Aid reaches Filipino homeless
Posted by Tony Gilmore
Tuesday, May, 26th PHILIPPINES: ShelterBox Response Team (SRT) volunteers Peter Pearce (Aus) and Lyndon Tamblyn (NZ) have successfully distributed 100 ShelterBoxes to those left homeless by typhoons Chan-Hom and Kujira which struck the north of the country earlier this month.
Half the boxes were distributed in the village of Olanen in Pangasinan Province which had been badly damaged by a 20 metre tidal surge. The remainder were distributed to those most in need on Dewey Island. The government estimates that 16,000 homes were totally destroyed by the typhoons and 24,000 partially destroyed. Fifty five people died. ShelterBox is working in the country with the National Disaster Co-ordination Council and local Rotarians.
Erica Sirotich
Associate Director
ShelterBox USA
Capital City Rotary has been a contributor to ShelterBox
Erica Sirotich
Associate Director
ShelterBox USA
Capital City Rotary has been a contributor to ShelterBox