File:HMS Daring's Lynx Helicopter Bringing Aid to the Philippines MOD 45156463.jpg

Summary
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:HMS_Daring's_Lynx_Helicopter_Bringing_Aid_to_the_Philippines_MOD_45156463.jpgDescription English: HMS Daring's Lynx helicopter arrives on the typhoon stricken Philippine island of Binuluanguan.

Sailors from HMS Daring have continued their efforts to deliver aid to the victims of Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines.

Arriving at the stricken island of Binuluanguan, a 36-strong team of personnel and medics from Save The Children assisted the community by delivering British-donated aid in the form of 170 shelter kits and 250 disposable fresh water carriers.

Many people on the island had been left without homes as the typhoon destroyed their flimsily built houses, littered the shores with the fragments of their fishing vessels and contaminated their drinking water.

The sailors were able to put their disaster relief skills learnt during training into practice as they assessed the level of work needed to help the villagers get back on their feet. With the engineering department taking the lead, they were able to construct a desalinisation plant for the village well, carry out repair work and maintenance on the fishing boat and engines and later joined the rest of the team securing the donated shelter kits to local homes.

Organization: ROYAL NAVY Object Name: SC_MQ130020329 Category: MOD Supplemental Categories: Operations, Humanitarian, People, Royal Navy Keywords: HMS Daring, Aid, Food, Humanitarian, Relief, Typhoon, Haiyan, Philippines, Op, Operation, Patwin, Royal Navy, Equipment, Aircraft, Helicopter, Lynx, Mk8 Country: Philippines Date 20 November 2013, 08:31:13