Another busy day yesterday distributing relief goods to to Badjao community. Buying the needed quantity of goods and distributing to the 345 families is tiring but very rewarding, I feel privileged to be a part of it.
If you missed the news, on Sunday 3rd September a fire broke out at the Badjao stilted village (built over the sea) destroying the whole settlement in just two hours. 1,500 people lost everything, although miraculously no lives were lost. 400 families lost their homes and almost all of their belongings. Most escaped with just the clothes they where wearing.
In 2015 The Fathers Refuge (KNA) team had spent seven months building the only safe bridge in the community and a spacious, well equipped centre for education, ministry, food distribution and health care. The end-of-jetty T section is all that remains. We named the bridge Tulay ng Buhay (Bridge to Life) which became prophetic – as the major reason there was no loss of life in the fire was this stable and wide escape route.
Now KNA has been able to give hundreds of hygiene kits, clothes, cooking stoves, thermos flasks and tools to start building a new village. Many thanks to all that have partnered with us to help the Badjao people. More news to follow...
Now KNA has been able to give hundreds of hygiene kits, clothes, cooking stoves, thermos flasks and tools to start building a new village. Many thanks to all that have partnered with us to help the Badjao people. More news to follow...
