Another Container of Flood Relief Aid

In August this year a typhoon, informally known as "Habagat", deluged the Philippines capital Manila, and much of the surrounding area with eight days of torrential rain.
90% of Metro Manila was inundated with flood waters affecting more than 1 million families with more than 6500 homes destroyed and many more damaged (according to Wikipedia).

In partnership with our friends at Aid to Hospitals Worldwide and Philippine Relief And Development Services (PHILRADS) we are working on shipping another 40 foot container of medical equipment to provide additional resources for hard-pressed Barrangay Health Centres and hospitals in the flood affected areas.

We hope to have the shipment on it's way within the next month.

flooding in Metro Manila August 2012

Aid Gone Down Well

There is no doubt about it, our recent shipment of medical equipment, school resources and tools has gone down well with the recipients and is already making a big impact on the lives of many people in Cagayan De Oro City.

A pastor of a church that runs medical missions in remote mountain areas, as well as working in some of the poorest flood affected areas of the city, wrote to express his gratitude,
"Words could not truly express our gratitude for such great wonderful help after
many years of waiting and praying for the loads of blessings for the brethren over
here. We are so blessed to have so many tools that will empower the brethren for their
trade or job such as carpentry, mechanics and plumbing. 

We are planning to have some job empowerment seminars and give those
graduate the tools needed to empower them. The sewing machines could be a great help
to those flood victims to get to their feet again especially those who lost
their husbands. They live on their own and they need help with sewing skills as a second part time job when there will be no employment available for them. 

About the computers; what a great help it will help to our  satellite kinder schools who don't have any access
 to computers. We also  gave some units to our school over here in the city.
Thank you for taking great efforts of gathering these tools which we know
can restore the dignity of poor families by being self sufficient to make
a living and help them break the cycle of poverty. Once again thanks a
million for such wonderful blessings. We don't have enough words to say it
but a BIG THANK YOU  for making possible what seems impossible! 

You help us change communities for Christ !