At the start of the second week since Super Typhoon Haiyan made landfall, the Disasters Emergency Committee has received donations of £33 million for the Philippines Typhoon appeal.
Speaking on behalf of the agencies which make up the DEC, its Chief Executive Saleh Saeed said: “The generosity of the public is yet again surpassing all expectations. The aid agencies represented by the...
The UK's first flight delivering urgently needed humanitarian aid has landed in the Philippines.
A chartered Boeing 777 carrying 8,836 shelter kits from UK Government stores in Dubai landed in the city of Cebu in the middle of the night local time and was met by Department for International Development (DFID) humanitarian workers.
