(Photo courtesy of Caritas Manila)
MANILA – The Archdiocese of Manila through its social action arm, Caritas Manila, has initially provided cash and in-kind assistance amounting to over PHP1 million to areas in Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao affected by Severe Tropical Storm Paeng.
Church-run Radio Veritas reported Monday that the archdiocese has so far provided cash and in-kind aid worth PHP1,709,000.
Of the amount, PHP500,000 was given to the Archdiocese of Cotabato, which was badly hit by the storm, where 70 people died.
It also provided PHP200,000 to the Social Action Center of the Diocese of Antique for the towns of San Jose de Buenavista, Sibalom, Hamtic, Patnongon, Laua-an, Belison, Bugasong, San Remegio, Tibiao, Valderama and Tobias Fornier that were also hit by the typhoon.
Based on the report of the Antique Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction Office, 7,506 families or 30,328 individuals were affected by Paeng.
Meanwhile, the Archdiocese of Capiz Social Action Center and the Diocese of Kalibo in Aklan province each received PHP200,000 cash aid.
Aside from cash aid, Caritas Manila also delivered “in kind relief response” to the Diocese of Antipolo (269 manna packs worth PHP269,000) and the Diocese of San Pablo in Laguna (340 manna packs worth PHP340,000).
The Manila archdiocese is also preparing cash and in-kind aid for the provinces in Luzon that were also affected by the storm.
At the same time, Caritas Manila is also asking the people for their generosity to support their campaign to be able to provide assistance to more people in areas that were hit by the tropical cyclone.
Earlier, Manila Archbishop Jose Cardinal Advincula appealed to the faithful to show compassion to calamity victims. (PNA)
