Philippines
The Third Day Care Center
We have completed renovation work and handed over the day care center in Shuhi village that was ravaged by Typhoon Haiyan. Using the money donated to Triple Gem Society by MKM foundation, we were able to fully renovate the badly damaged unusable building. This will be a day home for about 50 children from poor…
Read MoreNew Daycare Center for Barangay 66-A, Anibong
Barangay 66-A, Anibong, Tacloban City is another village in Tacloban which was devastated by the Typhoon Haiyan. It is located in the coastal area facing Cancabato Bay and San Juanico Strait. However, despite the devastations made, the Barangay Chairman Hon. Delia Bato remained hopeful that their village could rebuild the damaged structures through the help…
Read MoreDay Care Center Renovation
Barangay(Village) 85, San Jose is one of the Barangay in Tacloban City, Philippines which was devastated by typhoon Haiyan, specially cause great damage to the day care center for children which is situated near the coast of Cancabato Bay. The community claimed that although seven months had passed since the disaster ruined the city nobody…
Read MoreRebuilding a Church. Mission Accomplished.
We have completed renovating the Catholic Church in the Village of San Isidro in Tacloban, Philippines. The Church was badly damaged by the typhoon and the congregation was not able to raise the money needed to rebuild it. At the request of the Village Chief Hon. Eutequio N. Balunan and the Village Councilors we started…
Read MoreMedical Equipment for 40 Health Centers
We have distributed essential medical equipment to 40 village health centers devastated by typhoon Yolanda in the Philippines. The 40 packages included: a wheelchair, crutches, weighing scale, blood sugar monitor, blood pressure monitor, thermostat, statoscope and nebulizers. I was delighted to be present to personally hand over the medical equipment. It gave me the…
Read MoreOne More Health Care Center
Renovation of the second Health Care Center damaged by the typhoon is complete and we will be handing over the building in July. I went to Calvary Hill Village to distribute medical equipment. It was a rainy day and we needed umbrellas inside the building because it was so badly damaged. It was clear they…
Read MoreClassroom Renovation – Sagkahan Elementary School in Tacloban City (Update)
We have completed and handed over the classroom that we renovated at Sagkahan Elementary School in Tacloban City. I was glad to be there to meet the teachers and students. I am grateful to Mr. Alex Nason of ProMindful for sponsoring this project. I am also thankful to our Project Manager in Tacloban, Ms. Jenny…
Read More2500 Books for Schools Devastated by Typhoon Haiyan
We have shipped 2500 books to Tacloban, Philippines. The books will be distributed among schools that were affected by the typhoon and the public library in Tacloban City. Many school structures were badly damaged by the typhoon and the schools lost all their libraries. The books were donated by several donors and included fiction, non-fiction…
Read MoreAttending the Graduation Ceremony, Philippines
Rev. Bhante Y. Wimala took a break from his busy schedule on humanitarian projects for Yolanda survivors at Tacloban City, Philippines to attend the graduation ceremony of The Asian Development Foundation College. The teachers, students, and organizers all were delighted to welcome Rev. Wimala for the 29th commencement exercises. He delivered the keynote speech on…
Read MoreRenovating One More School Devastated by Typhoon Haiyan
As we continue our typhoon relief work in the Philippines, we have started renovation work on one of the buildings in Sagkahan Elementary School in Tacloban City. This is the third school we are helping to renovate after the typhoon’s devastation. Most of this school’s buildings were destroyed and some have already been repaired, but…
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