As the PeaceBuilders team embarks upon another year of ministry, many projects and needs call for our attentions. In order to practice good stewardship of the talents and resources that God has entrusted to us, it is necessary for us prayerfully to evaluate which of all these potential projects requires urgent and immediate action. We must also endeavor to …
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UBJP IS A POSITIVE DEVELOPMENT IN THE MINDANAO PEACE PROCESS
- By Rev. L. Daniel Alba Pantoja
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26.December.2014
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26.December.2014
The Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) has organized the United Bangsamoro Justice Party (UBJP). Its First Volunteers’ General Assembly was held last 23-25 December 2014 in Camp Darapanan, Barangay Simuay, Sultan Kudarat, Maguindanao. From being a revolutionary front, the MILF is transitioning to become a political party. In his opening remarks, Hon. Sammy Al-Mansour, UBJP …
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FIELD TEAM RELIEVES BARANGAY SIHA; PBCI THANKS DONORS
- By Jonathan Cranston
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22.December.2014
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22.December.2014
The local volunteers belonging to the newly-trained and newly-organized Disaster Response Networks (DRNs) have finally managed to deliver relief goods to 278 families in hard-to-reach Barangay Siha, in the Municipality of Borongan, Eastern Samar. In order to transport their cargo of rice-cooking kettles and foodstuffs to the remote barangay, the team risked their lives by fording the Lo-om river, which was swollen by heavy …
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“I HOPE YOU’LL BE BACK HERE TO HELP US” — ROMULO BALAGBIS, 73
- By PBCI InfoComm Team
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19.December.2014
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19.December.2014
His name is Romulo Balagbis, 73 years old, from Barangay Siha, Borongan City, Eastern Samar. This is what he experienced during the typhoon: “I swam from here (pointing at their house) to the Day Care Center which is around 150 meters, for safety but the water rises so fast so I decided together with my …
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TYPHOON RUBY SURVIVORS CRY OUT FOR HELP
- By PBCI InfoComm Team
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17.December.2014
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17.December.2014
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
- By PBCI InfoComm Team
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17.December.2014
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17.December.2014
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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WE NEED VOLUNTEERS FOR HAGUPIT RELIEF !
- By Salome Haldemann
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16.December.2014
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16.December.2014
In partnership with PCEC, Mennonite Central Committee and Mennonite Church Canada, we are currently organizing these 2 projects: :: Relief goods distribution (clothes, cooking supplies) :: Soup kitchen We are looking for volunteers, willing to serve with us from 2 weeks to 3 months. You will need to bring your own gear: camera, mobile phone, …
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IN WAKE OF HAGUPIT MANY FAMILIES LACK FOOD, WATER
- By Jonathan Cranston
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12.December.2014
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12.December.2014
As a result of Typhoon Hagupit’s destruction of homes and infrastructure in the Visayan Islands, many families are currently in dire need of immediate relief. Three of PeaceBuilders’ senior staff — Joji Felicitas Bautista Pantoja (Admin/Finance), Kriz Cruzado (FieldOps), and Bennette Grace Tenecio Mañulit (SupportOps) — are currently assessing the damage and coordinating relief efforts including nutritional …
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OPERATIONS CHANGE TONE AS STORM RECEDES
- By Arthur J. Block
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09.December.2014
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09.December.2014
Typhoon Hagupit has all but left the country into the South China Sea, as of Tuesday, December 9th. The storm hit Manila, but by that time had slowed to winds of less than 100 Km/h and rains had receded from their torrential caliber. Downgraded again from a tropical storm to a tropical “depression”, the destruction …
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AS HAGUPIT APPROACHES MANILA, THE VISAYAS PICK UP THE PIECES
- By Jonathan Cranston
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08.December.2014
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08.December.2014
On Monday, 08 December 2014, Typhoon Hagupit was downgraded to a tropical storm but remained formidable and perilous as it approached the densely populated region in and around the Philippine capital of Manila. The Philippine Red Cross reported that 21 people had been killed in the eastern Visayan island of Samar where Hagupit first made …
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SUPPORT AND FIELD OPERATIONS INTENSIFY AS HAGUPIT RAGES
- By Arthur J. Block
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07.December.2014
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07.December.2014
After making landfall in Dolores, Samar on Saturday night, Typhoon Hagupit has hit several more towns in the Samar region. It is expected to move through the central islands before touching the greater Manila area and exiting westward on Wednesday. Although no longer super-typhoon status, affected areas are seeing intense rain, flooding, landslides, and storm …
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PBCI CONSULTANT KRIZ CRUZADO GUIDES PAR ORGANIZERS AS HAGUPIT MADE LANDFALL
- By Jonathan Cranston
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06.December.2014
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06.December.2014
Typhoon “Ruby Hagupit” has been maintaining its course towards the Philippines, and has now made landfall in Dolores, Leyte at 2115PHT Saturday. Hagupit has maximum sustained winds of 175 kph near the center and gustiness of up to 210 kph; it is forecast to move west at 16 kph. An estimated one million people have …
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