Red Cross programs helped millions of disaster victims

Because of the overwhelming scale of disasters that hit the country last year, the International Committee on the Red Cross (ICRC) launched massive aid programs that helped hundreds of thousands of Filipinos, particularly those displaced by calamities and armed conflicts.

In its annual report for 2013 which was released just recently, the ICRC revealed that 659,725 people were given food, while 610,339 received drinking water, hygiene kits and tarpaulins for temporary shelter. Also, 199,134 got productive inputs like fishing and farming supplies and equipment.