On Her Own Two Feet
When fire struck the Market 3 compound in Navotas’ Fish Port Complex in the early hours of Tuesday, January 10, Teresita Gediela had to leap out of her burning house to stay alive. This was no mean feat: Aling Teresita is 64. But she’s spent three decades in the Market 3 shantytown, and if the […]
Fire-resistant lives
I wanted to see the site of the fire; I had never been to an emergency ground zero. Most Filipinos barely know what Navotas is, much less where it is; Manila is huge, it is nearly impossible to know all the different districts. In a city of over 11 million, the most unknown areas are […]
ADRA Brings Food Packs to Fire Victims in Navotas
Over 200 families are currently being sheltered in a local school in Navotas City (north west of Manila) after a big fire razed hundreds of houses to the ground just before noon on April 17, 2016. Media reports estimate the number of affected families in the impoverished community of Tanza at no less than 1,000. No […]