Typhoon Rolly

Schools are being used as evacuation centers by as many as 10,000 families. (Credit: Domingo de Asis Jr./DepEd Legazpi City)

More than 2 million people impacted as Super Typhoon Rolly sweeps across the Philippines

Manila, Philippines – Oxfam is working with local partners and coordinating with local governments in the Philippines to assess the damage and needs of affected communities f following Super Typhoon Rolly’s four landfalls yesterday as the Philippines observed All Soul’s Day.

DEPRIVE, a federation of people'sorganizations working with urban poor communities together with PHILSSA in Quezon City, hasalready pre-positioned their emergency response equipment in preparation for Typhoon Rolly. Photo Credit: PHILSSA/AKKMA

Typhoon Rolly will test local humanitarian leadership – Oxfam

Oxfam and partners Humanitarian Response Consortium, Partnership of Philippine Support Service Agencies, Aksyon sa Kahandaan sa Kalamidad at Klima, People's Disaster Risk Reduction Network, Inc., and Community Organizers Multiversity are monitoring and preparing for the onslaught of Typhoon Rolly (...