25Dec/11Off
PHILIPPINES: UNFPA Sends Support to Sendong Victims
The Philippine Star and the Manila Bulletin on 25 December and Shanghai Daily on 24 December and reported on aid being sent to the survivors of tropical storm Sendong. They reported that UNFPA mobilized funds and supplies to provide medical services to more than 12,000 pregnant and lactating women in the affected areas and that nearly 35,000 hygiene kits will be distributed to affected women and girls, including 4,200 mothers who are breastfeeding, in and around the evacuation centers. Read in English: The Philippine Star, Manila Bulletin and Shanghai Daily