After receiving criticisms from the United States, European Union, United Nations, and human rights advocates, President Rodrigo Duterte dared these countries and entities to withdraw their assistance to the Philippines if they continue to raise concern about the drug killings in the country.
If the US, the EU, and the UN would take up that challenge, how would the new figures in the foreign aid to the Philippines look like?
Rappler came up with its own projection without loans or grants from the US, UN, and EU.
After Yolanda, the EU states and the EU Commission donated $130.5 million (P6.3 billion), or 11% of the total Yolanda funding. US donated $90.6 million (P4.4 billion), or 10.5% of total Yolanda aid, and UN agencies gave $10.5 million ($507.6 million), or 8.3% of total Yolanda funding.
In total, EU, US, and UN donated $231.6 million (P11.19 billion), or 26.77% of the total foreign aid received by the Philippines after Yolanda. These were used to fund livelihood and rehabilitation programs in those areas hit by the super typhoon.
This also meant that if the US, EU, and UN member-states did not donate to the Philippines, the country would have only received $633 million (P30.6 billion).
Yolanda was estimated to have caused P571 billion ($11.8 billion) worth of damage.
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On the other hand, China and Russia, which Duterte is eyeing as the Philippines’ new alliances, donated $2.7 million (P130 million) and $5.7 million (277 million) during Yolanda.
But more than just Yolanda, the US, UN, and EU have helped the Philippines during other disasters.
The EU donated $3.3 million (P162.3 million) and the US $100,000 (P4.1 million) after Typhoon Sendong caused massive flooding and landslides in Northern Mindanao in 2011.
The UN Emergency Relief Agency donated $3 million (P145 million) for water and sanitation projects in the areas hit by the typhoon. The organization later raised $28.6 million (P1.4 billion) for its Philippines (Mindanao) Humanitarian Action Plan 2012.
The EU gave €74.7 million for emergency relief interventions after natural disasters hit the country since 1997.
Aid was even given to the Philippines even without natural disasters involved.
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has donated $1.5 billion to the country since 2001, excluding the amount donated through the military and other agencies.
The EU has donated €24.7 million for the displaced victims of the armed conflicts in the country since 1997. In 2016 alone, it gave €1 million for kids to have better access to education in Mindanao, especially in areas of conflict.
UN has established its presence in the Philippines, along with projects that have benefited the Filipinos. It has coursed its projects through the World Food Programme (WFP), the World Health Organization (WHO), and Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO), among others.
Source: (rappler.com)
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