400 Families in Minalin, Macabebe, and Arayat, Pampanga, received P200,000.00 worth of relief packs on August 25, 2023. We thank our mission partner, the Assumpta Technical High School, their volunteers, and local leaders who braved the flooded communities to bring family food packs.
Inspired by St. Marie Eugenie, may we "bring the Father's Kingdom into the lives of others" in every small deed we make.
TYF, through the Malolos Diocese Social Action Center, led by Fr Melchor Ignacio, distributed relief packs in Baliuag, Calumpit, Hagonoy, and Paombong, Bulacan, on August 06, 2023. 1400 Families benefited from the said distribution of P400,000 worth of food packs.
One of the most challenging relief operations was in Calumpit, Bulacan. We salute the dedication of Parishes SAC Volunteers for braving the flooded areas of Calumpit to bring food packs to various families. Some parts of Calumpit get chest-deep floods because it is a natural catch basin of flood waters from Central and Northern Luzon.
Tanging Yaman Foundation is blessed to have a reliable relief operations partner through the Redemptorist Fathers, for which we are deeply grateful. On Aug 10-11, 2023, 216 families from Brgy. Barangobong, Nueva Era, and Sitio Nalasin, Solsona, Ilocos Norte received relief packs worth P200,000.00.
The Redemptorist Amianan Response Team (RART) led the said 2-day relief operations in partnership with the Mission Station of Mary, Mother of the Church with Rev. Fr Metchell Valdepena (Parish Priest), Redemptorist Scholars, and the United Church of Christ in the Philippines (UCCP) Northwest Luzon Conference through Rev. Ofelia Vicente and Rev. Edmund Solatre.
Before the relief pack distribution, the team conducted a short program on the effects of climate change and stewardship. Rev Edmund also presented their programs and activities for the community.
On August 9-10, 2023, the Tanging Yaman Foundation, in partnership with the Bangued Diocesan Social Action Center, distributed P200,000.00 worth of Relief Packs to 285 Families in Bangued and Sleeping Kits to 4 Families in Pidigan.
We are grateful for the volunteers of Bangued DSAC who painstakingly visited far-flung places to assess who among the families were gravely damaged/affected by the typhoons. Thank you to Fr Jeffrey Bueno, Bangued DSAC, and all our donors.
Work is underway to construct a second 3-in-1 chapel in the Apostolic Vicariate of Taytay, Palawan. The Sta Rita de Cascia Chapel is located in Bantoto, Abaraoan, Roxas.
Like many areas in the Philippines, northern Palawan was drenched by Typhoon Egay and the habagat rains in July. The construction site and surrounding area was flooded. The water has since receded, and construction resumed. Barring more destructive weather conditions, the chapel is due to be finished by October 2023.
TYF has supported the construction of 3-in-1 chapels in Palawan and Siargao as part of its Super Typhoon Odette rehab projects. A 3-in-1 chapel can be used for mass and religious gatherings. In the spirit of inclusivity, it can also be used for community meetings as well as an evacuation center during humanitarian emergencies.