The Philippines Red Cross has estimated the cost to communities of recovering from Tropical Storm Sendong as 262 million pesos (£4 million).

"More than a month on from Sendong and at least 223,000 are still living in emergency shelters, with host families, or in makeshift conditions. It may take a long time for these people to get back into permanent homes, and they will need our support in the interim," said Richard Gordon, Chairman of The Philippines Red Cross.

We continue to support a feeding program and outreach, especially to children living in the tent cities at Canitoan and Agusan.

Sendong - a Month On

It is almost a month since 'Typhoon Sendong' devastated Cagayan De Oro City with catastrophic flash floods that killed over 2000 people and destroyed thousands of houses.

Still many thousands of people are homeless. Many are still staying in schools, basketball courts and other public buildings. At a number of locations large 'Tent-Cities' have been set up with tents provided by Shelter Box Charity and Rotary International. In due course permanent houses will be built on the same sites but official sources are saying that it could take until 2013 to complete this work.

Cooking for 200+

In the meantime our Mission partners, Lifenet Children's Foundation Inc. have joined forces with several other organisations and local churches to continue providing hot food to some of these evacuees. We have been pleased to provide funding for this and more money will be sent in the next few days.

It is estimated that around 1000 children are now orphans as a result of the floods and the local authorities are hard pressed to find enough people able to care for them. So we now need to push on and get the House of Joshua children's home completed as quickly as possible to provide a loving and supportive home for some of these children where they can receive help and counselling to start to rebuild their lives.

We need your help and we need it NOW! If you are able to please, please click on the donate button on the left of this page and give whatever you can afford.

£25 will feed 200 people for a day or pay the wages of one of the workmen building the House of Joshua for a week. £2500 will buy the roofing materials for the house but even just £5 will make a significant difference.

We promise you that the money will be spent well and wisely. We have no paid staff and virtually no overheads so everything you give will go where it is needed the most.

More photos of the aftermath of the floods and the relief efforts can be found via our Facebook Page

Local Newspaper Publishes Appeal

T.C.R.C.T trustee Jo Conroy, who is also logistics manager at Aid to Hospitals
Worldwide, with some of the boxes of aid to be shipped to the Phillipines

Local Newspaper for West Suffolk, The Bury Free Press has covered the story of our efforts to provide relief to flood victims in Cagayan De Oro City appealing for it's readership to contribute tins of food and blankets as well as money to help with the costs of shipment. Read the full article here

Sendong Aftermath Video

This YouTube video from some friends of ours shows some more images of the aftermath of Tropical Storm Sendong and the efforts being made by numerous charitable organisations and even groups of private individuals to try and bring some help and comfort to the flood victims.