Typhoon Ompong Devastates the Philippines

Main Image: A father carries his sick child who is being transferred to another car as their ambulance is stuck on a highway due to toppled electric posts caused by strong winds after Cagayan province, north of Manila September 15, 2018. (📸: AFP)

Earlier this month villages and cities across the northern Philippines were ravaged by the typhoon Mangkhut (locally known as Typhoon Ompong) which brought winds of over 240km per hour.

We would like to raise money for Pamplona town in the Cagayan Valley in Northern Luzon. Many houses throughout the town and surrounding barrios lost their roofs including umpteen small 1 room Nippa thatched huts that house large indigenous families in a tiny cramped space. The local school Pamplona institute lost 4 classroom roofs, the roof of the gymnasium, and flooded the Canteen.

All money received will be sent to Bessie Bangalan based in Pamplona, who is overseeing the rebuild of The Pamplona institute and will distribute the funds accordingly.