When Typhoon Haiyan departed the Philippines 11 months ago it left 16 million people devastated and 6,000 dead.
Today, the effects of Haiyan are still very present. Millions of Filipinos continue to struggle as they attempt to rebuild their lives after losing everything.
People like Nancy (shown above) and her husband Efren, parents of two young children, are among the families we are helping.
Nancy remembers the killer storm all too well.
What’s Been Done
We began helping survivors the moment the storm left the Philippines. More than 58 tonnes of rice, 90,000 cans of sardines, tonnes of clean water, and emergency shelter kits have been provided, helping care for nearly 10,000 people in the months following the disaster.
What’s Happening Now
Our help continues today and will do so until as many families as possible have rebuilt their lives. In the coming months alone, we will be helping more than 6,000 families rebuild their homes, food supply, and livelihoods.
HOPE International Development Agency is providing housing repair kits that will enable families to repair their modest homes or, where needed, build new, sturdy homes.
Seeds, tools, and the training needed to create family vegetable gardens that will help families regain their food self-sufficiency are also being provided.
In addition, small, seaworthy fishing boats that will be shared by 3 families are being provided in order to help families rebuild their livelihoods.
During the killer storm Nancy and Efren prayed that they would survive.
Today, they, and other families not yet helped, are praying that a compassionate person will help them rebuild their lives and become self-reliant again.
Help a family in the Philippines as they struggle to recover from Typhoon Haiyan.
Today, the effects of Haiyan are still very present. Millions of Filipinos continue to struggle as they attempt to rebuild their lives after losing everything.
People like Nancy (shown above) and her husband Efren, parents of two young children, are among the families we are helping.
Nancy remembers the killer storm all too well.
“Our house just flew away,” recalls Nancy. “We were clinging to each other and praying that the storm would subside soon! It was like being inside a washing machine,” says Nancy, remembering the terror of having no way to escape the vicious storm.
Winds, gusting as high as 300 kilometers per hour, combined with torrential rain, and flash floods choked with debris, destroyed everything in storm’s path.“At first we panicked. Then fear set in when we realized that nothing remained but the soaked, torn clothes on our backs. Within hours our children were hungry and this continued for days. We ate anything we could scavenge,” recalls Nancy.
The task is massive. Families, like Nancy and Efren’s, need to rebuild the homes, food supply, and livelihoods taken by the storm.What’s Been Done
We began helping survivors the moment the storm left the Philippines. More than 58 tonnes of rice, 90,000 cans of sardines, tonnes of clean water, and emergency shelter kits have been provided, helping care for nearly 10,000 people in the months following the disaster.
What’s Happening Now
Our help continues today and will do so until as many families as possible have rebuilt their lives. In the coming months alone, we will be helping more than 6,000 families rebuild their homes, food supply, and livelihoods.
HOPE International Development Agency is providing housing repair kits that will enable families to repair their modest homes or, where needed, build new, sturdy homes.
Seeds, tools, and the training needed to create family vegetable gardens that will help families regain their food self-sufficiency are also being provided.
In addition, small, seaworthy fishing boats that will be shared by 3 families are being provided in order to help families rebuild their livelihoods.
During the killer storm Nancy and Efren prayed that they would survive.
Today, they, and other families not yet helped, are praying that a compassionate person will help them rebuild their lives and become self-reliant again.
Help a family in the Philippines as they struggle to recover from Typhoon Haiyan.
