by Kristia Solete | Jan 25, 2018 | Disaster Response
Merly Mujar and her family have been staying at an evacuation center since the Mayon volcanic eruptions started. They left their farm and livestock in Brgy. Kirangay, Camalig when alert level 3 was raised in the area. In over a week, the people of Albay have been...
by Kristia Solete | Jan 17, 2018 | Disaster Response
Published Jan. 17, 2018 @ 1:10 p.m.; Updated Jan. 18, 2018 @ 11:11 a.m. PASIG CITY – Operation Blessing Philippines is responding to the needs of 1,000 families (more or less 7,000 individuals) affected by the ash fall and in danger of rockfalls, landslides, and...
by Kristia Solete | Dec 25, 2017 | Disaster Response
MARAWI CITY – Operation Blessing Philippines, Inc. (OB) continues with its humanitarian programs even after the President declared the liberation of the city from the ISIS-affiliated Maute Terror Group on October 17, 2017. OB Disaster Response Team has been serving...
by Kristia Solete | Jul 28, 2017 | Disaster Response, Stories
Panic and fear emotionally paralyzed Anida, who was not able to bring anything with them except for the clothes they were wearing on the day when the Marawi siege happened. She also left their source of living, which was selling chickens in the market, and walked with...
by Kristia Solete | Jul 25, 2017 | Disaster Response, Stories
The ground shook so hard that Maricel rushed toward her sleeping children, right before their house walls were torn down. The concrete division prevented the walls to directly fall on them, which could have killed them all. This adrenaline rush enabled her to save her...
by Kristia Solete | Jul 14, 2017 | Disaster Response, Stories
Ten-year-old Rainifah just got home from school enrolment when she heard loud explosions and gunshots near their house in Marawi City. Her school, later on, became part of the battlefield. “I started crying when I heard gunshots near our house,” Rainifah...
