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On the 8th of November, Typhoon Haiyan tore through the Philippines. | 0:00:02 | 0:00:06 | |
It was one of the most powerful storms ever recorded on land. | 0:00:06 | 0:00:10 | |
Sea water engulfed towns along the coast, | 0:00:12 | 0:00:15 | |
leaving a scene of total devastation. | 0:00:15 | 0:00:17 | |
But the cost in human terms is the most shocking. | 0:00:20 | 0:00:23 | |
Many thousands have died, | 0:00:23 | 0:00:25 | |
and up to ten million have been affected by this catastrophic storm. | 0:00:25 | 0:00:31 | |
These people desperately need your help. | 0:00:31 | 0:00:33 | |
That's why the Disasters Emergency Committee, or DEC - | 0:00:34 | 0:00:38 | |
an umbrella organisation that unites 14 UK humanitarian aid agencies - | 0:00:38 | 0:00:43 | |
has launched an emergency appeal. | 0:00:43 | 0:00:46 | |
And to help the vast numbers of people affected, | 0:00:46 | 0:00:49 | |
they need your donation. | 0:00:49 | 0:00:51 | |
In the city of Tacloban, | 0:00:53 | 0:00:55 | |
the destruction is on the scale of a tsunami. | 0:00:55 | 0:00:57 | |
Now we're so very hungry and thirsty. | 0:00:59 | 0:01:01 | |
We don't have water any more, we don't have food. | 0:01:01 | 0:01:04 | |
Survivors are sleeping outside amid the wreckage. | 0:01:04 | 0:01:08 | |
And with so many dead in the rubble, | 0:01:09 | 0:01:13 | |
there is the increasing threat of the spread of infection - | 0:01:13 | 0:01:16 | |
with young children and elderly people most at risk. | 0:01:16 | 0:01:20 | |
This is a dreadful situation, | 0:01:22 | 0:01:24 | |
and the Philippines is a nation of scattered islands | 0:01:24 | 0:01:27 | |
with communities who are hard to reach. | 0:01:27 | 0:01:30 | |
A huge effort is required to get aid to the people who need it. | 0:01:30 | 0:01:33 | |
The priorities are clean water, food and shelter. | 0:01:35 | 0:01:38 | |
£25 will buy water purification tablets | 0:01:38 | 0:01:42 | |
for ten families for a month. | 0:01:42 | 0:01:45 | |
£50 will feed a family for two weeks. | 0:01:45 | 0:01:49 | |
£100 will provide a family with an emergency shelter and bedding. | 0:01:49 | 0:01:54 | |
This is a humanitarian crisis, so the DEC needs us to act now. | 0:01:54 | 0:01:59 | |
Please help. | 0:01:59 | 0:02:01 | |
You can give online at dec.org.uk | 0:02:01 | 0:02:05 | |
or you can call 0370 60 60 900. | 0:02:05 | 0:02:10 | |
To donate £5, text HELP to 70000. | 0:02:10 | 0:02:16 | |
Texts cost £5, | 0:02:16 | 0:02:18 | |
and the whole £5 goes to the DEC Philippines Typhoon Appeal. | 0:02:18 | 0:02:23 | |
You must be 16 or over, and please ask the bilzl payer's permission. | 0:02:23 | 0:02:26 | |
For full information, go to dec.org.uk. | 0:02:26 | 0:02:29 | |
Thank you. | 0:02:29 | 0:02:31 |