Canadian Food for Children Co-Workers, B. C. Division

PHILIPPINES
Hurricane Washi Destroys the Villages of
Cagayan de Oro and Iligan December 16 - 18, 2011
Villages destroyed by Hurrucane Washi
Father finds his dead son
Aerial view of village destroyed by flood
Roads washed out by flash flooding
Village destroyed in Hurrican Washi
Trying to salvage anything
Destroyed villages
Infrastructure destroyed
Very little escaped

Mother Clare holds one of the abandoned children at the orphanage
Mother Joan Clare Chin Loy
Missionaries of the Poor, Sisters
Dayandang, Naga City, Philippines

 

NOTES FROM THE PHILIPPINES

"I write to thank you for your wonderful container of more wonderful food! The items are being distributed now off the wharf, so that some can go to the victims of the typhoons... Some will probably reach Laguna which is still under water, and 20+ of their towns are still (un)inhabitable due to flooding and destruction of lands. We in Naga are awaiting our share for our Queen of Peace Children's Home with 60+ homeless children, over 300 in the Balatas Dump Site, Concepcion Grande Squatters, and our hundreds of walk-ins in our food lines daily".

"Please, if possible, may we have another container of goods? Our people are many, and their needs are great. Thanks a million.

 Excerpts from an email by Mother Joan Clare to Joe Krentz, President, Canadian Food for Children Co-Workers, B. C. Division

"Unfortunately I cannot get pictures of the feeding of the street children because this is done at night, when the children are on the streets, having nowhere to sleep.

Filipino boy with box of flour
CFFC regularly ships containers of food to Mother Joan Clare. At times, a container of medical supplies and school supplies are requested.
Filipino boy with pail of food
Food items shipped most frequently include oatmeal, peas, lentils, and flour which are used to feed street children and the elderly as well as squatters at the dump site.
Child watches as hospital linens are being unloaded

Hot food distribution centre
Food distribution centre

" God will reward you for the food you are sending to us. Our children at the dump sites, squatters areas and the orphanages are grateful, happy and progressing. Please continue to help us. Your food has helped us to cut down on the children's incidence of disease, low resistance to illnesses and especially the epidemic of dengue which is killing off the children. "

CFFC ships soap and shampoo along with medical linens to the Philippines

Soap distribution from CFFC

The homeless hollow out sleeping areas in the dump.
Families at the dump site
Catnon Dump Site Naga City
Catnon Dump Site at Naga City

Catnon Dumpsite near Naga City is the "home" for families and other homeless people. Each group has a "hole" they dig into the dump which becomes their sleeping quarters. One group stays in there in the daytime and another group at night. These people suffer from boils, asthma, malnutrition, cough, and colds etc. Mother Joan Clare

Family at the dump site


Container from CFFC being unloaded for Mother Joan Clare

Mother Joan Clare with homeless children
Mother Joan Clare feeding homeless from the dump site


Food station at the beach for the homeless

Children being fed at a food distribution centre
Dump site squatters waiting for food.
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