Rebuilding in Process

Joseph Villareal is organizing this fundraiser.

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Tigbao suffered catastrophic damage along with other areas of the Dinagat Island when it was directly hit by Super Typhoon Rai "Odette" as it made landfall Thursday December 16, 2021.

This is where my wife Edelyn is from and where her mother, father, brothers, sisters, relatives, their children and others live.

We are now in recovery and helping to rebuild homes and lives.

All funds will be used to help immediate family and others in Sto. Niño, Tigbao, Cagdianao Dinagat Island in the Philippines.

Our team suffered injuries when their boat capsized due to hazardous sea conditions after successfully delivering our 1st relief package in December-January 2021.

February 2022 we purchased roofing materials, medicines, paid for emergency health services, small repair to a boat, basic necessities (new pictures y

attached), made several round trips delivering all these supplies from Surigao to Tigbao and sent 2 balikbayan boxes now in transit by ocean freight.

With your help; We will continue to procure humanitarian aide such as tents, rice, blankets, water, personal hygiene products, portable stoves, propane, cooking devices & serving utensils, generators, tools and other items needed.

Some of the funds are used to contract freight forwarders and send domestic aide collected.

If you have resources that you would like to donate contact me direct.

We thank you with all our hearts for your generosity.

Pictures below depict timeline of events and progression of our humanitarian efforts.

Lyn’ Father at rear of what used to be her home. 12/21/2021

Before "Odette". Family picture in front of the house.

You can see all the beautiful jungle in the background, now it is leveled to the ground and barren.

Video of Rosma and Lucky's house destroyed.

Take a minute to click on the news links to see how their homes were decimated. The birthplace and where we call home in this once beautiful island is no more. We MUST help and we MUST rebuild.

https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/national-international/typhoon-leaves-19-dead-many-homes-roofless-in-philippines/2759146/

https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/national-international/more-than-200-dead-typhoon-slams-philippines/2760105/

Cagdianao, is officially the Municipality of Cagdianao (Surigaonon: Lungsod nan Cagdianao; Cebuano: Lungsod sa Cagdianao; Tagalog: Bayan ng Cagdianao), is a 3rd class municipality in the province of Dinagat Islands, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 18,350 people. Cagdianao is politically subdivided into 14 barangays.

This is where we arrive by boat from the mainland and walk to our home. Everything is destroyed. Lyn’s cousin provided these pictures pleading for help.

Report December 25, 2021

My wife Sister Rosma sent us a message. They survived by hiding in the pink bedroom of her house. Moving back and forth, crying, pleading for the wreckage to stop. Praying for God to save them and the children.

Still no word from Mother and Father.

Part of the house intact.

Back of the house.

This is the room where God did the miracles and saved her husband and children.

This is her son Kyle and his cousins. Opening a Present purchased before “Odette” arrived.

Solar technology is of vital importance. Families need to see in the dark and is a basic necessity. This type of hand held solar lamp is being purchased and given to 150-300 families.