PHILIPPINES TYPHOON RELIEF 2020
Help Pastor Ronnalyn return to her home and provide food and water filters to the poor.

 

Mid COVID Catastrophe

The Story

On May 14th, the Philippines was ravaged by Typhoon Ambo, bringing devastation to an estimated 47,000 families. All of this in the midst of the misery of the COVID-19 crisis. As a result, their streets are flooded, their homes collapsed, and their water supply has been contaminated.

One man called in tears:

“Somebody from Jipapad called me yesterday begging for our help through water filters because whole town of Jipapad was flashed out with muddy flood and so the drinking water is very critical for their health. He said that if they will have a water filter they can get water from the river and that will sustain for them for a long period.”

 

Meet Pastor Ronnalyn

Ronnalyn and her team have spent the last seven weeks working tirelessly to provide food to the starving people of the Philippines who lost their incomes due to the coronavirus. She has been consistently pouring herself out for the sake of the poor and desperate, demonstrating the love of Christ.

The Need:  Clean Water and Shelter

Typhoon Ambo destroyed Ronnalyn’s home and church. She now has nowhere to distribute food from. In fact, she has nowhere to call home.

$6250 will enable Ronnalyn to re-establish her home (not shown) so she can resume caring for the poor.

Additionally,  families in towns like Jipapad will face severe illness or even death due to contaminated water. A $75 filter will provide safe drinking water for up to three families, sustaining them through this crisis and for many years to come. Our goal is to ship 200 of these filters to Eastern Samar in order rescue 3000 people.

Our partners will also distribute tarps to families in order to bring temporary relief from the elements.

 

Will you help?

Will you help Ronalyn and her community recover?
Will you help her resume feeding for the poor?
Will you provide them with clean water?

 

Project Updates

 

  • Read more about lives that are being changed...
      • December 2020: Mission Accomplished

        Impact Nations International (INI) has had close ties with the Philippines since around 2008. We have taken Journeys of Compassion to different areas. In the last 5 years we have been taking teams into Eastern Samar where we have developed close working relationships with local Pastors.

        Along with the INI Journeys of Compassion, Impact Nations Australia (INA) has been taking water filters into the schools of Eastern Samar on an ongoing basis for the last 2 years, further developing our relationships in the area with local Mayors and Barangay Captains.

        Our last trip to Eastern Samar was in February, just before the borders were closed due to Covid 19. Like many other nations around the world, the Philippines went into lockdown, which created great need among the people. Eastern Samar is an extremely poor area where a majority of the people work for daily wages earning enough each day to feed their families. Because of the generosity of our donors we were able to establish feeding programs with Pastor Ronnalyn and Pastor Robert in two of the major towns.

        On May 14th 2020, to make matters worse for the people of Eastern Samar, the northern part of their island, where pastor Ronnalyn lives, was ravaged by Typhoon Ambo, bringing devastation to an estimated 47,000 families. As a result, streets were flooded, their homes collapsed, and water supplies contaminated.

        Typhoon Ambo destroyed Ronnalyn’s home and church. She now had nowhere to distribute food from. In fact, she had nowhere to call home.

        One of our team reported that one man called in tears:

        “Somebody from Jipapad called me yesterday begging for our help through water filters because the whole town of Jipapad was flashed out with muddy flood and so the drinking water is very critical for their health. He said that if they will have a water filter they can get water from the river and that will sustain them for a long period.”

        Immediately INI and INA together established a project to provide water filters and to repair Pastor Ronnalyn’s home.

        The response was exciting and overwhelming as the money came in from around the world to assist our brothers and sisters in Eastern Samar.

        We were able to send 200 water filters to Borongan City from where they have been distributed in batches by our team on the ground – Pastor Ronnalyn, Pastor Robert, Pastor Nathan and Bing with a number of other volunteers assisting them. This task will be completed this weekend. The team has overcome many obstacles – delays in transporting the filters, delays in customs, Covid-19 lockdowns and continuing storms and heavy rain. The team have travelled long distances to get to affected areas, up to 5 hours each way in road travel on difficult roads. They have travelled up rivers by boat into very remote areas, including one where other groups have not been able to go before.

        People were overwhelmed with delight to receive the filters, children were sick with drinking contaminated water, now they had clean water. It is reported that many people received the filters with tears. Local mayors and authorities supported the team in every way they could as they gratefully received help and love for their communities.

        While these filters have been being distributed, Pastor Ronnalyn and Pastor Robert have continued to distribute food packs each week, travelling to many surrounding areas. 

        Also in this time the reconstruction of Pastor Ronnalyn’s house for her and her four children has been taking place. I cannot express in words the delight of this family and their community for the provision of safe shelter for them. Pastor Ronnalyn now has a place to sort and distribute food, her family and neighbours find shelter in the storms, as she serves her community. She Ronnalyn shared with me that her son had his birthday this last week – he was given 900 pesos in gifts – around US$18. Instead of spending it on himself he went out and bought food and gave to friends and neighbours that were hungry.

        As this project has progressed, I have heard nothing but deep gratitude and thanksgiving from all the recipients. To all our donors and to the team on the ground I want to send our heartfelt thanks for your compassion and love that has rescued lives in this very difficult season.

        -Sue Walker

      • May 2020: Beginning to Recover

        CoMbo: Fondness in Anxiety

        People would fondly call their crisis as "CoMbo" short term for COVID-19 and
        Typhoon Ambo crisis. But behind their laughs are anxiety on how they can
        bounce back from the COVID-19 work restrictions and now Typhoon Ambo’s
        aftermath.”

        “...coming to our aid makes me very grateful, because this was my biggest concern, the effect and harm on our water after the typhoon. Thank you for bringing us this natural and healthy water filtration system.”
        -Mayor Benjamin Ver

        Our partners in the Philippines have begun distributing water filters to the victims of typhoon Ambo. Click here to read the full report.

 

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