Block 37 - update

The government has started leveling the area where the Block 37 homes stood before the fire.






In the meantime the people who were in the school have had to move out so that classes could resume, they were allocated a lot of vacant land to dwell on whilst the development is finished, but the people have mostly decided to live near Block 37. I think this is due to them being concerned about missing out on their plot of land to rebuild their home.



Here is the size of the plot assigned to the people marked out with pieces of wood:



Please pray for the HOM team.

Fire relief - 2

HOM continues to help the people who were affected by the fire distributing, water, baby milk, baby bottles and diapers to the families in the relief centre. Once again they were able to borrow a vehicle to do this work. Please pray for Sally and the team as they go about this difficult and upsetting work

Fire relief

Sally has just described the desperate need of the people who have been affected by the fire. The HOM team have been giving away spare clothing. Our team members are fantastically generous out of their own poverty.


You can see the conditions the people are living in with six families to a room in this school.

Heartbreaking Suffering

Sally has reported that people in the evacuation centre are in very difficult situation, asking for water and for milk for their babies. It is heartbreaking to see their suffering.

Block 37 fire update

Sally has been in contact once more and has sent these distressing pictures. Block 37 is one of the poorest communities that HOM serves. Fortunately there continues to be no report of loss of life which is amazing considering the devastation, I think that is likely due to the fire starting around 19:45. As you can see many families (Sally estimates 800 families) have lost their homes and all they had. Please pray for them:

Fire

We have a report from Sally that the community that we know as Block 37 has been affected by a large fire, this article suggests 1000 homes have been destroyed, I assume that it is a typo in the article and it means that 5000 people have been affected not 5000 families.

http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/nation/metro-manila/11/16/09/fire-razes-1000-homes-mandaluyong-city

Please pray for our friends

Medical Prescription

The picture above is Tiribe Sarabia, 26 years old, diagnosed to have dengue fever. Hands of mercy is helping her with the medicines. Her parents are scavengers and what they earned is not even enough for their food. The mother came to the office crying for help. We are praying for her fast recovery so that she can go back to her school.

This is Jayvee Duazo, 5 years old and has a hydrocephalus case. He had a seizure last night and is now confined at the intensive care unit in one of the local hospitals in Mandaluyong. He is one of the patients of Hands of Mercy under the home care therapy. Unfortunately, the family does not have money to purchase the medicines. The mother came to the office yesterday, 5 November, for help to purchase the medicines needed by Jayvee. When we visited him this morning, the mother told us that he is recovering and she thanked us for the prayers and for the financial help that was given to them by hands of mercy. She said if it was not for the help, she does not know what had happen to him.

Hands of Mercy continues to give help to people that are in desperate need of medicine. People are coming to the office for help. Through the Medical Prescription Programme we are given the chance not only to help for the medicine but also to pray for the sick. It is a blessing to know that as we extend our love to these people, we were able to exalt the name of the Lord!