On a sunny day of January 12, Taal Volcano erupted after a long sleep of 43 years. Along with the ashes, rash and wounds started to rupture on Nico Galla’s sensitive skin. “When the eruption happened, we boarded into a boat hurriedly, bringing nothing. All...
When the magnitude 7.2 earthquake jolted Bohol in the year 2013, Operation Blessing responded to provide relief assistance to thousands of families who have lost their homes, in need of medical care and spiritual encouragement. A high school student named Caroluzzi...
When the houses get buried in thick layers of ash and mud, residents’ initial response is to worry. Ginalyn Lacay and her 6 children never thought that they would face danger right at their own home. They live in San Nicolas, Batangas, just a few kilometers away from...
Despite DOST-PHIVOLCS lowering the alert status of the volcano and clearing the majority of at-risk towns safe for return, some families still stay behind evacuation centers as their hometowns remain under observation. Displaced individuals who were able to return to...
Isabel Umali and her family had already moved to an evacuation center in Brgy. Magahis, Tuy, Batangas when another disaster struck. On January 15, a strong earthquake shook the towns near Taal volcano when her husband– who had been chopping firewood–...
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