By Julie Ann Mae B. Silvederio and Hazel P. Villa, VERA Files
Photos by Julie B. Silvederio
AJUY, Northern Iloilo – Overshadowed by the devastation in Tacloban, Leyte, victims of Yolanda in this town complain of meager aid and difficulty in rebuilding their lives.
“Sa may kabubut-on nga maghatag materyales sa amun, gapangayo kami tani bulig kay bisan lansang subong wala kami inugbakal (To those who have the heart to provide us materials to rebuild our houses, we are asking for your help because right now we can’t even afford to buy nails),”says Geonny Del Carmen, a 61-year-old resident of the village of Piliwan, Luca. Read the rest of the story here.
Typhoon Yolanda Story Hub Visayas is a Citizen Journalism Portal created on Nov. 13, 2013 by veteran journalists, student writers, mobile journalists, and photographers based in Iloilo City, Panay Island, Central Philippines. The Story Hub tells the stories behind the stories when Typhoon Yolanda (Int’l name: Haiyan) lashed through Panay Island — severely damaging Northern Iloilo and the provinces of Antique, Capiz, and Aklan.
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