“AMA TYPHOON PHILIPPINE RED CROSS AIDS CATANDUANES FOLKS WITH KITCHEN SETS FOR SHELTER REBUILDING With Catanduanes being one of the most affected regions by Typhoons Rolly and Ulysses, the Philippine Red Cross (PRC) continues to pour in help for the residents, especially to the most vulnerable. To alleviate their suffering and have them get back on their feet, Senator Richard J. Gordon, PRC chairman and CEO, said kitchen
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sets were donated to over 308 families in Brgy. Cabcab, San Andres of the said province over the weekend. “We need to provide these things immediately because this is what the people need the most. If we donate food, we should also include the kitchen sets for the people to selfmanage,” he said.
The Philippine Red Cross (PRC) continues to deliver assistance for the families in Catanduanes who were badly affected by Typhoons Rolly and Ulysses. In the challenge of reaching and sending much needed relief assistance to the province that was successively hit by natural calamities, the country’s only humanitarian vessel, the M/V PRC Amazing Grace set sail and has successfully reached the island with the muchneeded relief and fleet support. “M/V PRC Amazing Grace is instrumental in our efforts to help our kababayan here in Catanduanes. To have all these relief efforts be delivered quicker ensures that our kababayan can also recover the soonest,” PRC Chairman & CEO, Sen. Richard Gordon said during the send-off ceremonies in Subic. Caraga INFOCUS
