Floods in the Philippines leave more than thousand dead
Churches serve as refugee camps
By: Christoph Wand
Desperate refugees in the city of Cayagan de oro.
The real extent of the flood disaster in the Philippines become visible bit by bit. More than thousand people have died and its still unclear how many are still missing, the United Church in the Philippines (UCCP) reported - at least one thousand more.
Churches and Schools have been destroyed, Bishop Melzar Labuntog from Northwest Mindanao told the United Evangelical Mission (UEM). Tens of thousands were brought to evacuation centers. The church opened their building for the refugees as well. Food, medicine, clothes and tents are still urgently needed.
On Monday the UEM, the Evangelical Church in the Rhineland and the Evangelical Church of Westphalia gave 30,000 Euro as an emergency support. ung. UEM asks for donors to help the UCCP: Bank Account 90 90 90 8, KD-Bank Dortmund, BLZ 350 601 90, IBAN: DE45 3506 0190 0009 0909 08, SWIFT/BIC GENODED1DKD.