Aside from the Kalibo Town people, other towns beside Kalibo were also affected by Typhoon Frank, especially those living beside the river banks, like in Pinamuk-an, New Washington, Aklan where we were advised to go because it has not received any relief but needs to be reached.
We had a meeting last July 7, 2008 in Kalibo with Key Disaster and Relief Operations people who did a mapping and survey of the affected areas, planning was done to prevent repetitive relief giving on certain areas and leave others neglected.
The same day we went to Kalibo(July 18,2008), the an NGO group and the Kabalikat were giving in Laserna with thousands of victims needing medicine given help.
We took the advice to go to Pinamuk-an, we travelled about 10 minutes from Kalibo Town proper and take a boat ride to the place. On the way there, we saw fishponds totally destroyed, old and big trees broken or uprooted.
Ms. Delia Reyes who I am standing with in the photo is paternal half sister of my cousin Zardy, she relates that they lost their home and just they put up a small nipa hut as shelter and lost their source of income (fish pond) too.
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