by Kristia Solete | Nov 15, 2022 | Community of Hope, Disaster Response, Livelihood, Stories, Testimonies
Liza Mabini, 54, sells vegetables in Tacloban City Market with her husband, Romeo. They are both hard-working and very hands-on in their business. The Mabini family is one of the 97 families residing in Operation Blessing’s Community of Hope (COH) in Palanog. COH is...
by Kristia Solete | Oct 25, 2022 | Disaster Response, Stories, Testimonies
The Dumaya family, belonging to the Dumagat indigenous tribe in Dingalan, Aurora, lives a simple life close to the nature. The head of the family, 50-year-old Marshall Dumaya, catches fish and harvests rattan for a living. Believing there are 15 more years to wait...
by Kristia Solete | Oct 18, 2022 | Disaster Response, Stories, Testimonies
Veronica’s faith remains immovable despite being shaken by the strong quake! “When I felt the violent movement of the ground, I found myself raising my hands and instinctively praying loudly, ‘Lord, Lord, please save us!’” she shared, with tears in her...
by Kristia Solete | Oct 7, 2022 | Disaster Response, Stories, Testimonies
Life became harsh for 58-year-old Gerry Anagao when a category 5 typhoon ravaged his home in San Ricardo, Leyte in December 2021. Eight months in, his house remain uninhabitable for the lack of roofing sheets and crushed hedges. The memory of the storm is still fresh...
by Kristia Solete | Sep 27, 2022 | Disaster Response, Stories, Testimonies, Uncategorized
Operation Blessing continues to provide relief to displaced Ukrainian refugees in different shelters in Poland, and one of them is Katolicky Dom Kultury in Krakow Eden. Hundreds of food bags containing rice, pasta, flour, sugar and salt, canned food, and snacks were...
by Kristia Solete | Sep 20, 2022 | Disaster Response, Stories, Testimonies
Two days after Typhoon Odette barreled through Southern Leyte in December 2021, Josephine Salazar and her family returned from the evacuation site to their home in Limasawa Island to find it in ruins. She fell to her knees and sobbed. “The storm tore our whole roof...
