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MANILA (Agencies): In the aftermath of Super Typhoon Noru [Karding], Church groups in the Philippines issued emergency appeals for aid and assistance to assist thousands of victims of what has been called the strongest storm to hit the country this year, UCAN reported on September 27.
The typhoon, with winds of up to 250 kilometres per hour, made landfall on September 25 hitting the provinces of Quezon and Bulacan particularly hard leaving a trial of devastation. On September 27, ABS-CBN reported that eight people had died—including five rescue workers—with 45,334 people, or 11,500 families, forced to flee their homes to seek shelter in evacuation centres at the height of the storm.
It was also reported that the storm had caused around 160 million pesos of agricultural damage.
Caritas appealed for people to help by offering aid to survivors such as food packs with rice, noodles, and canned food items. It also sought shelter materials like galvanised iron sheets, nails, and lumber for homeless people.
“Caritas Manila calls for donations to provide relief assistance to our brothers and sisters affected by the recent Super Typhoon Karding [Noru],” Bishop Bagaforo said in a statement on September 26.
“Where will your donations go? For food packs, you may donate 1,000 pesos [$137]. This includes 10 kilos of rice, assorted canned goods, oatmeal, and water. Wash kits are at 2,000 pesos [$275], this includes jerry cans, pail with cover, water voucher, and hygiene kits like soap, toothbrush, etc.,” Bishop Bagaforo said.
Caritas Manila calls for donations to provide relief assistance to our brothers and sisters affected by the recent Super Typhoon Karding [Noru]Bishop Bagaforo
“Bedding materials are at 5,000 pesos [$689] for family-size tents, blankets, and mats. And shelter repair kits are at 10,000 [$1,378] that included cement, nails, and iron roofs to those whose homes were damaged by the typhoon,” he added.
Donations can be made via https://www.caritasmanila.org.ph/online-cash-donation/
People from the Prelature of Infanta in Quezon province visited slum areas. “Our primary concerns are the babies and the elderly because they are the most vulnerable. We visited their homes to see if there is a need for them to be evacuated to the parish,” Infanta parishioner and Caritas member, Edna Torijos, explained.
“Some of the members of our group were in the church making kitchen soup for the evacuees. We have more than 200 people sheltering in the church. They were afraid of the typhoon,” Torijos added added.
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Father Joefran Talaban, parish priest of San Antonio de Padua Parish, in Casiguran, Aurora province, said those living in dangerous areas like below mountain ranges were forced to evacuate by government authorities because of possible landslides.
“Their place is dangerous. We are just making sure that they’re safe. The rain was too strong and the river was overflowing. Landslides could be next,” Father Talaban said
We unite ourselves in prayer and compassion with our brothers and sisters who are affected by Typhoon Karding,
Cardinal Advicula
On September 26, Jose Cardinal Advincula, the archbishop of Manila, called for solidarity with the victims of the powerful typhoon, CBCP News reported. Speaking during Mass at Manila Cathedral he called for help to alleviate suffering in areas devastated by the storm that caused floods, power outages and widespread damage.
“We unite ourselves in prayer and compassion with our brothers and sisters who are affected by Typhoon Karding,” Cardinal Advincula said in his homily.
The Vincentian group, Ladies of Charity, in Quezon City, organized feeding programmes in evacuation centres to feed evacuees, UCAN reported a spokesperson as saying.
The government also opened basketball courts and local halls for evacuees to stay over the next few days, depending on the water level in their area, Raffy Alejandro, spokesperson for National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council told reporters on September 26.
An environmental group, Aksyon Klima Pilipinas, the country’s largest civil society network for climate action, called on the Philippine government to declare a climate emergency following the onslaught of Typhoon Noru, ABS-CBN reported.
