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Church steps up relief efforts for quake-victims
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MANILA, Oct. 25,
2013— The Catholic Church’s social action is intensifying efforts to
provide relief to areas badly affected by the recent earthquake in Bohol
province.
Caritas Philippines launched its massive relief operations this week
to at least five towns with “least served” affected residents with P14.2
million funds from Caritas Internationalis.
Currently based in Rome, Caritas Internationalis is a global
confederation of 165 Catholic organizations working in humanitarian
emergencies and international development.
The agency said it will provide temporary shelters, food and non-food
items to at least 21,750 direct beneficiaries in the towns of
Maribojoc, Inabanga, Carmen, Danao and Sagbayan.
The Caritas Philippines, also known as the National Secretariat for
Social Action (Nassa), will lead the response and manage the overall
coordination of the project.
The social action centers of the dioceses of Tagbilaran and Talibon,
however, will implement the interventions in municipalities under their
jurisdictions.
On field, the Nassa provides the technical assistance and its partner
Caritas organizations: UK-based Catholic Agency for Overseas
Development and the US-based Catholic Relief Services.
Nassa said the goal is to ensure that the services “adhere to the internationally recognized minimum standards”.
“The main priority at the moment, as families slowly cope from their
trauma, is to provide temporary shelters while making ends meet,” Nassa
said.
“While aftershock was still being felt, the affected communities
continue to deal with the challenges of having to rebuild their lives in
the face of great loss both in lives and resources,” it said.
Right after the 7.2-magnitude temblor last Oct. 15, Nassa immediately
remitted P400, 000 to the affected dioceses through its Lenten
fund-raising drive for emergency relief purposes called Alay Kapwa.
At least 198 people were killed when the earthquake struck on some
parts of Central Visayas, according to the National Disaster Risk
Reduction and Management Council.
Authorities said more than three million people, from around 39 cities and municipalities, were affected by the earthquake.
The NDRRMC reported that 5,992 families are housed in 51 refugee
centers, and a first estimate of damage to infrastructure, hospitals,
houses and heritage sites amount to P75.2 million.
Families displaced by the earthquake and continuing aftershocks are
cramped in evacuation centers with limited access to potable water and
sanitation facilities.
Many areas, particularly in Bohol, which is now under a state of
calamity, still don’t have electricity and lack supply of potable water.
“Food and shelter supplies are dwindling and many markets are still closed,” Nassa added. (CBCPNews)
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