Tagaytay, Luzon, Philippines, November 1, 2024
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On October 30, 2024, staff members of the Department of Charity and Social Service of the Philippine-Vietnamese Diocese organized the distribution of humanitarian aid to victims of Typhoon Trami, which struck Luzon Island and caused severe damage to residential buildings, claimed dozens of lives, and left several districts without water and electricity.
The aid was distributed to local families by Fr. David Grabbs and volunteers at Christ the Savior Church in the city of Tagaytay, reports the Patriarchal Exarchate of Southeast Asia.
The aid included rice and other food products, as well as canvas fabric for necessary temporary repairs to homes.
Trami hit the Philippines in late October and claimed more than 120 lives, then reached the coast of Vietnam, where more than two months’ worth of rainfall fell in just 24 hours. Many residents remain trapped in their homes as water levels remain high. According to rescue workers, while the city has experienced floods before, never of this magnitude. In total, approximately 25,000 people were evacuated from various districts in the Philippines due to the storm.
The diocese also regularly feeds poor people in Tagaytay and other Filipino cities.
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