Distributing hygiene kits to stranded island communities
Homonhon Island 1Little was left after Typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda) struck Homonhon Island in Eastern Samar province on November 8 last year. The typhoon, which wreaked havoc throughout the Central Visayas region of the Philippines, destroyed all forms of transportation on the island, leaving local communities stranded and isolated.[pullquote]We could not let those communities languish without assistance because they were isolated.