Sep 09
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The official death toll for Ondoy (Ketsana) flooding is now at 246 with 38 missing. A new storm now threatens the Philippines according to the Associated Press. Please pray that this storm does not hit the Philippines so that the relief effort can continue unhindered. The article above states:
In the Bagong Silangan area in the capital, about 150 people sheltered on a covered basketball court that had been turned into a makeshift evacuation center for storm victims.
I know exactly where this is and have been there many times. I also have several relatives in that area. One person I know has had their home destroyed and all their belongings. Also please understand the gravity of the situation there: this particular neighborhood was built nearly entirely by Gawad Kalinga and other charity organizations. It was formerly a ‘squatter area’ and the people living there are some of the poorest in the Philippines.
I can’t imagine what kind of damage has been done there, but this kind of flooding in such a poor area leaves thousands of people homeless and without their belongings. I was told by an informant in that area that they are still finding corpses in trees and buried under mud. Please continue to pray and if you can, we need donations.
