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Philippines
About 1.37 million out of Luzon's 48 million residents were still struggling with floodwaters on Saturday. About 142,000 of the flood victims are staying in state-run evacuation camps, with churches, schools and gymnasiums being cleared to take in more people who could be displaced by the next approaching typhoon (s).
Neither the Star of Hope projects nor the children that we support have be damaged or injured so far. Good news during these difficult times in Philippines.
I have been to Philippines during such difficult weather conditions several times. The toughest was in year 2000 when a couple of typhoons hit Manila badly. The “trashslide” at the garbage dump in Payatas killed hundreds of people and Star of hope assisted in disaster relief and then also long-term development work.
A couple of pictures from Payatas:
