Quick Relief To 448 Storm-hit Informal Settlers

It's a given that the Philippines will have 20 typhoons every year.  Just as the communities are reeling off from the previous storms, two strong typhoons hit the country close to each other. The first is Tino followed by Uwan that hit the country this November.  Prior to this the country is mourning the damage wrought by a 6.9 magnitude earthquake that hit midnorth Cebu  ( a Visayan Island) in Central Philippines with enourmous damage and casualties. 

It seems 2025 is like a disaster year for the Philippnes and  both urban and rural communities suffered flooding, strong winds and incessant rains.  For communities, these doubled hardships. Just as they started to gather whatever is left, new storm disasters hit one after the other.  Damage to life and property are unforgiving and coping up is a frenzy of getting by with whatever assistance we could gather.   

Your contributions are of big help directed to short term quick relief.  The relief goods are palliative measures that could tied up communities while they are rebuilding things. They are much better than nothing at all.  There are government aids but  for long term purposes, these are not adequate. Just like during typhoon Hyan in 2013, they need to build back better and housing materials could be costly and hard to come by.  A programatic approach for disaser resiliency and  preparation focused on stop gap measures with no strategic perspectives  is all that is laid.  These are largely dependent on packed relief goods enough for a few days.  

What compounded the recent diffficulties is the discovery of highly corrupted and anomalous flood control projects  by contractors.  There are ghost projects reported completed but are non -existent, dikes of low quality that a moderate flood current could easily wash these away.  The Philippines has never experienced these massive flooding until this time.  It's thought of that these  anomalies have long been happening, good the severe flooding all over the Philippines have unearthed corrupt practices connived by politicians, contractors and agencies and people are protesting and demanding accountabilities and jailing the culprits.  Massive street protests are happening all over the country for justice to the victims and for tax paying Filipinos robbed of their hard earned money. 

Hence, we continue to hope for your assistance for us to continue helping distressed families. We look forward towards this last quarter for a storm-free days so that families could stand up again.  Reconstruction work still continues.  Communities used to the storm take this as just as one of those events that they have to face year after year.  We appeal for your help along this as we grapple for a more robust disaster preparedness measures and programs.  Before that happens, please help us mitigate the impact.  Small amounts is good for a bottle of  water, a kilo of rice and sardines, medicines and some housing materials. One rebuilding at a time and we are thankful you are with us in this.  God bless your generousity!