HMS Daring provides shelter kits to Philippine islanders

21 Nov 2013 11:32 AM

The Royal Navy has reached further Philippine islands devastated by Typhoon Haiyan, distributing humanitarian aid to desperate villagers.

125 shelter packs provided by the Department for International Development (DFID), each containing 4 family-sized kits, and nearly 1,000 litres of fresh drinking water, have been distributed by HMS Daring to communities on the islands of Canas, Calagnaan and Tulunanaun to the north east of the island of Panay.

In all of these areas the storm destroyed housing and infrastructure, leaving families out in the open and vulnerable to the elements and high midday temperatures. One of the most remote communities had been without food or fresh water since the typhoon struck.

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