Save the Children continues providing assistance to Wutip typhoon affected families in Quang Binh

More than 1600 Wutip typhoon affected families in Quang Binh Province will be provided with support on livelihoods and house repairs by Save the Children and Plan through an Euro- 700,000 project funded by European Commission.

The project “Early Recovery Assistance Project in the Central Vietnam” will be carried out until the end of this year in six districts including Lệ Thủy, Quảng Ninh, Bố Trạch, Quảng Trạch, Tuyên Hóa, Minh Hóa and Ba Don town.

Through the project, more than 6400 people, a half of it is children, will have better access to clean water and better household sanitation system and will be provided with cash grant to repair their damaged houses and agricultural products including seeds and fertilizers to improve their farming.

The Wutip typhoon struck the central coast on 30th September, severely damaging schools, homes and other local infrastructure. Four days later, Save the Children began providing education materials and toiletries for families living in communes along the provincial shoreline.

 “Humanitarian response is one of Save the Children’s priorities,” said Gunnar Andersen, the Country Director of Save the Children in Vietnam.

 “Apart from providing immediate relief in the aftermath of a natural disaster, we always support children and their families to overcome longer-term effects, so local people can return to normal life as soon as possible.”

In December last year, Save the Children provided cash grant for the most affected families in two districts of Quang Trach and Bo Trach to recover livelihoods.

 Save the Children has worked in Vietnam since 1990 and has responded to all major emergencies in the country over that period. Most recently, the aid agency reacted to flooding in Binh Dinh and Quang Ngai provinces, delivering school materials, basic household items and cash grants to the worst affected families with children.