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Leo Plata carrying coconuts in a traditionally woven pair of baskets in the village of Malobago in Eastern Samar province’s Dolores town. (Photo: Roy Lagarde/Oxfam)

Surviving Odette with pre-typhoon cash aid

As a fisher for most of his life, Pablito Abejuela is used to harsh weather shrinking his family’s earnings. He heads out with his small boat in the morning to catch fishes off the coast of Malobago in Dolores, Eastern Samar even when the waves have not been too friendly days before super typhoon...

Alvin Ocena arrives home in Malobago village of Dolores town in Easter Samar after buying food and other basic needs of his family. The 26-year-old father of two is one of the recipients of the cash aid from Oxfam’s SHARPER Project to help them prepare for the impact of the strong typhoon. Photo by: Roy Lagarde/Oxfam

Groups provide pre-disaster financial aid to more than 2,600 families in E. Samar before Typhoon Odette hits

Humanitarian groups distributed through digital cash transfer more than Php 4 million to 2,650 families in 40 barangays in Salcedo, Dolores, Lawaan, Quinapondan and Balangiga towns in Eastern Samar to assist households to prioritize their urgent needs three days before the projected impact of...