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Nations pledge aid to PH in wake of Typhoon Odette

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Gillan Ropero, ABS-CBN News

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="Drone shot taken on December 20, 2021 shows destruction in General Luna, Siargao, Surigao del Norte, 4 days after Typhoon Odette made a landfall on the island on December 16. Val Cuenca, ABS-CBN News" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2021/news/12/22/20211220-odette-ph-siargao-vc4.jpg"/><figcaption>Drone shot taken on December 20, 2021 shows destruction in General Luna, Siargao, Surigao del Norte, 4 days after Typhoon Odette made a landfall on the island on December 16. <em>Val Cuenca, ABS-CBN News</em></figcaption></figure></div><div> </div><p>MANILA (<strong>UPDATE</strong>)— Several nations on Wednesday pledged assistance to the Philippines after Typhoon Odette caused widespread destruction in parts of Southern Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao.</p><p>Canada is committing up to $3 million Canadian dollars (approximately P120 million) for relief efforts in the Philippines, of which $500,000 (P20 million) will be provided to the Red Cross, International Development Minister Harjit Sajjan said. </p><p>Canada is also releasing an additional $50,000 to support local relief efforts in the Caraga region, which was particularly hard hit by the typhoon, the Canadian Embassy said. </p><p>&quot;We offer our condolences to all Filipinos who have suffered as a result of the passage of Super Typhoon Odette, and in particular to those who have lost loved ones, livelihoods, and homes. We salute the courage and dedication of the first responders working so hard to render assistance. Canada stands in solidarity with the Philippines, and will work with our partners to extend assistance to those in need,&quot; Canadian Ambassador Peter MacArthur said in a statement. </p><p>China committed an emergency cash assistance of $1 million (P50 million) to the Philippine government to support its relief and recovery efforts, said its ambassador to Manila Huang Xilian.</p><p>&quot;The cash donation is the newest support rendered by the Chinese side after the 20,000 food packages worth around P8 million and the rice donation,&quot; he said in a Facebook post.</p><div><script src="https://connect.facebook.net/en_US/sdk.js#xfbml=1&amp;version=v2.5" async="" type="text/javascript"></script></div><div class="fb-post" data-href="https://www.facebook.com/100069423270361/posts/214416260882482/?d=n" data-width="auto"> </div><p>&quot;These donations have echoed President Xi Jinping’s condolences offered yesterday. President Xi extended to President Duterte his deep mourning for the victims and his sincere sympathy to the bereaved families and injured. He expressed that China stood ready to render assistance to the Philippine side to the best of its ability. May all be fed and be healed.&quot;</p><p>The European Union, meantime, said it would allocate an initial €1.7 million (P96 million) in humanitarian funding in areas most affected by the typhoon.</p><p>France also committed €250 million (P14 billion) to &quot;support disaster risk reduction, disaster preparedness, and response&quot; at the local government level.</p><p>The US, meantime, sent tarpaulins to be used as shelters in Southern Leyte.</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">The first batch of 380 rolls of tarpaulins for use as shelters by families that were heavily affected by <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/OdettePH?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#OdettePH</a> arrived in Southern Leyte on Monday. <a href="https://twitter.com/USAIDSavesLives?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@USAIDSavesLives</a> &amp; <a href="https://twitter.com/IOM_Philippines?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@IOM_Philippines</a> continue to work hard in support of the 🇵🇭 gov&#x27;t&#x27;s relief efforts. (Photos: IOM PH) <a href="https://t.co/quypdUaaps">pic.twitter.com/quypdUaaps</a></p>— U.S. Embassy in the Philippines (@USEmbassyPH) <a href="https://twitter.com/USEmbassyPH/status/1473262342439940102?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 21, 2021</a></blockquote><div><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script></div><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/12/20/21/japan-to-provide-relief-aid-for-typhoon-hit-areas-in-ph">Japan to provide relief aid for typhoon-hit areas in PH</a></li></ul><p>Typhoon Odette left at least 177 dead, 38 missing, and 275 injured, according to government tally as of Wednesday, after its strong winds and torrential rains inundated the southern half the country just a week before Christmas.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/12/18/21/odette-deaths-grow-amid-reports-of-alarming-destruction">Odette death toll passes 30, amid reports of ‘alarming’ destruction</a></li></ul><p>President Rodrigo Duterte has placed six regions under a state of calamity:<br/>Mimaropa, Western Visayas, Central VIsayas, Eastern Visayas, Northern Mindanao and Caraga.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/12/21/21/duterte-approves-placing-6-typhoon-hit-regions-under-state-of-calamity">Duterte approves placing Caraga, other typhoon-hit regions under state of calamity</a></li></ul><p>A state of calamity declaration facilitates foreign aid in recovery efforts, for which the Philippines is &quot;grateful,&quot; said Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles. </p><p>&quot;Maraming, maraming, maraming salamat po sa inyo,&quot; he said in a press briefing, addressing the international community. </p><p>The official also noted that mayors in Metro Manila pledged P100 million for survivors of Odette. </p><p>&quot;Sa gitna ng trahedya, nakita natin na buhay na buhay ang bayanihan spirit,&quot; Nograles said. </p><p>(In the middle of tragedy, we saw that the bayanihan spirit lives.)</p>

Several nations have pledged assistance to the Philippines after Typhoon Odette caused widespread destruction in parts of southern Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao.

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Nations pledge aid to PH in wake of Typhoon Odette

Gillan Ropero,

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Published Dec 22, 2021 11:19 AM PHT

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Updated Dec 22, 2021 08:14 PM PHT

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