Super Typhoon Doksuri, Philippines
People Helped
Humanitarian Needs
Super Typhoon Doksuri (locally named Egay) made landfall on 26 July 2023 in Cagayan province, with maximum sustained winds of 175km/h and gustiness of 240km/h. Intensifying from a tropical storm to a super typhoon within two days, Doksuri enhanced Southwest Monsoon and brought torrential rains, violent winds, landslides, and flashfloods, making two landfalls in the island barangays of Cagayan province. Super Typhoon Doksuri exited the Philippines as the strongest storm to hit the country in 2023.
Across the Philippines, it was reported that more than 2.9 million individuals or 780,000 families have been affected, in 13 regions (464 cities and municipalities). About 250,000 individuals or almost 70,000 families remain displaced, of which more than half were seeking temporary shelter in almost 600 evacuation centers in the country. At least 27 deaths were recorded to date.
Meeting daily food needs is a challenge for the most vulnerable households affected by STY Doksuri, especially those in hard-to-reach villages. The majority remain reliant on food aid, as their houses and livelihoods were destroyed; and many communities are still without power and mobile connectivity. Re-establishing livelihoods will take time.
Humanitarian Response
Oxfam Pilipinas have decades of experience delivering humanitarian assistance to disaster-affected communities in different regions of the Philippines, including the worst-affected areas by Super Typhoon Doksuri in Cagayan province.
The assistance from Oxfam will allow families to meet basic needs by providing emergency shelter, emergency food security, water and hygiene assistance, and emergency protection for vulnerable populations.
In terms of shelter, 150 of the most vulnerable families (benefitting 750 individuals) with totally or partially damaged houses will be provided with shelter kits to help repair their damaged houses, following guiding principles to build back safer housing. Further, to enable the most vulnerable families to hire local carpenters to repair their damaged houses, a one-time conditional cash support amounting to CAD$125 per family will be provided.
In an initiative led by Oxfam, 5,000 people from the most vulnerable communities affected by the typhoon will benefit from clean and safe water through repair, rehabilitation and installation of 10 water sources in the affected communities. Additionally, regular water quality monitoring will be taking place to ensure that drinking water is free from contaminants.
Over 600 people will be benefiting from community awareness sessions on protection, gender, gender-based violence, sexual and reproductive health and rights, and referral pathways will be conducted. Furthermore, adults and children will be supported with psychosocial support sessions, including psychological first aid after crisis, comforting and listening sessions, storytelling, focus group discussions, skills and recreational activities, singing and dancing, awareness seminars and other community-based initiatives.
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