Early this month, Helping Traditions partners in the Philippines sent reinforcements to the relief team at the typhoon-ravaged town of Tacloban, Leyte to augment the rehabilitation task began by the teams who have gone there soon after Typhoon Yolanda struck late last year. While last year’s team brought tools for clearing debris and cutting […]
The rebuilding phase of restoring housing and infrastructure is in full swing now. Chainsaws and power equipment are badly needed:
The current projects you can help to restore lives in the Philippines where Typhoon Haiyan hit are:
Purchase of power tools and other materials to rebuild homes.
Purchase materials to build a commercial fishing boat that will […]
Teams have gone back to the affected areas now after the holidays to resume work (although many never left!). Here are some reports:
RAISING THE PHILIPPINE FLAG IN TACLOBAN CITY HALL TO SEND THE MESSAGE THAT WE WILL RISE UP AS A NATION – BY THE HELP OF GOD !
We would like to thank all […]
Last week a team of our workers rented a truck and brought much needed supplies to Leyte, the hardest hit area in the Philippines that is still without power. They brought coconut oil, rice, water, candles, matches, nails, cookware, and blankets. All these items were purchased with funds donated through Helping Traditions – Thank […]
This week our teams in the Philippines are bringing in a truck load of much needed supplies to Tacloban and the Leyte areas, the areas that were hit the hardest during the typhoon.
Coconut Oil for cooking to be brought to Tacloban Leyte this week.
Rice, coconut oil, water, soaps and more.
Besides food items (healthy traditional […]
Thank you for all your support! Last week urgently need food and supplies were distributed to 230 families in Ilo ilo who had lost everything when their homes were wiped out by the Super Typhoon.
Rice and other supplies are being repackaged and put into pails to be delivered to families in Ilo ilo Philippines.
Relief […]
Work this week significantly increases for the 200 needy families in Ilo ilo. The need is so great – and soon this will no longer be headlines in the mainstream media. The work is really just beginning. Our teams in the Philippines are also working in Leyte (the hardest hit area), and they are […]
Local ministries in Ilo ilo have identified 200 families in four different villages, and are now supplying basic needs and support thanks to contributions that have come in so far! We want to also support local ministries in Palawan, Samar, and Leyte. Please contribute at Christian Aid.
Helping Traditions is continuing to network with indigenous (non-Western) Philippine ministries in the hardest hit areas. We have teams standing by ready to purchase food and supplies and bring them to the hardest hit areas and begin the process of rebuilding people’s lives. They will remain on the ground in these areas working with […]
While western aid focuses on Tacloban and neighboring areas due to the presence of foreign media correspondents in those areas, we are getting reports from various other places that were also hard hit and not covered by the media. Here is an email of distress we received from one local pastor:
The whole world knows […]
