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TEAR Fund Tackles the Worst Typhoon of the Year
TEAR Fund Tackles the Worst Typhoon of the Year
TEAR Fund is responding to the desperate need of the 9.5 million people affected by Typhoon Haiyan in Philippines.
TEAR Fund is working with its local partner in the Philippines, to provide necessities such as food, water, medicine and shelter to all those affected by the disaster.
Reportedly, the worst natural catastrophe in Philippines, the typhoon has killed more than 10,000 people and the death toll is rising.
The Typhoon ripped through Philippines on Friday November 9th flattening areas as a storm surge propelled water inland and caused flash floods.
One of TEAR Fund’s partners in the Philippines- Angel de Leon says “We are currently in Western Visayas in the middle of the typhoon’s path. The devastation is beyond our expectations. Right now you can see houses destroyed, people are homeless, sinkholes and cracks in the ground have destroyed roads. Communication is limited as power lines were brought down by the typhoon.”
Mr. de Leon says the response to the disaster has been swift. “Our team mobilized immediately and is currently on the ground delivering food supplies of rice and canned goods in the worst hit relief areas.”
TEAR Fund’s CEO and head of the NGO Disaster Relief Forum, Ian McInnes is urging the public to donate generously to TEAR Fund’s Typhoon Haiyan appeal. “We have the expertise and capacity to save lives but we need the help of Kiwis to do so. Our local partners are already responding but we need your help to continue this work.”
About Tear Fund
TEAR Fund is one
of New Zealand’s leading Christian aid and development
agencies. We’ve been partnering with local Christian
non-government organisations and churches in Asia, Africa,
Central and South America for the past 35 years. We change
the lives of the poor and oppressed through disaster relief,
community development and child sponsorship. Assistance and
care is always provided without bias or prejudice in terms
of race, religion, caste, class, political beliefs or
gender. www.tearfund.org.nz
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