Comments on: Our Second Trip Up North to Medellin & Bogo, Cebu

By: lynn

lynn — Tue, 16 Dec 2014 08:54:56 +0000

thank you for the relief effort although im not from north cebu (im from ormoc) may god bless your generous heart a million fold.

By: haypee

haypee — Thu, 21 Nov 2013 12:43:46 +0000

Thank you Gen Dev corp., I’m from Barangay Tindog, and was there when you were distributing relief goods for the Tindoganons. Thank you for sharing your blessings with us. God Bless you more.

By: Monty

Monty — Wed, 20 Nov 2013 06:24:59 +0000

MM, I was just looking at a company called LifeSaver that makes water filtration bottles. The inventor gave a demo in TED Talks. Their homepage actually includes a pledge to donate an equal amount to victims of Yolanda for every donation made through their page. Looks to be an impressive product but it seems too expensive.

By: Marketman

Marketman — Wed, 20 Nov 2013 03:23:19 +0000

Monty, actually, in Northern Cebu, there was a ton of firewood for use in cooking, just a day after the storm. Folks could cook, they just didn’t have much to cook. Also, rice that was soaked or wet by the storm rapidly deteriorates. So for future reference, when folks brace for storms, they need to “waterproof” their food stocks, with something as simple as a large garbage big tied securely around their food stocks.

By: Monty

Monty — Wed, 20 Nov 2013 02:35:09 +0000

Boiling water is probably not feasible in a disaster situation due to lack of fuel. The best solution if deep well or river water is available would be a hand powered water filtration kit. I’ve seen some on the net, as well as water bottles that have built in filters. It would be best if local companies create this product since the activated carbon that these filters use is made locally from coconut waste.

By: natie

natie — Tue, 19 Nov 2013 22:18:45 +0000

MM, I am so proud of your efforts..Thank you. Those pictures speak volumes!!

By: Diana

Diana — Tue, 19 Nov 2013 11:54:26 +0000

Im glad and happy with tears flowing n.my eyes seeing evrybody recieving all the help they receive this is something that we shared and unite and rememember always mo matter wat happen our love fr each other will always remain…thank you very much fr a generous help fr everyone….

By: aireen

aireen — Tue, 19 Nov 2013 04:58:04 +0000

Bless you and your family!

By: Marketman

Marketman — Tue, 19 Nov 2013 03:29:47 +0000

blitz, yes, I thought the same thing. If they have a deep well, I think, in theory, if you boil the water for 20-25 minutes, it should kill off most if not all harmful cooties and it will be potable unless the well is really contaminated. I think the reason most folks ask for water is that the local water utility was unable to distribute running water (potable or boilable) as there were no generators to make up for the extended loss of electricity.

By: blitz

blitz — Tue, 19 Nov 2013 03:22:35 +0000

Hi MM,

You guys did a great job of distributing your relief supplies in the most far flung places! :) We also were up north last weekend and distributed goods in Maya. A quick question which i have been thinking over and over, can they not boil the water in their deep wells so they can have safe drinkable water? During our trip we saw a lot of people asking for water and yet we also saw people getting water in the deep wells to wash their clothes. I was just wondering that before the time of purified water, we survived on boiling the water from our homes.. cant they do the same in the mean time?