by Kristia Solete | Feb 2, 2020 | Disaster Response, Your Donations
“Wala na kaming babalikan. Natabunan na ang mga bahay namin,” said Chona Dedale, 43, from Barangay Berinayan, San Nicolas, Batangas — a community found literally in the vicinity of the Taal Volcano’s parameter (We no longer have a place to go back to. Our...
by Kristia Solete | Jan 31, 2020 | Children, Disaster Response
They say that children are the first ones to be greatly affected in times of calamities. Last January 12, the province of Batangas was put into a state of calamity because of the Taal Volcano eruption. Due to this, most cities and towns in CALABARZON were covered in...
by Kristia Solete | Jan 27, 2020 | Disaster Response
Life in the evacuation area is not easy. All of a sudden, you would have to live with people, mostly whom you have not met, from different places. You have to share rooms, comfort rooms, and bathrooms. You have to wait for relief goods, if some would come. Life there...
by Kristia Solete | Jan 21, 2020 | Disaster Response, Stories
“Masakit na paa ko sa kakatayo, neng,” Tatay Baldo said, looking down at his worn-out slippers. (My feet were swollen due to extended periods of standing, neng.) He sat down, smiled while looking at the people queuing for relief goods, and...
by Kristia Solete | Jan 21, 2020 | Disaster Response, Stories
“It was a typical Sunday. I was cooking lomi (a famous noodle soup in Batangas) to share with my kids and my grandchildren. Then suddenly, my husband came running and exclaimed, “pumuputok ang bulkan!” (The volcano is erupting!) At first, I...
by Kristia Solete | Jan 17, 2020 | Disaster Response
Geraldine Cabrera can still vividly recall the extreme fear she felt when the Taal Volcano spewed a massive cloud of ash and caused a series of earthquakes in Batangas and its nearby areas, last January 12. “When the tremblings of the ground intensified, I felt really...
