Rotary Club of Northlakes Toukley In Touch September 2013

Heavy Rain, Floods Batter Philippines Cararoo Foundation Inc. Families From Maurie Schokman 20th August, relentless monsoon rains and Tropical Storm Trami wreaked havoc in the Philippines, causing at least ten deaths and severely flooding wide areas of the capital Manila. Flood-battered residents from coastal areas and mountainous regions appealed for help, after days of some of the Philippines' heaviest rains on record. Each year we get a couple of minor floods in the rainy season, and every 2-3 years a major flood following a Tropical Storm or Typhoon. This is one of those years. This picture was taken in Paranaque, which is the area where our squatter village is located. The flood waters you see here will eventually flow out to sea via stormwater drains located in areas like our squatter village. The families from our village were evacuated to the local Elementary school as the water levels in the village reached over 3 meters high, and our canteen that is built on a high area over 1.5 meters. FAMILIES IN EVACUATION CENTRE Our Rotary sister club in the Philippines RCMD (Rotary Club Makati Dasmarinas) really supported our families, on receiving notification from our Sponsorship Manager that we desperately needed food supplies, blankets, clothing etc. PP Philip Nazareno (also Cararoo Board Member) from RCMD sent an email out to RCMD members and collected the following for our Cararoo families. Rotary Club of Northlakes Toukley Page 6

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