and Davao del Sur, between 16 and 31 October and December 2019, respectively. These earthquakes caused significant displacement, loss of lives and extensive damage to properties and infrastructure. This data is reflects the humanitarian activities done by the government, civil society organizations, Red Cross, and UN agencies to the affected population.
This data is about the completed, ongoing and planned humanitarian activities related to the Taal volcano eruption by the government, civil society organizations, clusters, Red Cross, UN agencies and private individuals to people displaced in the evacuation centres.
Simultaneous law enforcement operations of the Armed Forces of the Philippines against non-state armed groups are reported in the provinces of Maguindanao, Lanao del Sur and Sulu since the first half of March 2019. The “Who What Where” or 3W, is vital for efficient coordination. It maintains updated information on WHO (which organizations) are doing WHAT (which activities), WHERE (in which locations) to help coordination of relief efforts to meet the immediate needs of those affected by the conflict. Such information can help to alleviate duplications, identify possible gaps, better inform decision makers, and allow everyone to ask better questions.
Marawi Conflict IDP and returned figures by month and region from May 2017- present.
Data from Task Force Bangon Marawi Regional Subcommittee on Health and Social Welfare.
Region VII - Households under the 4Ps program 2011
This data provides information on the households under the 4P (Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program) - a conditional cash transfer scheme run by the government of the Philippines. All personally information on individuals has been removed. Data has been aggregated at the household level. For each household in the database, the geographic information is provided as is data on the approximate income of the the household, whether they are identified as "poor" and whether or not they are receiving 4P assistance.
Regional (4-B, 6, 7, 8) Households under the 4P
This data provides information on the households under the 4P (Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program) - a conditional cash transfer scheme run by the government of the Philippines. All personally information on individuals has been removed. Data has been aggregated at the household level. For each household in the database, the geographic information is provided as is data on the approximate income of the the household, whether they are identified as "poor" and whether or not they are receiving 4P assistance.
Data for Region 4-B, 6, 7 is from 1 Jan 2014, Data for Region 8 is from 1 Aug 2013
Region VI Households under the 4P
This data provides information on the households under the 4P (Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program) - a conditional cash transfer scheme run by the government of the Philippines.
Priority municipalities: Within Yolanda'S 50Km Radius
Haiyan (Yoland) corridor: Data on Displaced Families And Persons Located Within 50Km Radius of Yolandas Data identifies the 171 priority municipalities identified by the government.
Data was received 3 Dec 2013 as PDF from DSWD and converted to excel. Pcodes (PSGC from government) were added to be able to link the data to spatial files for mapping
The dataset used the list of affected municipalities based on DSWD DROMIC to identify affected barangays by Typhoon Haiyan/Yolanda. It contains the list of barangays within affected municipalities based on DSWD DROMIC (Typhoon Haiyan/Yolanda)
The dataset shows the Municipal boundaries of affected areas with excel table listing the municipalities. The dataset is based on the report from the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) situation reports
This data provides information on the households under the 4P (Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program) - a conditional cash transfer scheme run by the government of the Philippines. All personally information on individuals has been removed.