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Manila Water Foundation brings aid to Luzon quake victims

Gabriel DiazBy Gabriel DiazMay 3, 2019Updated:May 29, 2024No Comments4 Mins Read
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  • Gives water to 3,000 families in Pampanga through its Agapay Tubig program

The 6.1 magnitude earthquake that hit Luzon on April 22 has devastated homes, livelihood and displaced thousands of families from their communities. The worst-hit were the towns of Porac and Floridablanca in the province of Pampanga.

Giving relief to Porac, Pampanga

95 families from Brgy. Diaz who have transferred to a lower terrain for fear of aftershocks receiving much needed water from Manila Water Foundation

On April 23 to 26, Manila Water Foundation (MWF) brought 5-gallon water bottles to 1,500 families in Porac to bring aid to quake victims who were severely affected and were in much need of clean and potable water for drinking, cooking, and other hygiene-related activities. Under MWF’s Agapay Tubig program, the Foundation headed to the twelve (12) hardest-hit villages that needed immediate relief—Barangays Camias, Diaz, Babo Sacan, Jalung, Babo Pangulo, Pio, Cangatba, Mancatian, Manibaug Libutad, Pulung Santol, Tokwing and Sapang Uwak.

Quake victims from Brgy. Babo Pangulo helping in the water distribution to fellow affected families

Seven hundred (700) Aeta families from severely-affected Brgy. Camias lined-up immediately as soon as they saw the truck unload as water and food were hard to come by. Residents even shouted, “At last, we can drink water!” Meanwhile, ninety-five (95) Aeta families from Brgy. Diaz greatly appreciated the 5-gallon water they received per family as they have transferred to a lower terrain, after the quake hit with no nearby access to potable water. Residents of Brgy. Pio and Brgy. Babo Pangulo also claimed that they cannot drink water from their usual sources as it has become dirty and tasted rusty after the quake hit so they were much relieved of the aid.

Brgy. Sapang Uwak, where 98 Aeta families received 5-gallons of water each family, is also an adopted community of MWF, a pilot area for its Integrated WASH (water access, sanitation and hygiene education) program.

Reaching out to Floridablanca

Evacuees from Brgy. Camias immediately forms a bayanihan line for water distribution

On April 27, MWF, together with Ayala Foundation, Apl.de.Ap and the Pampanga Provincial Social Welfare and Development Office (PSWDO), reached out to families in Floridablanca which was also badly hit by the quake. Six hundred (600) families from Barangay Nabuclod who have lost their homes and who have no nearby water source, received sleeping mats and 5-gallon water per family.

According to resident Gina, getting to a water source—a spring and a groundwater pump—is difficult because it is an hour’s trek and they have no means to boil the water as they have evacuated to the barangay covered court. Gina was doing farm work when the earthquake happened. She recounted how the earth rumbled, and that she is afraid to go back to the field to work, thinking about the possibility that another earthquake will happen. More than a hundred (100) of these families have no homes to go back to.

Partnering with Operation Blessing and Project Malasakit

More partners continue to help the victims of the Luzon earthquake who reached out to the Foundation to help provide water to the affected families. Such MWF partners are Operation Blessing (OB) and Project Malasakit by Kara David.

Aside from OB’s relief packs, mats, blankets, trauma counseling/psychosocial intervention, MWF will be providing six hundred (600) IP families with 5-gallon water each who were evacuated to Barangays Villa Inararo and Villa Maria.

Television Reporter Kara David’s Project Malasakit also requested assistance from Manila Water Foundation to give 300 affected families the much needed clean and potable water to address the thirst and discomfort of the victims. The distribution will take place on May 4.

Apl.de.Ap and Apl.de.Ap Foundtaion join hands with Ayala Foundation, Clark Water and Manila Water Foundation in setting-up a drinking water station, and distributing mats and 5-gallon water to 600 families from Brgy. Nabuclod, Pampanga.

In total, MWF has helped 3,000 families with a total donation amounting to Php 616,000 for victims of the Luzon quake.

Manila Water Foundation’s relief efforts were made in partnership and in coordination with the following partners: the Provincial Government of Pampanga; Municipal Government of Porac; Provincial Social Welfare and Development Office (PSWDO) and Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (PDRRMO) of Pampanga; City Social Welfare and Development Office (CSWDO) of Porac, Pampanga; Philippine Disaster Resilience Foundation (PDRF); Ayala Foundation, Inc.; Apl.de.ap Foundation; Manila Water Philippine Ventures; Clark Water Corporation; Operation Blessing; Project Malasakit by Kara David; Philippine Military Bravo Unit 303 1st Pampanga RRIBN; and Philippine Air Force CMO Fifth Fighter Wing.

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