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Intervention by Swiss Humanitarian Aid in the Philippines

Philippines

Six experts from the Swiss Humanitarian Aid Unit flew to south of the Philippines ravaged by a tropical storm in December 2011. Their task was to support local authorities in re-establishing water supplies in the South Philippine town of Cagayan de Oro and in several evacuation centres in the region.

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Documents and Publications

  • Nothilfe für die Philippinen, Luzon
    Factsheet 03.05.2010
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  • Laos : le riz, essence de la vie
    Un projet de la DDC; de Pierre Heuer.
    Download (PDF, 33 KB) [fr]  
  • Improving rice production in Asia
    Asia Brief - July 2008
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  • Potato Boom in the rice region
    Asia Brief - February 2008
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  • The story that revolutionized rice production in Laos
    Project example
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  • Three Reductions, Three Gains: Program to improve environment
    and livelihood of millions of rice farmers in Vietnam - Project example
    Download (PDF, 151 KB) [en]  
  • The silent revolution of Nepali women
    Project example
    Download (PDF, 553 KB) [en]  
  • Un seul monde
    (Disponible seulement en Suisse)
    No 3 /03 - Mekong
    Download (PDF, 1295 KB) [de]   [fr]   [it]  
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News

14.12.2012 - Press release
Switzerland supports emergency measures for the victims of the typhoon in the Philippines
At the beginning of December, typhoon Bopha caused hundreds of deaths and great devastation on the P...

29.10.2012 - Press release
The President of the Confederation and the Head of the FDFA to travel to Asia
The President of the Confederation, Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf, and the Head of the Federal Department ...

23.04.2012 - Article
From the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne to the Irrawaddy delta in the south of Myanmar
After completing his architectural studies at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EP...

06.01.2012 - Press release
Swiss experts improve the water supply in the Philippines
Six experts from the Swiss Humanitarian Aid Unit who flew to the disaster area in the Philippines ju...

22.12.2011 - Press release
Switzerland sends experts to the Philippine disaster area
During the night of 17 December a tropical storm devastated large parts of the south of the Philippi...

01.10.2009 - Press release
Swiss aid for flood victims in the Philippines
Switzerland has contributed a total amount of CHF 450,000 as immediate aid for the flood victims in ...