04 Aug 2022
As the people of the Philippines continue to rebuild their homes, lives, and livelihoods following the devastation caused by Typhoon Odette in December 2021, the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart and the Daughters of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart are ongoing in efforts to help with repair and restoration.
In the middle of July, the Facebook page for the MSC Mission Office in the Philippines reported that the MSC Task Force Odette had held a ground-breaking ceremony in Gilutongan Island, located in Cordova, Cebu, to mark the beginning of the housing project here.
Ground-breaking ceremony to mark the beginning of the MSC Typhoon Odette Housing Project in Gilutongan Island, Cordova, Cebu. (Image via @mscmissionphil on Facebook.)
Ground-breaking ceremony to mark the beginning of the MSC Typhoon Odette Housing Project in Gilutongan Island, Cordova, Cebu. (Image via @mscmissionphil on Facebook.)
Ground-breaking ceremony to mark the beginning of the MSC Typhoon Odette Housing Project in Gilutongan Island, Cordova, Cebu. (Image via @mscmissionphil on Facebook.)
The MSC Typhoon Odette Housing Project has been in force throughout the first half of this year, with construction beginning in Bayagnan Island in Surigao City in March, and now, with the next phase of the project underway, more than 160 families in Gilutongan Island will be able to live safely and comfortably once again in secure homes.
Our Sacred Heart Sisters, the Daughters of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart, are also facilitating the rebuilding of homes, and the restoration of livelihoods in the Philippines – most recently, for fishermen in Barangay. The OLSH community in the Philippines donated motorised fishing boats to the fishing community of Barangay Caw-oy, and these boats were named in honour of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart.
The OLSH community in the Philippines donated motorised fishing boats to the fishing community of Barangay Caw-oy, whose livelihoods had been destroyed by the effects of Typhoon Odette.
The OLSH community in the Philippines donated motorised fishing boats to the fishing community of Barangay Caw-oy, whose livelihoods had been destroyed by the effects of Typhoon Odette.
The OLSH community in the Philippines donated motorised fishing boats to the fishing community of Barangay Caw-oy, whose livelihoods had been destroyed by the effects of Typhoon Odette.
The OLSH community in the Philippines donated motorised fishing boats to the fishing community of Barangay Caw-oy, whose livelihoods had been destroyed by the effects of Typhoon Odette.
Together, we pray for the continued success of these relief programmes, for all of our MSC brothers and OLSH Sisters in the Philippines, and for the families and communities they serve.
Gilutongan Island images via the Facebook page for the MSC Mission Office Philippines, Inc.
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