Typhoon odette (Rai)
Super typhoon Rai, (Odette in the Philippines) wreaked havoc across Philippines in the night of Dec.16 -17, 2021. It killed at least 409 people, injuring thousands and cumulatively displacing nearly 3.2M people in the Visayas and Mindanao region. "Rai" in Romanian means heaven, but the Rai that visited us did not feel heavenly at all. Quite the opposite. With a wind speed of 240 km/h, it caused a lot of damage to people, animals and land. Being in the middle of the typhoon was like "looking into hell with the sound of howling demons!"
Our immediate response to this disaster that hit us just prior to Christmas was to bring food to many locals that live in our neighborhood. During the consecutive months, we continued to bring food, and additionally we helped bring roofs to around 250 households all around Bohol and Panglao islands.
Please check our Blog for many pictures of our relief efforts. Thank you!
Our immediate response to this disaster that hit us just prior to Christmas was to bring food to many locals that live in our neighborhood. During the consecutive months, we continued to bring food, and additionally we helped bring roofs to around 250 households all around Bohol and Panglao islands.
Please check our Blog for many pictures of our relief efforts. Thank you!
New Shelters for Earthquake Victims
After a 7.2 magnitude Earthquake hit Bohol on October 12, 2013, and Typhoon Yolanda devastated parts of the Visayan region on November 8, we've been visiting the most affected areas with food, water, medicines and after the initial relief, all throughout 2014, with building materials. We have been coordinating with different organisations, such as ALPS (Aid Line Philippine Swiss), Swedish Round Table, etc, and have distributed 4000 Aluminium roof sheets, 60 boxes of nails and umbrella nails, as well as working tools such as hammers, saws, pliers etc. 354 shelters were built on Pangangan island, in Candavid and Loon in some of the most affected regions by the earthquake in Bohol. Below you see a few sample shelter that were built
Please click on the pictures to enlarge them
Please click on the pictures to enlarge them
Construction of High school on pangangan island
With the support and sponsorship of ALPS (Aid Line Philippine Swiss) we have been constructing a high school on Pangangan island. The high school on Pangangan was completely demolished during the 7.2 tremor in October 2013.
RENOVATION OF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN DOLJO
ALPS has also been sponsoring the renovation of a multi-purpose room, as well as the playground, garden and outside walls of the Elementary school in Doljo. The Elementary school in Doljo had been partly destroyed in the many aftershocks that occurred in the months following the quake.
|
You can view a picture overview from our earthquake relief and rebuilding program
|
| ||
Below you see pictures of the devastation after the earthquake of October 2013, and the following relief operations.
