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| Photos courtesy of World Vision Australia |
In the past month, we’ve seen
tragedies, conflicts and natural disasters around the country. From the Zamboanga
City uprising of the MNLF faction of Nur Misuari to the 7.2 magnitude
earthquake that hit hard in Bohol and Cebu and now the Super Typhoon Yolanda
(International Name: Haiyan) which affected the almost the entire Visayas region.
The internal conflict on Zamboanga crisis can be controlled but natural
catastrophes that happened is beyond control of man alone and it seems Mother
Nature had brought its wrath upon humanity.
A few days after Typhoon Yolanda made
its landfall, I was totally shocked and awed to see on TV what the extent of damage
and devastation had brought in Tacloban City, Guian, East Samar and other
nearby towns and cities in Leyte and Samar which are in the direct path of Super
Typhoon Yolanda. The damage to property and infrastructures is insurmountably high
with estimated cost at around P 10 Billion or more.
Loss of human life as of this writing is
almost at 4000 with missing people at 1500. Around 10.3 million people in the
Visayas region are displaced and affected with Yolanda’s onslaught according to
National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRMMC) estimates. As
we can see on media, the survivors are pleading for basic necessities from
food, water, hygiene kits including temporary shelters to sleep with and body
bags to bury the decomposing bodies of their dead relatives and loved ones.
For many of us fortunate and with
the Christmas season coming in a few weeks time, it is better to give and help to
them in many ways.
