#Yolanda: A Little Help Goes a Long Way

There is nothing more depressing a sight as what is Tacloban and the rest of the Visayas is now. After super typhoon Yolanda (Haiyan) wreaked everything in its path including lives, our country has been in a state of emergency. Needs such as food, water and medicine are immense but scarce. You probably have stone for a heart if you saw the news on TV and wouldn't feel any compassion for the victims.

Yesterday, we talked in the class about what we saw on TV, about the survivors who needed food, about the children who needed help, about the people who died during the storm surge and about what we can do to help. I asked my pupils to pray for the survivors and those who perished. I also asked them to bring whatever they want to give to those who are in desperate need.

Today, they brought with them packets of noodles, canned goods, biscuits, used clothing, even toothbrushes and toothpastes. The school will collect all these donations, give it to an organization who will then ship all these to the Visayas region. My kids aren't rich yet they didn't think twice and gave what little they had.

What they gave were not a lot but its from the kids' pure hearts 

Priceless smiles

A coin bank also went around the classrooms for kids to put some coins into. It is still for the victims of the typhoon. As the kids lined up and dropped coins in the can, I noticed a girl who gave a 10-peso coin. I asked her if she still have some money to buy her snacks later.

She said, " No, that is all I have. But its okay,Teacher, I will just eat when I get home. "
Such pure hearts.

God Bless Tacloban. God Bless The Philippines.