After Yolanda: What Children Think, Need and Recommend

Author(s)
Finnegan, L.
Publication language
English
Pages
28pp
Date published
30 Dec 2013
Type
Research, reports and studies
Keywords
Accountability and Participation, Accountability to affected populations (AAP), Participation, Children & youth, Complaints and feedback mechanisms, Needs assessment
Countries
Philippines
Organisations
Save the Children

From the outset of the response to Typhoon Haiyan/Yolanda, response actors have been carrying out needs assessment to identify specific risks for children and implementing programmes to respond to those needs. Yet, there has not been a systematic effort to directly engage children themselves in needs assessments nor to consult them on priorities for response and recovery. This gap highlights a broader set of challenges that needs to be addressed around accountability to children in disasters.

In December 2013, Save the Children, Plan, World Vision, working with UNICEF, organised consultations with 124 children and young people in Capiz, Cebu, Iloilo, Leyte and East and West Samar to:

  • Listen to children and young people views about the humanitarian situation six weeks after the Typhoon;
  • Find out what their priorities are; and
  • Ask for suggestions from children and young people about how to improve the response.

This report outlines the findings of the consultation alongside some general reflections on improving accountability to and participation of children affected by crises.