A huge national and international relief effort has supported the
immediate local response. The Philippines government, backed by
generous and effective support from the international community, has
been energetic in its leadership and co-ordination of a huge and complex
response. And it has been backed by generous and effective support
from the international community which, to some extent, has improved its
co-ordination significantly since slow responses in Darfur and elsewhere
kick-started a series of humanitarian reforms ten years ago