Outreach

"Tumaas po yung tubig hanggang court tapos tinangay po lahat ng gamit tsaka bahay namin"

Imagine hearing that from a kid, 5-6 years of age.

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Wednesday, September 3o, 2009, I was given the chance to visit one of the sitios greatly affected by typhoon Ondoy. The sitio, located somewhere in Valley Golf, was badly destroyed.

A small raging river flowed somewhere below the sitio. "Tumaas po yung tubig hanggang court" said one of the residents. The court was located in a spot a lot more elevated than where the houses were. If the water level rose to upto that part, a great part of the land was surely submerged.

This whole experience served as an eye opener for me. True, I've seen the tragedy left behind by Ondoy on TV and newspapers and such but it's a whole lot more when you've actually seen the situation with your own two eyes. True, the sitio isn't something like the ones in Marikina or in other parts of Cainta but still, it was one of the undeserving places to feel nature's wrath.

I am reaching out to you, to the fortunate ones, please. Let us help our countrymen in need. Let us be one with them in rising up from this unfortunate event.