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Assistance for 51 Families, Fire Survivors in San Andres Bukid, Manila

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Thanks to our generous donors, Tanging Yaman Foundation will often have supplies whenever we get appeals for help for fire survivors.

Sr Genny Dumay, RGS, arranged for the pick-up of babies' diapers, sanitary pads, toothbrushes/toothpaste, peanut butter, and macaroni for 51 families who lost their houses to a fire in Brgy 783, San Andres Bukid, Sta Ana, Manila. The Basic Ecclesial Community (BEC) members prepared peanut butter sandwiches and served hot macaroni soup with chicken and vegetables. They also organized the first street mass, celebrated by Sagrada Familia Parish Priest Fr Juanito Arroco, Jr.

We are grateful to the BEC members who provide the full range of pastoral care with joyful faith.

Kalabasa for Women PDLs

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Although we tend to think of persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) as typically male, there is a growing number of women in jails and detention centers. For example, the Correctional Institution for Women (CIW) in Mandaluyong houses 3,325 PDLs. Our partners in diocesan Restorative Justice (RJ) ministries have brought our attention to the needs of women PDLs, particularly for sanitary and hygiene items.

We are glad that several of our partners in the prison ministries brought the kalabasa donated by TYF to women-PDLs. Earlier, we had reported that the Archdiocese of Manila RJ Ministry delivered kalabasa to the women’s forms in Makati and Mandaluyong City Jails. We thank other groups for bringing more kalabasa to the following areas:

- Philippine Jesuit Prison Service: CIW
- Diocese of Antipolo: women’s dorms in Marikina City & Cainta jails
- Diocese of Cubao: women’s dorm in QC Jail
- Diocese of Pasig: women’s dorm in Pasig City Jail

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Blessed & Turned Over Four Newly Built Houses in Bien Unido, Bohol

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On April 10, Easter Monday, Fr Armand Bayron and Fr Jonathan Aparicio of Holy Child Parish blessed four newly built houses in Bien Unido, Bohol. Supertyphoon Odette had made landfall in this town, and many who lost their houses had despaired of rising from the disaster.

Easter Monday was therefore not just a celebration of the risen Christ but also of the families' answered prayers.

Daghang salamat to the parish volunteers and the Diocese of Talibon Social Action Center which tirelessly coordinated TYF's Odette rehab projects in the local communities.

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Affordable Rice For All in St. Francis Xavier Rice Hub

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Today we are featuring another successful bigasan supported by TYF and The Hunger Project of Philippine Business for Social Progress: St Francis Xavier Parish in Quezon City.

The parish bigasan has an unusual sales and distribution model. It doesn’t have a physical store. Instead, residents in 7 areas relay their orders (in kg) to lay leaders, and every Saturday the rice is delivered to the areas where it is repacked and picked up by the households.

Although the price of rice from Nueva Ecija has gone up substantially since last year, the parish raised the price per kilo by just one peso. Parish priest Fr Simone Piccolo, SX is determined to make rice affordable to everyone. For P38/kg, urban poor families benefit from premium Sinandomeng at a price lower than that in public markets. It is no surprise, therefore, that the bigasan sells up to 90 sacks per week. Since opening in February 2022, it has sold 5,230 sacks - more than 13 tons.

Mabuhay kayo, St. Francis Xavier Parish!

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