Typhoon Haiyan

The Power of Savings

Twelve months since the Inclusive and Affordable Financial Facilities for Resilient and Developed Filipinos (IAFFORD) project was implemented in Brgy.103-Palanog, Tacloban City, Leyte, several families are now wiser in terms of planning for their financial security. They have gained discipline in...

Imelda Esgana (47) stands on Talisay Beach waiting for fishing boats to return with their catch. (Photo:Tessa Bunney/Oxfam)

Imelda's hope: getting back what was lost

Fishing families who lived in the path of the typhoon 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.

From stereotype to conventional: Shifting women’s role through the Women in Carpentry Project

What happens when you give a woman shovel, hammer, and carpentry skills? Homes are restored, and the family life takes on a new future. This has been the case for Elizabeth. For the past 19 days,she has been attending the carpentry and masonry training held in her community.

Fisherfolk assess boat damage in San Jose, Leyte. Credit: Oxfam

Rebuilding Fishing Communities and Fisheries: Post Haiyan Reconstruction in the Philippines

Fishing and coastal communities in the Philippines are among the poorest and the most vulnerable to the impacts of climate change and the risk of disasters. Women are central to fishery activities, and particularly vulnerable to the effects of Typhoon Haiyan on their livelihoods.Fishing and coastal...

Mary Ann (10) and Mary Grace (14) stand in front of Anibong Bay in Tacloban.(Photo:Eleanor Farmer/Oxfam)

Project Selfie

Residents in Tacloban were invited to take a self-portrait or 'selfie' with an iphone. We want to promote Oxfam’s life-saving work in the Philippines post Typhoon Haiyan and to show the continued need for support via our social media channels. The Selfie is an instant visual...

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...

Fish vendor and mother of four Felisa Abas hopes relocation in Pago, Leyte, will bring her a better life (2014). Caroline Gluck/Oxfam

The Right Move? Ensuring durable relocation after Haiyan

Typhoon Haiyan (known locally as Yolanda) left four million people homeless. Amid the transition from a largely successful relief effort to recovery, local authorities are preparing to relocate thousands of survivors to protect them from future disasters. This is an opportunity for the government...