Project Report
| Sep 22, 2014
Focusing on the elderly and infirm
By Cora Sayre | Project Leader
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More food needed
Dear Friends,
Greetings and thank you once again for your generous support to our project to provide emergency food packs to Typhoon Haiyan survivors. Now we are focusing our effort to the aged and the infirm especially those living in high mountain areas not readily accessible to support. The situation is still dire and this is exacerbated by incessant rains brought about by tropical depression that seems to visit our country very often. As of this reporting period we were able to provide an additional of 300 food packs comprising well-loved Filipino food such as mongo, dried fish and rice. Hoping for your continuing support to our initiative. We are targeting to add 500-700 more food packs to be delivered to 2 mountain barrios in Ormoc City which is Hugpa and Mahayahay.
Hoping that you will be able to advocate for us to your friends and colleagues.
Very sincerely yours,
Cora
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Aug 7, 2014
Emergency Food Packs still Needed
By Cora Sayre | Project Leader
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Camp residents
Dear Friends and Partners,
Greetings and thank you very much for your kind and generous support to our initiatives. Our emergency food packs support is still very much needed especially in far-flung areas and temporary camps where there are many survivors. We are teaching them how to grow vegetables as supplement to their diet and it is nice too if we can buy for them dried fish, meat, milk and eggs. Food aid from the international community has already stopped last March and survivors find it difficult to cope. Work opportunity here in Leyte is still few as businesses and establishments have yet to recover fully from the devastating effect of the typhoon.
Hoping for your continuing generous support to our work.
Very sincerely yours,
Cora
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Jun 2, 2014
Sustainable Food Supply
By Cora Sayre | Project Leader
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Food supply
Dear Friends,
My warmest greetings from Leyte. Thank you very much for your kind support to our emergency food packs initiative. This initiative is very important especially now that food aid from international agencies has dwindled to a trickle compared during the first weeks after the onslaught of Typhoon Yolanda when you can see huge trucks lining the streets distributing food and other relief materials. Right now, there is barely any and this is a big problem especially for very poor survivors or those in grief and depressed who have no time to secure their own food.
Our strategy right now is rather than purchasing food and distributing it, why not grow our own and then distribute the harvest? In this way, we employ survivors in the growing process as well as utilize idle lands in the area. We are able to rent a half hectare land for this purpose and we grow different kind of vegetables and legumes. We also raise farm animals like pigs and chickens for slaughter and distribution to very poor survivors. We think that this approach is novel, cost-effective and sustainable in the short and long run.
Hoping for your continuing support. Please tell your friends and colleagues about our effort.
Very sincerely yours,
Cora
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