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Storm Vamco has barrelled into Vietnam, damaging buildings and injuring at least five people after wreaking devastation in the Philippines.
The storm made landfall on Sunday with winds of up to 90 kilometres per hour (56 mph), according to media reports, uprooting trees and blowing the roofs off houses and schools.
Vamco is the latest in a series of storms that have pummelled Vietnam over the past six weeks, causing flooding and landslides that have killed at least 159 people while 70 others have gone missing.
Initial reports from the Disaster Management Authority on Sunday said five people had been injured while they were trying to secure their houses.
PRC Chairman Gordon visits typhoon-ravaged town in Camarines Sur
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Published on December 15, 2020
NAGA CITY (PIA) Philippine Red Cross (PRC) Chairman Richard Gordon led the humanitarian team in giving shelter assistance and other aids to more than 300 families ravaged and devastated by the three succeeding typhoons that hit Camarines Sur.
Chairman Gordon was also joined by PRC Disaster Management Services Director Leonardo Ebajo. They were welcomed at the Pili Airport by PRC Board of Directors Vice Chairman Lito Del Rosario, Asst. Treasurer Mely De Guzman and Milaor Mayor Anthony Reyes.
First stop was the municipality of Calabaga where they were warmly welcomed by Mayor Ed Severo, PMAJ Jonnel Averilla, Calabanga Acting Chief of Police, CBSUA Calabanga Campus Administrator Helen Madela, Sto. Domingo Punong Barangay Jessica Prevosa and PRC-Camarines Sur member DepEd Senior Education Program Specialist Adrian Año.
‘Generation disrupted’ lays out plan to take on coronavirus through major youth mobilization December 15, 2020
A young volunteer uses a hand puppet to educate children on COVID-19 awareness in northern rural Homs, Syria. courtesy UNICEF/Abdulaziz Aldroubi
GENEVA A new ground-breaking global youth initiative was launched on Monday to invest in and scale up youth-led solutions and engagement, in response to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
It’s come about through an alliance of the world’s largest youth movements and organizations, together with the UN World Health Organization (WHO) and the UN Foundation.
The “Global Youth Mobilization for Generation Disrupted” is being led by the so-called ‘Big 6’ youth organizations (Young Men’s Christian Association, YMCA; World Young Women’s Christian Association, YWCA; World Organization of the Scout Movement; World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts; International