Philippines Struck by Seven Weeks of Natural Disasters
Since October, the Philippines has been hit by natural disasters, including three earthquakes, and multiple aftershocks, in Mindanao, two fires in Boracay and Mandaluyong, flood in Cagayan, and a typhoon in the southern Luzon and northern Visayas area.
For Teacher Ella, the Trauma is Real
Teacher Ella is an Elementary School Teacher in the Municipality of Magsaysay, Davao del Sur, who is a single mom with 2 kids. She has not slept in her home since October 16 because she fears another earthquake may happen again (which it did). Teacher Ella is an Elementary School Teacher in the Municipality of […]
Series of Earthquakes Hits Mindanao
The Philippine’s southern island of Mindanao was hit by a series of strong earthquakes on the month of October. A magnitude-6.3 on Oct 17, magnitude- 6.6 on Oct 29, and a magnitude-6.5 two days later on Oct 31 causing major infrastructural damage not only to the province of Cotabato were the epicenter was located, but […]
Shelter Kits for the Shaken Residents of Makilala, Cotabato
ADRA, together with the Adventist Community Services of the Southern Mindanao Mission distributed 300 shelter kits last Thursday, October 24, 2019 to the victims of the 6.3 magnitude earthquake that hit in Makilala, Cotabato on in the previous week. This is part of the program of the National Emergency Management Plan that has been set […]
Protected by Angels
These are the remnants of the shattered home of the couple Rosalina (52) and Roberto Sojor (55). They live in Poblacion 2, in the municipality of Makilala South Cotabato, which was hit hard by the recent 6.3 Magnitude earthquake in South Philippines. When the earthquake struck at around 7pm last October 16, the couple were […]