Human trafficking a worry in post-typhoon PH: US | ABS-CBN News
Human trafficking a worry in post-typhoon PH: US | ABS-CBN News
"We are watching this very closely," Nancy Lindborg, the USAID's assistant administrator for Democracy, Conflict and Humanitarian Assistance, testified.
"To protect the children of the central Philippines during this time of heightened vulnerability, the government of the Philippines and the international community will need to make every effort... to ensure and strengthen local and national protective services."
That includes creation of safe spaces for women and children, and programs that help identify, trace and reunify unaccompanied children, she said.
Washington has committed nearly $60 million worth of typhoon-related aid to the Philippines, Lindborg said.
More than 7,400 people died or remain missing in the aftermath of Haiyan, one of the most powerful typhoons on record.
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