ACT Appeal - Philippine floods (ASPH42)
Sydney, 23 December 2004 --The NCCA-Christian World Services (NCCA-CWS), donated $15,000 in response to the Action by Churches Together (ACT) Rapid Response Funding to assist victims devastated by floods due to the latest typhoons affecting at least five regions in the Philippines.
ACT reported that “four typhoons over a span of three weeks have wreaked havoc in at least five regions in the Philippines. Typhoons Muifa and Merbok battered Regions IV (Southern Tagalog), Region V (Bicol) and Region VI (Western Visayas). Tropical depression Winnie battered Region IV (Southern Tagalog), Super Typhoon Nanmadoe vented its fury on Luzon Island (Region III) and part of Region VIII (Eastern Visayas).”
“The fury of these typhoons has caused massive and widespread flooding, flash floods and landslides. By 2 December the number of dead or missing had reached 600 and affected around 6,500 families. Thousands of people have been rendered homeless and there is extensive damage to property, infrastructure and agriculture. Communication and power lines were broken, major roads eroded or blocked by mud and debris leaving the affected areas isolated.“
Donations from the Rapid Response Funding from ACT, channeled through the National Council of Churches in the Philippines (NCCP), will be used to “provide food, potable water, sleeping mats, plastic sheets, light blankets and clothing. Medical missions will also be conducted.”
NCCA-CWS expresses its sympathy to the victims of the latest typhoons to hit the Philippines and hope that the people affected will know that there are concerned people from around the world who are willing to assist them, most especially this Christmas season.
“Emergency appeals are an activity NCCA-CWS undertakes as part of its development and aid work in Asia, Africa, the Middle East and the Pacific. NCCA-CWS work is supported by Christmas Bowl gifts,” said the Revd John Henderson, interim Director of NCCA-CWS.
For Media Inquiries:
Contact: The Revd John Henderson 02 9299 2215
