CEBU – The Archdiocese of Cebu said efforts to help victims of Typhoon Yolanda still continue, particularly in the relief and rehabilitation operations in North Cebu and Catholic faithful who are victims of the calamity thanked the Church for helping them.
Fr. Charles Jayme, Cebu Archdiocese disaster focal person, said that immediately after typhoon Yolanda hit, Cebu Archbishop Jose Palma then formed a Relief and Rehab Operation Unit and launched the first phase of it which was the “Adopt a Parish Program” where in churches from the South Cebu will adopt and partner with one typhoon affected parish in North Cebu.
“Parishes from the South assisted the needs of these affected parishes in North Cebu,” Fr. Jayme said, adding, that it catered to the needs of the people in the community where the parish belongs.
The Cebu Archdiocese also partnered with Cebu Caritas in the relief and rehabilitation efforts extended to the Yolanda devastated communities in North Cebu, he said.
Cebu Archdiocese coordinated with the Caritas International – with about 160 Caritas all over the world – for the delivery of the assistance in North Cebu that included shelters, livelihood program, water, sanitation and hygiene, and education, among others.
“The Shelter Project of the Cebu Archdiocese and the Caritas now adopted a Yolanda Village in Lapaz in Bogo City with 27 houses serving as relocation and resettlement for the typhoon affected families in the area whose houses were totally devastated by typhoon,” the priest said.
Villagers also praised Caritas for its rehablitation efforts.
Caritas Village in Tacup in San Remegio now has 27 houses and Hagnaya with 39 more houses that typhoons victims are now using. At least 74 more houses will be built in the village of Bungtod in Bogo City for other victims of last year’s deadly typhoon that left more than 6,000 people dead. (Amor Saludar)
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