17.December.2014 archive

TYPHOON RUBY SURVIVORS CRY OUT FOR HELP

Our partners from PeaceChurch Philippines sent volunteers to join our teams serving Typhoon Yolanda (international name Typhoon Haiyan) and Typhoon Ruby survivors. They interviewed several Typhoon Ruby survivors in the Municipality of Taft in Eastern Samar, an area struck heavily by Ruby (international name Typhoon Hagupit.) The typhoon destroyed the crops and livelihoods of thousands of people across the Visayan islands, and these people now desperately …

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NANAY LITA AND MANY MORE HAGUPIT SURVIVORS NEED YOUR HELP

Nanay Lita lives in Barangay Siha, Municipality of Borongan, Eastern Samar. As Typhoon Ruby was raging, and her home was beginning to flood, she placed her 2-month-old baby inside a washing machine, hoping the washer would serve as a makeshift boat. Thankfully, she and her baby survived. But their house and coconut/rice farm (their main source of livelihood) was in a …

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