Children International

A note to all our friends:

I’m sure you’re aware at this point of the tragic events surrounding the typhoon-induced flooding in the Philippines. Our staff in the Manila area are scrambling to assess the situation.

What we do know is that the damages are staggering. Thousands of families have been displaced; the last information we received indicated the death toll from the flooding was at least 140 people…and we can only imagine more sad news will come in once rescuers are able to reach remote areas.

We appreciate all of you who are thinking of and praying for all the children and families, sponsored or not, in the Philippines. It’s very difficult to communicate with the field under these circumstances, and our staff there has its hands full dealing with the emergency. Nevertheless, they are doing a very good job of contacting us as often as possible with updates.

Whenever we do receive substantial updates, we’ll be posting the information to our main website, www.children.org. Please visit the homepage frequently and click on the “Emergency Alert” button to learn the latest news.

Thanks again. It’s because of people like you that we’re able to be there to respond to tragedies like this one.