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Photographs taken alongside CEO Mark Goldring's visit to Tacloban.(Photo: Caroline Gluck/Oxfam)

6 Months on Boat Rebuilding and launch in Tacloban

Fishing families who lived in the path of typhoon Yolanda have lost boats, nets, and tools; the essentials they need to produce food and earn a living. Coral reefs have also been badly affected by the storm. Oxfam is working with fishing communities to rebuild boats and repair nets. Boat repair...

Leo Olobia (49) Fogging Machine Operator. (Photo: Eleanor Farmer/Oxfam)

Mosquito Control

One of the greatest threats of infectious disease post-Haiyan currently comes from dengue. Rainfall has collected in old containers, tyres, and piles of debris, creating a perfect breeding ground for mosquitoes. Oxfam is helping to prevent an outbreak by working with the Department of Health (DOH)...

Children play in San Jose, Tacloban three months after the typhoon. Residents have been warned not live within 40 metres of the sea but many have nowhere else to go and erect shanty houses along the shoreline. (Photo: Eleanor Farmer/Oxfam)

3 Months on Guardian

Typhoon Haiyan has caused significant devastation for fisher farmers in the Philippines. The storm destroyed boats and nets, leaving thousands of fishermen and women without the means to catch fish and earn a living. Oxfam is working with local partners on Leyte Island and in Northern Cebu to...

A sales sign advertising coconut lumber at the Tugop Farmers' Association, Leyte. (Photo: Eleanor Farmer/Oxfam)

3 Months on Coconut farmers

Coconut farming is the second most important agricultural sector in the Philippines. Typhoon Haiyan has caused widespread damage to the coconut industry, especially in the Eastern Visayas region where an estimated 33 million trees have been damaged, putting the lives and livelihoods of over one...

Fishing families who lived in the path of typhoon Yolanda have lost boats, nets, and tools; the essentials they need to produce food and earn a living. Coral reefs have also been badly affected by the storm. Oxfam is working with fishing communities to rebuild boats and repair nets.(Photo: Caroline Gluck/Oxfam)

Fishing again after Typhoon Haiyan

Typhoon Haiyan was one of the most powerful storms to ever make landfall. Four months after the storm hit the Philippines, life for villagers on Bantayan Island in Cebu province remains a struggle. Three-quarters of the island's population of about 136,000 depend on fishing as their main source...