AMDA Philippines recently submitted an activity report to summarize its emergency relief in response to the extensive flooding that affected the Philippines’ Luzon region and its surrounding areas in mid-July. Due to combined effects of Southwest Monsoon and tropical storms that lasted for a week, some areas in the region, including Manila, were inundated.
Project overview:
On 25 July, AMDA Philippines carried out aid work in five locations including a high school in the city of Valenzuela in Metro Manila, where evacuees were taking shelter.
In preparation for the relief work, AMDA Philippines asked AMDA International and its partners to provide support, in which necessary coordination was made within two days. At the time, a state of emergency had been declared in Valenzuela, where flood water had still been seen in some parts of the city.
According to Dr. Erica Tania Davillo who heads AMDA Philippines, there is a possibility of another relief work during the post-disaster phase.