- World Vision relief teams to give aid to 80 family-survivors of the landslides and 2,500 students who cannot return to their homes
- International airlines ships 10 tons of aid to help affected families in Northern Luzon through World Vision
- World Vision Asia Pacific Regional Vice President visits typhoon-beaten areas in Metro Manila
Every second counts for World Vision, as it ramps up efforts to reach the communities in need of assistance in Benguet, Mountain Province while Typhoon Lupit continued to weaken and veer slightly away from the country.
 A truckload of food and non-food items left Manila to Benguet early Thursday morning to provide much needed help to 80 families whose homes were completely destroyed following the landslides the covered their entire village. World Vision is also set to distribute relief packs to 2,500 students of the Benguet State University the same day.
Typhoon Lupit is expected to make a landfall on Saturday. It was previously forecasted to hit Cagayan province Wednesday night.
“While we are thankful that Lupit continues to weaken, we are really doing our best to move fast to reach the communities in the north before Lupit makes a landfall. We are thankful for having more time to prepare, but this is not the time for us to slowdown,” said Filomena Portales, spokesperson of World Vision.
“While it is important that we reach the communities because they desperately need help, we also cannot risk the safety of our staff,” she added.
Another truckload of relief items are set to leave Manila to Pangasinan on Friday to serve 4,180 families in the municipalities of Calasiao and Bayambang.
Since Wednesday, World Vision staff and volunteers have been packing relief items round the clock to complete the required relief packs for distribution to Benguet and Pangasinan.
Meanwhile, on Wednesday, World Vision received 3.5 tons of the 10 tons gifts-in-kind donation of The Emirates Group through its international airline company, Emirates, and airport ground services company, D’NATA.
The donation includes medicines, canned goods, noodles, biscuits, blankets, towels and hygiene kits for distribution to the typhoon-affected families in Northern Luzon.
“World Vision is truly honored and thankful to be chosen to manage these gifts from the employees of The Emirates. These typhoons (Ketsana and Parma) pulled us all together,” said Elnora Avarientos, executive director of the World Vision in the Philippines.
“There is a lot we can learn from these disasters. There is a lot we can harvest. These disasters brought to World Vision people and groups that are willing to help, like The Emirates. May they see the value of our ministry beyond these events and hopefully, this will be a start of more fruitful partnerships and long-term engagements with them,” said World Vision’s vice president for Asia Pacific, Khun Watt Santatiwat.
People who want to make a donation, may do so through World Vision New Zealand’s Asia-Pacific Emergency Relief Fund by going to https://www.worldvision.org.nz/Donations |
