By: Kate Serrano
It wasn't too long ago when typhoon Haiyan brought
havoc to some parts of Southeast Asia. November 8, 2013 was when the world’s
strongest storm hit the Philippines, leaving thousands homeless and dead. It
has been three months since the storm, and we wonder how people have been
coping and moving on. With the help of other countries, international and local
organizations, relief efforts have been consistently sent to Tacloban City,
where Haiyan has caused the most damage. Schools have been turned to evacuation
centers, churches into large living space. Electricity and water supply is
still unstable in some areas. Luckily basic needs as food, clothing and
medicine are on supply and it is a normal sight to see military trucks pass by
highways distributing goods to survivors. To date, people are rebuilding not
only houses but also lives amidst the painful memories the storm has brought. The
local and national government have laid out their large scale and small scale
plans; infrastructure projects and rehabilitation programs are on top priority.
Hopefully this is the first step to rebuild this once upon a time alive city.
For a third world country like the Philippines where
even the employed can barely make both ends of a rope meet, it will take some
time to put things back in order. The darkness isn’t over yet but life must go
on. Haiyan may have trampled lives but it has made the courage and resiliency
of the Filipino people a lot stronger.
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