Devastating scenes coming out of the Philippines in the aftermath of Typhoon Haiyan. There is an urgent need to bring relief to survivors. There are plenty of relief organisations offering support. Choose one and give as soon as you can! We have given money through Compassion Australia’s appeal. I love the work that Compassion do and they are part of ongoing, longterm work in the country. The people they work with have been significantly impacted by the tragedy.
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One of the strongest tropical cyclones on record hit the Philippines on 8 November 2013. Typhoon Haiyan has pounded the central areas of the Philippines with heavy rains, flooding, and strong winds.
Compassion Australia Communications Manager, Amy Lanham, spoke to ABC Newcastle on 11 November about the situation in the Philippines. You can listen to the interview here.
For the most recent crisis update on the typhoon, click here.
Electricity is out across major cities in the Philippines, particularly across the Visayan Islands, including the Mactan, Leyte, and Samar islands.
Heavy rainfall was experienced in Manila, Calabarzon, Mimaropa, Bicol, and Mindanao over the weekend.
All weekend project activities for the child development centres located in these areas were cancelled.
There is currently no information available about the number of children and child development centres that have been affected by the typhoon. Compassion Australia will keep you updated as soon as more information becomes available.
Compassion Philippines has established a disaster team that will continue to monitor the situation closely.
Compassion staff, and registered children and their families, are in urgent need of your help. (Please note: Compassion Australia will contact you if your sponsored child has been directly affected. It could be weeks before this information is available due to the widespread and devastating nature of the typhoon.)
Donating to the Disaster Relief Fund will provide urgent relief for typhoon victims. Any money raised above the need will bring immediate aid to Compassion assisted children affected by future disasters.
When you donate to the Disaster Relief Fund, you help Compassion provide vital assistance that helps restore families of Compassion-assisted children decimated by disaster. Your support helps to provide:
- Emergency food and water
- Temporary shelters (tarps, tents etc)
- Child-safe zones/reunion areas
- Emergency medical care
- Personal items (toiletries, nappies, clothes, bedding, stoves etc)
- Basic sanitation
- Cooking utensils
- Trauma counselling
- Spiritual support
- School supplies
Please pray for the children, families, staff and churches that are suffering at this time.
“In everything I did, I showed you that by this kind of hard work we must help the weak, remembering the words the Lord Jesus himself said: ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’” — Acts 20:35 (NIV)
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