October 27 2013 0300hrs
Finished transporting all
goods from Quiapo to Sangley Point, Cavite City.
On board BRP Dagupan
LC-551 vessel (Logistic Carrier) loaded 13 Sacks, 14 Boxes with 8 Zion Rescuers.
October 28 2013 0600hrs
The vessel depart
Sangley Point, Cavite going to Tagbilaran, Bohol sailing for 56 hours. On our two
days of sailing the group reviewed some skills like Rope Access, Building Collapse, Mapping and Marking, and
some games at night.
October 30 2013
At 0700hrs the ship dock
at the port of Tagbilaran, Bohol. The group proceed to Dao Bus terminal to
take Ceres Transport going to Tubigon as
our target of operation. After one hour and a half of travel, we arrived Tubigon
and meet and report to Mayor Marlon Amilan. He gave us an assignment to
distribute the relief goods to two islands, the Ubay and Pangapasan Island that
was not visited by DSWD.
At 1730hrs the group
on board the shoreboat of Tubigon went
to Ubay Island. Upon arrival, Chairwoman Emma Abado meet us at the shore and
proceed to their barangay basketball court. On our way, she told us their
experience during the earthquake that they were hit by three tidal waves that
washed away 6 houses along the shore. The good thing was there was no casualty
in her barangay but the fear and their traumatic experience was still present
in their mind. Ubay Island has only 57 families, 180 voters with a total of 250
residents including children and only 1 teacher. At the basketball court, the
residents were waiting for us. We gave the relief goods to every names called
by the Barangay Secretary and some member of the team organized the children
and gave some biscuits and candies. After giving the goods we gave some
vitamins and medicines to the barangay health center.
At
1830 hrs the group proceeded to the next island. After 15 minutes of sailing we
arrived at Pangapasan Island. Chairman Renato Gutierez meet us at the
basketball court. We explain to him that we will be giving the relief goods in
the next morning but we will have a short program for the residents that night.
We conducted a short stress debriefing and some games to all residents
including children. We divided the Zion team and also the residents (adult and
children). That night was turned like a fiesta to them dancing and shouting
because of the games we conducted and we teach first aid and deliver some
spiritual thought to all and they forgot for a short time their fears and their
traumatic experience. We ended up around 2200H for their generator which is their source of light
will be shut off. They went home with a smile on their faces.
October 31, 2013
At 0600H still at
Pangapasan Island, the group were ready for the day. We started a short medical
operation for those who have wounds then followed the relief goods operation.
We serve a total of 152 families. The Pangapasan Island has a total of 636 in
population, 152 families, has an Elementary school with 5 teachers and a
Midwife manning their Health Center. Off
back to Tubigon at 1000H.
At 1300H the team proceed
to the town of Clarin but there is no much operation needed because almost all
houses were already abandoned and the reported one body missing were already
declared dead but the body was not yet found.
At 1400H the team move
forward to the next town which is the Municipality of Sagbayan. The town looks
like a war damaged town that hit by bombs . Everything was damaged. We meet Dr. Dewy
Demandante, the Municipal Health Officer while he was picking up some
laboratory equipments from the damaged health center. He brought us to the
chairman of the MDRRMC and Executive Secretary Mr. Lito Pon. After some discussion
he brought us to the site of falls where 5 children were buried at Sitio Sta
Cruz. We meet the mother of the two children Mrs. Nora Somora and relay to us
of the situation. The five children were Joelene S. Somora 11yrs old, Jonalyn
S. Somora 13 yrs old, Jess Marvin S. Empinado 10 yrs old, Meme Jane S. Empinado
8 yrs old and Reynald C. Sipsip 14yrs old. Although the group is eager to help
and dig the site where the mother insisted on a certain location but the
Incident Commander J. Apoy advise us to withheld because the operation is going
to stop on the next morning. Sadly the team move out on that area. Back to
Sagbayan municipal ground we meet Mayor Rex Suarez and he thanked us for our
presence and showing our support to his town.
At 2100H with the help
of the Phil. Coast Guard we board Lite Shipping going to Cebu.
In Cebu we meet the
Cebu Zion trainees and did some training on Rope Access.
The team fly back to
Manila via C130 Phil Air Force.
