DUMAGUETE CITY: The Diocese of Dumaguete and the 302nd Brigade of the Philippine Army based in Tanjay City, Negros Oriental, will partner once more to address social issues brought about by insurgency in the province.
SHELTER KITS. The Diocese of Dumaguete has donated shelter kits to 375 families that lost their homes during the onslaught of Typhoon Odette in December 2021 in Negros Oriental. The diocese's Typhoon Odette Response Center, in collaboration with NASSA/Caritas, will be running for a year as it prepares to start its livelihood assistance phase. (Photo courtesy of the Diocese of Dumaguete Typhoon Odette Response Center) DUMAGUETE CITY - The Diocese of Dumaguete, through its Typhoon Odette command center, has distributed more shelter kits to hundreds of victims of the storm that ripped through the Visayas last December. Fr. Hendrix Alar, emergency program leader, told the Philippine News Agency on Wednesday that the latest batch of recipients in different parts of Negros Oriental totaled 125 households. "We have distributed to these households shelter kits, each comprising 10 galvanized iron sheets, five Kalsi Board plywood, and assorted nails," Alar said in mixed English and
SHELTER KITS. Dumaguete Bishop Julito Cortes (left) turns over shelter kits to Manjuyod parish priest, Fr. Hitchon Amahit, (third from left) on Jan. 15, 2022. The Diocese of Dumaguete, in collaboration with donors, continues to provide relief and rehabilitation assistance to Typhoon Odette Victims in Negros Oriental. (Photo from the Diocese of Dumaguete-Typhoon Odette Response's Facebook page) DUMAGUETE CITY - Hundreds of families whose houses were destroyed by Typhoon Odette during its onslaught in Negros Oriental on Dec. 16, 2021, will receive transitional shelter assistance from the Diocese of Dumaguete and its partners. The project will provide families with simple but decent houses that they can immediately occupy once built, Fr. Hendrix Alar, emergency program leader of the diocese's Typhoon Odette Response command center, told the Philippine News Agency on Monday. "These are housing units to be built in collaboration with the National Secretariat for Social Action (
FOOD PACKS FOR DISTRIBUTION. The BDO Foundation has donated 2,000 food packs to the Diocese of Dumaguete for distribution to Typhoon Odette victims. The diocesan command center for typhoon response began the distribution of the food packs on Friday (Jan. 21, 2022). (Photo from the Diocese of Dumaguete - Typhoon Odette Response Command Center's Facebook page) DUMAGUETE CITY - The Diocese of Dumaguete's Typhoon Odette Response Command Center began distributing on Friday about 2,000 food packs donated by the Banco de Oro (BDO) Foundation to families affected by the storm's onslaught in December. Fr. Hendrix Alar, the diocesan command center's emergency program leader, told the Philippine News Agency (PNA) in an interview that the food packs were distributed to parishes in several areas in the province. "We started the distribution in Tayasan today and we target Jimalalud and Bindoy tomorrow. The rest will be scheduled depending on the availability of transportation,&q
The Diocese of Dumaguete has urged its faithful to join in the simultaneous Masses for those who died and are still missing because of typhoon Odette that