Flooding in Philippines – relief update

Here are horrific photos of last week’s flooding from one of our partners in the Philippines.

According to our partner on the ground:

Nearly a month’s worth of rain fell in just six hours Saturday, triggering the worst flooding in the Philippine capital in 42 years, which stranded thousands on rooftops in the city and elsewhere.

More than 70 people were killed, Manila was blacked out and airline flights were suspended as a powerful tropical storm battered the main Philippines island of Luzon .

Cross International  has procured 40,000lbs of canned food to aid in relief efforts for the Philippines.

From pick up to delivery it will cost $8000.00.  That’s $1.00 for every 5 lbs delivered.

We will be able to deliver another 200,000 lbs. over the next year.

The canned food will leave next week. It will be 30 days before it arrives in the Phillipines.

To help, email me or donate on-line here.

People stranded in Cainta, province of Rizal, east of Manila

Aida De Leon grieves in Pasig City , east of Manila

A boy is lifted onto the roof of a building to escape the flooding in the Quezon City suburban of Manila.

A Philippine Air Force aerial shot shows damaged houses in Marikina City, Metro Manila.

Residents clamber on electric wires to stay out of floodwaters while others wade neck-deep in Cainta Rizal, east of Manila.

Cross International  has procured 40,000lbs of canned food to aid in relief efforts for the Philippines.

From pick up to delivery it will cost $8000.00.  That’s $1.00 for every 5 lbs delivered.

We will be able to deliver another 200,000 lbs. over the next year.

The canned food will leave next week. It will be 30 days before it arrives in the Phillipines.

To help, email me or donate on-line here.

HT:  CI colleagues Mike Wilson, Russ Griggs