Food distribution in Tondo
The Salvation Army Territorial Headquarters Staff visited together with comrades from Tondo Corps an evacuation center in the Baseco Compound in Tondo, Manila. Cooked food and water was distributed to around 1000 individuals that were left homeless after two empty barges drifted off a pier and rammed their houses along the coastline of Manila Bay at the height of torrential monsoon rain at the aftermath of Typhoon Gener.
The pictures:
Right - Major Mike Tandayag is serving one
of the evacuees.
Below - Many of the evacuees are staying
in this baskeball court while they wait for
relocation.
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The Salvation Army responds to massive flooding.
The Philippines was hit by a torrential monsoon on Tuesday last week, killing 19 people as rampaging waters swept away homes, destroyed bridges and triggered landslides in many areas.
Residents were marooned on their roofs as parts of Manila were submerged in waters above head height in one of the worst flooding to hit the capital city of 15 million people. Others headed to the evacuation centers for shelter. Nearby provinces also suffered heavy losses.
The Salvation Army, Philippine Territory readily offered help to the affected populace. 1,660 families received parcels of relief goods in Hermoza Bataan and Lumintao Occidental Mindoro. In Tullahan Riverbank, Bagong Silanganan and E. Rodriguez Avenue in Quezon City 3,207 individuals received packs of ready to eat food. The Officers Training College was assigned to go to Cainta Rizal were 3,762 individuals received packs of ready to eat food. Our teams will in the day to come continue to reach out to the population in the affected areas.
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The Salvation Army, an international movement, is an evangelical part of the universal Christian Church. Its message is based on the Bible. Its ministry is motivated by the love of God. Its mission is to preach the gospel of Jesus Christ and to meet human needs in His name without discrimination.
The advance of The Salvation Army in The Philippines came at the initiative of Filipinos who had been converted through contact with the Army in Hawaii and then returned to their homeland. During the period 1933-37 they commenced meetings in Panay, Luzon, Cebu and Mindanao Islands. In June 1937 Colonel and Mrs Alfred Lindvall officially inaugurated this widespread work.
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