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divdiv class=story-body readability=31 span class=story-date#13; span class=date20 November 2013/span#13;span class=time-textLast updated at /spanspan class=time07:20 ET/span#13; #13;/span#13;#13; #13;#13;#13; #13; #13; !-- Embedding the video player --#13;!-- This is the embedded player component --#13;#13;#13; #13; #13;#13;#13;#13;!-- wwrights check --#13;!-- Empty country is used on test environment --#13;#13;#13;#13;div class=videoInStoryB readability=2#13; div id=emp-25015483-1781 class=emp#13; #13; #13; noscript#13; div class=warning readability=1#13; img class=holding src=http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/71238000/jpg/_71238480_71234211.jpg alt=HMS Illustrious/pstrongPlease turn on JavaScript./strong Media requires JavaScript to play./p#13; /div#13; /noscript#13; #13; !-- embedding script --#13; #13; /div#13; !-- companion banner -- #13; #13; #13; #13; !-- END - companion banner --!-- caption --p class=captionThe BBC's Jonah Fisher reports from HMS Illustrious in Singapore, which is being loaded with supplies/p#13; !-- END - caption --#13; #13; #13;#13;/div#13;!-- end of the embedded player component --#13;#13;!-- Player embedded -- p class=introduction id=story_continues_1An appeal by UK charities to help Philippines typhoon victims has raised £50m in eight days./p#13; pThe Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC), a group of 14 aid charities, said the public was continuing to give with amazing generosity. /p#13; pIt has helped more than half a million people affected by the typhoon, which killed more than 3,600./p#13; pThe DEC said its focus was on reaching some of the more remote areas, which have yet to receive the charities' aid./p#13; pThe group, which launched its appeal on 12 November, said donations were already helping to pay for some of the aid being delivered./p#13; pBut DEC chief executive Saleh Saeed said: We can and must do more./p#13; pReaching the more remote areas was proving to be a huge challenge, the DEC said, as a result of debris on the roads, access to ports and airports. /p#13; span class=cross-head'Years to recover'/span#13; pMore than 13 million people are now known to be affected, with 4 million forced from their homes and more than a million houses either destroyed or damaged./p#13; pThe immediate need is for clean water, sanitation, food and medicines to prevent diseases, but agencies will also be helping people get their lives back to normal. /p#13; #13; pMr Saeed said: It will take months and years for people to recover and we will immediately start helping people with better shelter and the means to rebuild their lives./p#13; pThe UK government is providing more than £50m in humanitarian support to help aid get through to hard to reach areas. /p#13; pUK aid supplies and medical assistance has arrived in some of the remote areas that aid agencies have so far not been able to reach, the Department for International Development said on Monday./p#13; pA Lynx helicopter from HMS Daring transported humanitarian experts, medical teams and supplies to remote islands, including Guitacan Island./p#13; pThe crew has already distributed 200 shelter kits and repaired a school roof. /p#13; /div/divbrbrcentera href=http://www.wizardrss.comPowered By WizardRSS.com/a | a href=http://www.wizardrss.comFull Text RSS Feed/a | a href=http://www.amazon.com/RFID-Blocking-Cards-Identity-Protector/dp/B00CJHZLEWRFID/a | a href=http://www.wpzonbuilder.comAmazon Affiliate/a/center