1. December 18, 2013

2.  Located on the eastern seaboard of Samar Island

3.  5 th class municipality (by income, the 2 nd poorest among 23 towns in Eastern Samar)  13 barangays with 11 coastal barangays  Roughly 10,000 people with 8/10 living below poverty line

5.  1 Rural Health Unit (RHU) with 2 Barangay Health Station (BHS)  1 doctor, 8 nurses, 5 midwives, 1 sanitation inspector  Health data system is paper based

6.  November 8, 2013  Signal 4, the surge affected 10 barangays  An estimated of 7-10 meters in sea level rise was experienced

8.  RHU not fully functional  Most of the records has been inundated  Difficulty in providing service due to the loss of client list

9.  Damaged and obliterated facilities  Inadequate equipment and office supply  Lack finances  Paralysed local government operations