After an overwhelming tragedy such as Typhoon Haiyan, it is often a difficult task to determine who to help and what to do immediately and long term. During the first month, handouts and free medical care are crucial to helping people survive. After the immediate threat to survival is taken care of, it is important to get people back on their feet so they don’t get stuck in a handout mentality depending on relief goods to survive.

A Fishing boat cut in half by Typhoon Haiyan near Panay Island.

After ten years of  disaster relief experience, we have learned the best way to help people recover is to restore livelihood and get them back to work so they can take care of their families.

We want to restore joy by providing this type of fishing boat to families who lost everything

We are partnering with another trusted ministry to provide fishing boats in the very remote fishing island of Buena Vista where 200 families depend on fishing to survive. Thirty of their boats were destroyed during the typhoon. It will cost about  $700 or 30,000 pesos to provide a fishing boat for families who lost everything.

A newly built fishing boat after last year’s Typhoon Pablo.

Would you please consider giving $70 or even $700 to help rebuild lives?