It has been more than a month since Typhoon Rai (locally called Typhoon Odette) hit the Philippines and with several Swedish-supported donations, Sweden has been a major donor in the support. However, the support is still needed Swedish Embassy in Manila informs.

Typhoon Rai, which hit the country on December 16, caused extensive damage to buildings that affected livelihoods, agriculture and infrastructure. It also brought severe floods and landslides to large parts of the areas and communication, power lines and water supply were severely disrupted.

The Swedish Embassy in Manila shares that Sweden is an important donor to the Disaster Relief Emergency Fund (DREF), which together with the International Committee of the Red Cross (IFRC) donated 820,300 USD as a first response to Typhoon Rai in December.

In addition, the Swedish Red Cross also released USD 219,000 in funding and seconded the operational field manager for the relief effort.

In addition, another Swedish organization, the H&M Foundation, donated $ 100,000 to the Philippine Red Cross to support the people affected by Typhoon Rai.

At that time, it was estimated that more than 1.8 million people had been affected by the typhoon and nearly 440,000 were displaced, but the Swedish embassy in Manila states that the need for emergency food, shelter and other help is enormous now for four weeks. after.