RE: my replacement and update on activities
Eden Garde
Thank you for the information and the update. We will surely include Toni
(have copied here) in the cluster e-mail group.
Good luck in your new assignment. A very Merry Christmas to you and all the
best in 2010.
Best regards, Eden
Ms. Eden Pintor-Garde
Habitat Programme Manager for the Philippines
United Nations Human Settlements Programme
31/F Yuchengco Tower, RCBC Plaza
Ayala Avenue, Makati City
Philippines
Tel No. (63-2)889-7505 / 901-0100 loc 432
Fax No.(63-2)889-7505
http://www.unhabitat.org.ph
-----Original Message-----
From: Ryan Russell [mailto:rrus...@asia.crs.org]
Sent: Monday, December 21, 2009 10:10 AM
To: Shelter Cluster Philippines Typhoons 2009; eden....@undp.org;
ed...@yahoo.com
Subject: my replacement and update on activities
Eden and Shelter Cluster Members,
Since I was not able to attend any cluster-related meetings last week, I
wanted to e-mail for a couple of reasons.
First, I want to announce that CRS/Philippines has a new Emergency
Coordinator, Toni Binalla, who will be taking over for me in January since I
am leaving for a new assignment in East Timor. Prior to CRS, Mr. Binalla
had extensive experience working with the DSWD. Could you please add his
address - ToniB...@ph.seapro.crs.org - to the list for the shelter
cluster?
Secondly, as an update, CRS has moved forward with shelter assistance in
Bulacan Province with its partner, the Commission of Service of the diocese
of Malolos. 187 families in Plaridel and Marilao have started to access
repair and reconstruction materials through a voucher system similar to
IOM's, for which the process should be completed during the holidays.
200 more households in the Pulillan, Marilao, and Valenzuela municipalities
of Bulacan and NCR should receive assistance during January 2010. We should
be able to update you about the progress shelter activities to begin in
Rizal Province in January.
Thanks and Happy Holidays.
- Ryan Russell
CRS/Philippines Interim Emergency Coordinator
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From: shelterc...@googlegroups.com
[shelterc...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Miguel Urquia, IFRC
[miguel...@ifrc.org]
Sent: Friday, December 18, 2009 8:17 PM
To: Shelter Cluster Philippines Typhoons 2009
Cc: graham....@ifrc.org; felix....@ifrc.org;
selvaratnam...@ifrc.org; alexander....@ifrc.org;
leon.un...@unog.ch; pont.un...@unog.ch; eden....@undp.org;
eden....@yahoo.com; jacqui....@one.un.org; patty....@undp.org;
CHA...@iom.int; pbre...@iom.int; ifern...@iom.int
Subject: <Shelter> Handover shelter cluster coordination Philippines to
UN-HABITAT
Dear Shelter Cluster colleagues,
As you know IFRC has the commitment to coordinate the Shelter Cluster
during the emergency phase after natural disasters. The emergency
phase of the typhoons response in the Philippines is finished so we
are handing over the coordination of the shelter cluster for this
response. The original plan, as per Jan-Willem's email below, was to
hand over to IOM but finally it has not happened.
IFRC has handed over to UN-HABITAT the coordination of the Shelter
Cluster in the Philippines as of today. The new coordinator of the
Shelter Cluster is Ms. Eden Pintor-Garde. Eden has greatly contributed
to the Shelter Cluster in this operation and in the past, as you all
know. I am sure that Eden and the UN-HABITAT team will provide
excellent coordination to the shelter actors.
In case of future new natural disasters that require additional
shelter coordination, IFRC will take over again the coordination of
the emergency phase.
Thanks to all of you for your support to the IFRC team during the
coordination of the emergency phase.
Kind regards and merry Christmas,
Miguel URQUIA
_______________________________________________________________
Sr Officer - Shelter & Settlements Department - Disaster Response
and Early Recovery Division
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
Tlf: +41 22 730 4562 - Mobile: +41 79 251 9219 - Email:
miguel...@ifrc.org - Skype: miguelurquia
Office 225 - 17 Chemins des Crêts, Petit Saconnex, Geneva, 1211 -
Switzerland
www.ifrc.org - Youtube IFRC : www.youtube.com/ifrc
Youtube shelter playlist: www.ifrc.org/shelter-videos
FedNet Shelter : https://fednet.ifrc.org/sw121072.asp
________________________________________________________________
On Dec 10, 10:53 am, SC coordinator - Jan-Willem Wegdam
<sc.ph...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Dear shelter supporters
> We would like to inform you, that IFRC has agreed to handover the Shelter
Cluster Coordination to IOM per 15th of December 2009
> We concluded that the focus of the shelter interventions have moved
rapidly into recovery solutions, since the government is finalizing its
relief distributions and the shelter agencies have started the distribution
of transitional shelters and repair kits. Referring to our global mandate to
convene shelter in the emergency phase of the response, we therefore hand
over the cluster coordination to another organization.
> The other clusters, our DSWD counterpart and the other stakeholders are
currently being informed.
> We have all the trust in the experienced IOM team lead by Phil Brewster
and are sure they will do an excellent job. Shortly you will be informed
about their contact details and other information.
>
> We thank you very much for everyones cooperation and support in the
coordination.
>
> Good luck with your operations, and already a Merry Christmas,
>
> Kind regards,
> Jan-Willem, Efren, Ann, Neil, Mariza and Fidel.