Tens of thousands of farmers in the Philippines are bringing in their first rice harvest just six months after one of the worst ever typhoons to hit the country destroyed their fields.
More than 6,000 people lost their lives, while some 600,000 hectares of farmland were destroyed when Typhoon Haiyan hit the country last November.
Millions of people lost their only source of income and many did not have enough food.
Vaccines are being guarded in refrigerators against future natural disasters in the Philippines, according to the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF).
The move follows the destruction wreaked by Typhoon Haiyan, which tore through the Philippines in November 2013.
Health clinics were destroyed, the cold chain disrupted and temperature-sensitive vaccines ruined.
One of UNICEF’s first interventions following the typhoon was to restore the cold chain, to keep vaccines cool so they wouldn’t spoil.
Significant progress has been made in rebuilding the lives of Filipinos following the devastation caused by Typhoon Haiyan.
The typhoon hit the Philippines in November, killing over 6,000 people and destroying the livelihoods of millions of others.
The UN Emergency Relief Coordinator, Valerie Amos, has been in the country visiting the worst hit areas, to asses the current situation.
Derrick Mbatha reports.
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