Flood Affects Thousands

In the early part of January several days of very heavy rain caused the Kagayan River to overflow inundating many parts of Cagayan De Oro City with several feet of dirty polluted water. Thousand of people were forced to leave their homes and take shelter in places like basketball courts and school gymnasiums. Many of the worst affected areas were the poor squatter communities living along the sides of the river and under the bridges. The waters have receded now but it will take a long time for people to recover from this disaster, especially the poor who have lost everything. Now our objective of supplying tools and equipment to help people start their own small businesses becomes even more important. We need money to fund the shipments.