{"id":342512,"date":"2013-11-16T06:49:26","date_gmt":"2013-11-16T05:49:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.focolare.org\/philippine-emergency-2\/"},"modified":"2024-06-06T12:10:58","modified_gmt":"2024-06-06T10:10:58","slug":"philippine-emergency-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.focolare.org\/en\/philippine-emergency-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Philippine Emergency\/2"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"The victim count of the displaced<\/strong> and injured, left behind by Typhoon Haiyan in many areas of the Philippines<\/strong>, continues to rise. \u201cWe had strong winds in Manila that carried away the roofs from our houses. Many people\u2019s homes were completely destroyed, but this is nothing compared to what happened in Tacloban City and Cebu City. We\u2019re trying to offer some concrete help to them.\u201d<\/p>\n

These words were written by Tita, regarding the Bukas Palad<\/a> Project<\/strong> (New Families)<\/a> that is carried out in the Tramo and Tambo quarters of the capital. Begun in 1987 with a group of doctors, dentists and nurses from the Focolare, with the help of local people, it currently runs 12 childhood development projects (kindergarten and elementary schooling, nutrition, health care and recreational activities). It also provides support for families, psychological care, micro-credit for home improvement and it runs a social centre with a clinic and several types of labs. \u201cWe\u2019ll go to distribute food, clothing and first aid supplies in the cities of Sigma and Aklan,\u201d writes Ding, a focolarina from Cebu. \u201cWe felt it was important to begin by rebuilding the homes that have completely destroyed in these two cities.\u201d This project will be taken ahead with the help of the Focolare\u2019s New Families Movement and\u00a0 Action for a United World (AMU<\/a>).<\/p>\n

\u201cWe would like to inform those who support the children in the Distance Support project of Tambo, Tramo, Sulyap and La Union that fortunately Metro Manila and Luzon were spared from the typhoon. Our local communities are helping the victims through several projects: a concrete expression of love and solidarity among all.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe were just recovering from the earthquake when this terrible typhoon hit!\u201d Gina writes. She works for the solidarity project of Mabolo in Cebu. The islands of Leyte and Samar were especially hit by the typhoon, with real devastation. There are countless dead . . . and everything is lackcing, everything!! In Tacloban there are many Focolare members in the headquarters of the island of Leyte. With gratitude to God, we are finding them all still alive!\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cWe haven\u2019t had news from some people yet,\u201d Alessandra informs us. She is also a focoalrina from Cebu. \u201cBut we continue to search. It\u2019s not easy because there\u2019s no communication, transport, and it\u2019s just not safe. People are desperate and many have raided stores in search of food and necessities. The strongest experience for me has been to share such suffering with so many people, the painful suspense of not having any news of loved ones, the loss of everything. Against this sorrowful background the love between us emerges so strongly, the concrete help that we can give to others.\u201d<\/p>\n

In Tagaytay, Salib is the contact person for a project providing food and preventive care. it is also active in nursery schooling and a Social Centre: \u201cThanks for all the prayers, beginning with that of the Holy Father, we are safe and sound. Many people have lost everything, and are in need of food and water.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn Davao, Southern Philippines, we are all well,\u201d Mercy assures. She coordinates a project in the San Isidor quarter. \u201cWe heard this morning that some of our friends are save, but we haven\u2019t heard from everyone yet . . .\u201d<\/p>\n

For anyone who would like to contribute financially: <\/strong><\/p>\n

Associazione Azione per un Mondo Unito \u2013 Onlus<\/strong><\/p>\n

presso Banca Popolare Etica, filiale di Roma<\/p>\n

Codice IBAN: IT16G0501803200000000120434<\/p>\n

Codice SWIFT\/BIC CCRTIT2184D<\/p>\n

Causale: emergenza tifone Haiyan Filippine<\/p>\n

AZIONE per FAMIGLIE NUOVE Onlus<\/strong><\/p>\n

c\/c bancario n\u00b0 1000\/1060<\/p>\n

BANCA PROSSIMA<\/p>\n

Cod. IBAN: IT 55 K 03359 01600 100000001060<\/p>\n

Cod. Bic \u2013 Swift: BCITITMX<\/p>\n

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MOVIMENTO DEI FOCOLARI A CEBU<\/strong><\/p>\n

<\/strong>Payable to :\u00a0Emergency Typhoon Haiyan Philippines<\/strong><\/p>\n

METROPOLITAN BANK & TRUST COMPANY<\/p>\n

Cebu \u2013 Guadalupe Branch<\/p>\n

6000 Cebu City \u2013 Cebu, Philippines<\/p>\n

Tel: 0063-32-2533728<\/strong><\/p>\n

Bank Account name:\u00a0 WORK OF MARY\/FOCOLARE MOVEMENT FOR WOMEN<\/p>\n

Euro Bank Account no.:\u00a0 398-2-39860031-7<\/p>\n

SWIFT Code:\u00a0 MBTCPHMM<\/p>\n

Payable to:\u00a0\u00a0Help Philippines\u2013 Typhoon Haiyan<\/strong><\/p>\n

Email:\u00a0focolaremovementcebf@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Tel. 0063 (032) 345 1563 \u2013 2537883 \u2013 2536407<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Typhoon Haiyan. News arrives from people on the ground. A chain of solidarity in the midst of tragedy and uncertainty of finding loved ones alive.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":34,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"give_campaign_id":0,"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[893],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-342512","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-focolare-worldwide-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.focolare.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/342512","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.focolare.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.focolare.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.focolare.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/34"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.focolare.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=342512"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.focolare.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/342512\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.focolare.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=342512"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.focolare.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=342512"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.focolare.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=342512"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}