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Further to updates 11 and 12 describing the
devastating typhoon (Washi) that struck the island
of Mindanao,
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Southern Philippines on Friday, 16
December and our planned response. The consignment
of Water-Survival Boxes sent to the head of De La
Salle College reached Manila airport on 23
December and Iligan City, some 800 km to the
south, on 28 December. There members of the local
De La Salle College, working with the Department
of Education, organised distribution and briefing
sessions for families in Evacuation Centres that
had been established in the grounds of schools in
the City. The attached photos are a selection
taken from an album of 53 photos provided by the
De La Salle College that can be seen via the
following link -
@picasaweb.google.com
This was a remarkably swift operation thanks to
the De La Salle College teams in Manila and Iligan,
with help from
their military partners in transporting the
boxes, and the Department of Education in Iligan
City.
The latest detailed SitRep (OCHA – United Nations
Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian
Affairs) shows that the lack of potable water
continues to be a key concern for some 150,00
people of whom about a third remain in evacuation
centres. Finding safe alternative land on which to
construct their future homes is expected to take
at least six months. Given the scale of this
disaster it is probable that we will be asked for
further help. Clubs keen to assist are asked to
make their cheques payable to ‘Worldwaterworks
Limited’ and send them to the registered office of
our Rotary charity – Westfield Business Centre, 32
Second Avenue, Westfield Trading Estate, Midsomer
Norton, Radstock BA3 4BH.
Further to updates 11 and 12 describing the
devastating typhoon (Washi) that struck the island
of Mindanao, Southern Philippines on Friday, 16
December and our planned response. The consignment
of Water-Survival Boxes sent to the head of De La
Salle College reached Manila airport on 23
December and Iligan City, some 800 km to the
south, on 28 December. There members of the local
De La Salle College, working with the Department
of Education, organised distribution and briefing
sessions for families in Evacuation Centres that
had been established in the grounds of schools in
the City. The attached photos are a selection
taken from an album of 53 photos provided by the
De La Salle College that can be seen via the
following link -
@picasaweb.google.com
This was a remarkably swift operation thanks to
the De La Salle College teams in Manila and Iligan,
with help from
their military partners in transporting the
boxes, and the Department of Education in Iligan
City.
The latest detailed SitRep (OCHA – United Nations
Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian
Affairs) shows that the lack of potable water
continues to be a key concern for some 150,00
people of whom about a third remain in evacuation
centres. Finding safe alternative land on which to
construct their future homes is expected to take
at least six months. Given the scale of this
disaster it is probable that we will be asked for
further help. Clubs keen to assist are asked to
make their cheques payable to ‘Worldwaterworks
Limited’ and send them to the registered office of
our Rotary charity – Westfield Business Centre, 32
Second Avenue, Westfield Trading Estate, Midsomer
Norton, Radstock BA3 4BH.
Further to update 11 (21
December) describing the devastating typhoon (Washi)
that struck the island of Mindanao, Southern
Philippines on Friday, 16 December and our planned
response. The consignment of Water-Survival Boxes
sent to the head of De La Salle College reached
Manila airport yesterday afternoon (23rd)
and this morning we received the following message
from Franciscan Brother Aikee:
Goods came in last night and were released this
morning. Thanks also to the help of the Bureau of
Customs. I decided to endorse it to the Department
of Education since they badly need it in the
schools which became evacuation centers and this
helped us gather resources to get all of these
moving. We sought the help of the Armed Forces to
bring it from the airport and the Navy to ship it.
They were supposed to ship it on Monday but I
heard that they were meeting to hopefully ship
tomorrow. It will be received by a representative
of the Department of Education in Iligan City
where it will be sent to those who badly need it.
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This was a remarkably
swift operation in Manila thanks to the De
La Salle College team and their military
partners.
Thanks to the recent
BigGive Christmas Challenge the cost of
this initial consignment will be covered.
However, given the scale of this disaster
it is probable that we will be asked for
further help. Clubs keen to assist are
asked to make their cheques payable to ‘Worldwaterworks
Limited’ and send them to the registered
office of our Rotary charity – Westfield
Business Centre, 32 Second Avenue,
Westfield Trading Estate, Midsomer Norton,
Radstock BA3 4BH.
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On Monday contact was established
with the De La Salle College at Green Hills in Metro
Manila where the Franciscan Brothers had mounted a relief
operation. They were co-ordinating receipt of aid from the
Philippines and also accepted our offer of a consignment
of Water-Survival Boxes to be flown into Manila
International airport. This consignment was collected from
our depot in Somerset this afternoon (Wednesday 21
December), will leave Birmingham airport tomorrow and
arrive in Manila on 23 December.
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As soon as customs clearance has
been given the WSBs will be taken some 800 km south to
the town of Iligan (one of the worst affected areas) on
Mindanao for distribution by the local De La Salle
College team to families ‘most in need’
The attached photos show some of
the affected families in Iligan and initial supplies of
bottled water to provide protection from water borne
disease ahead of the arrival of the Water-Survival
Boxes.
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Thanks to the recent BigGive Christmas Challenge the
cost of this initial consignment will be covered.
However, given the scale of this disaster it is probable
that we will be asked for further help. Clubs keen to
assist are asked to make their cheques payable to ‘Worldwaterworks
Limited’ and send them to the registered office of our
Rotary charity – Westfield Business Centre, 32 Second
Avenue, Westfield Trading Estate, Midsomer Norton,
Radstock BA3 4BH.
Hugo Pike PHF - Director of Operations – Worldwaterworks
Limited
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