Support Relief for Philippines Mudslide Victims

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Summary

This project will support health and rehabilitation efforts for the victims and their families. progress reportread updates from the field

How Donors Like You Helped

Thanks to donors like you, a total of $4,980 was raised for this project.

Received $4,980 from 47 donations from people like:

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Project Needs and Beneficiaries

On Feb. 17, 2006, heavy rains caused a massive mudslide in the central Philippines. Mudslides buried the village of Guinsagon and swamped an elementary school; it is feared that 1,800 have died. There is a need for blankets, food and shelter, medicine, and other supplies for survivors, evacuees from surrounding villages, and their families.

Activities

Contributions will enable our project partner, St. Scholastica's College of Health Sciences, to provide medical care and shelter, including purchasing medicine, food, blankets and other necessities.

Funding Information

Total Funding Received to Date: $4,980

Funding Information

This project is now in implementation and no longer available for funding. Received funds will be used to accomplish concrete objectives as indicated in the project's "Activities" section. Updates will be posted under the "Progress Report" tab as they become available.

Donors' contributions and pledges to this project totaled $4,980.  The original project funding goal was $10,000.

Additional Documentation

This project has provided additional documentation in a Microsoft Word file (projdoc.doc).

Why this Project is Important

Potential Long Term Impact

Contribute to the rehabilitation of a community that has been destroyed by the mudslide. Those who survived will need to be resettled elsewhere.

Project Message

We had 30 villages before, now we only have 29. One was removed from the map.
- Eulogio Dala, District Municipal Assessor

Who is Running This Project

Contact

Sr. Rosario,

Sta. Criz St.
Tacloban City, Leyte
Philippines
011-63 (053) 32523
Email:

Project Sponsor

GlobalGiving

Organization

St. Scholastica's College of Health and Sciences
Sta. Cruz St.
Tacloban City, Leyte 
Philippines

Learn more about St. Scholastica's College of Health and Sciences and the project team.



Where this Project is Located

Country

This project is located in Philippines and can also be found under Economic Development.

For more information about Philippines, read the Human Development Report on Philippines or the Wikipedia entry for Philippines.

When this Project was Updated

Last Updated

This project was last updated on July 17, 2007.

Date Added to GlobalGiving

This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on February 22, 2006.

Latest Update from the Field

Relief mission to mudslide victims

By Sr. Rosario - Project Leader, July 17, 2007 09:38 PM

After the relief mission to the victims of the mudslide in St. Bernard, Southern Leyte, The IFHM (Interfaith Humanitarian Mission) continued to give other services to the affected communities through joint efforts with other institutions. While the partner institutions provided material support, the IFHM focused on capability-building to the victims as part of their rehabilitation.

In this connection, IFHM linked up with the Leyte Center for Development, Inc. (LCDE) in the implementation of some of its soft projects such as trainings. With LCDE it undertook the following:

1. Disaster preparedness training
2. Herbal gardening and traditional medicine preparation training

Other trainings were lined up which would be conducted when funds become available. these are, among others:

1. Cooperative Orientation and Formation Seminars
2. Basic Accounting for Non-accountants
3. Child trauma Management

Thus, with the arrival of new funding last month, IFHM sent two (2) secretariat members to St. Bernard to prepare the community for the forthcoming trainings. participants were selected jointly by the communities and the IFHM secetariat. these preparatory expenses consisiting of transportation , communication and lodging amounted to PhP5,500. training kits were also prepared and the initial expenses for these totaled PhP7,500.

For the first training, sixty (60) persons representing the various communities have been identified. As has been its practice, IFHM will continue to follow up the trainees after the seminars to assist and equip them with the necessary skills and knowledge so that they will be able not only to stand on their own but to train others as well.

I hope with this short progress report, you would know how the money is being used meant for the people in St. Bernard. Thanks and God bless.

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