Malakas na bagyong Sendong noong Disyembre 16 ng gabi at 17 ng madaling araw na nagresulta sa flashfloods at pagkawasak ng mga imprastraktura at kabahayan. Daan-daan, maaari pa ngang libo, ang naanod ng mga baha, natabunan ng bumigay na lupa, o natangay ng rumaragasang tubig. Daan-daan ding nawawala. Multimilyong pisong pagkasira. Ito ang kalagayan ng Hilagang Mindanao ngayon. Ulat ng Red Cross, aabot na sa 900 ang patay at mahigit 600 pa ang nawawala. Libu-libong mamamayan ang nasa evacuation centers, nanganganib pa rin dahil sa gutom o sakit. Sumaklolo na ang iba’t ibang ahensiya at grupo, pero mistulang kulang pa rin ito para matugunan ang matinding pangangailangan sa kabila ng paghihinagpis sa mga nasawi.
Narito ang pahayag ng Rural Missionaries of the Philippines (RMP), organisasyong simbahan na matagal nang tumutulong sa mga maralitang komunidad sa pinakamalalayong bahagi ng Pilipinas at Mindanao, na humihiling ng suporta para sa mga mamamayan ng Hilangang Mindanao:
Typhoon Sendong (international codename: Washi) whacked Northern Mindanao, Philippines, letting loose colossal floods across vast areas that left, according to official tally, 652 people dead (and still counting) and nearly 800 others missing in the cities of Cagayan de Oro and Iligan, and in some towns of Misamis Oriental.
Thousands are in the evacuation centers, many are women and childen–hungry, chilling, crying.
Let’s do our part and help.
You can send food items, drinking water, used clothing, blankets, medicines, cash and what you have to the following dropping centers:
Panday Bulig Relief and Rehabilitaion Center
Tabang Mindanao Center
12th-22nd streets, Nazareth
9000 Cagayan de Oro City
T/F: +63 (88) 856 6413
E: pandaybulig@gmail.com
(look for Ms. Beryl Tranco)
Rural Missionaries of the Philippines
Northern Mindanao Sub-Region
Room 01, Kalinaw Lanao Center
0016 Bougainvilla Puti, Villaverde
9200 Iligan City
T/F: +63 223 5179
E: rmpnmr@gmail.com
W: www.rmp-nmr.org
(look for Ms. Ida Melody Bucog)
For cash donations, please send to this account:
Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI)
Quezon Avenue branch, 9200 Iligan City, Philippines
Account number:
009359-1348-08
Account Name and Address:
RMP-NMR Inc.
Room 01, Kalinaw Lanao Center for Interfaith Resources
0016 Bougainvilla Puti, Villaverde
Iligan City 9200, Philippines