Help Kalibo

Seeing Kalibo broke my heart. I was flown in to Kalibo when I was just 2 weeks old and stayed until it was time for kindergarten school (yes, im a grown up now :-)). I spent a lot of annual vacations and brought a lot of friends along the way over the years, in fact, we had a great time the last (2008) Ati-atihan festival. Now, all i could feel is sadness seeing trees uprooted, mud all over, rubbish infront of almost every home( if at all, the home still stands), and people with blank faces, trying to move on.

I personally witnesses Typhoon Frank in Boracay last June 21, 2008, but since i flew out to Manila via Caticlan, i didn’t see the devastation in Kalibo until i arrived at the Kalibo airport and went around the town last Monday. Boracay is fine after Typhoon Frank, its Business as usual, and as of this writing I am actually and Boracay and I see a lot of tourist coming in again…

I just learned how in bad shape Kalibo was when i got back to Manila last June 26, 2008 and this was communicated to Luzette who has such a big heart and initiated this team operation.

The photo shows Luzette’s shots of the Kabalikat Team who are in full support of this Relief Operation, and her way from Boracay to Kalibo. 

See how Kalibo is now…very much in need of help.

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I wonder what really happend to Kalibo? Why was there a mud flush? Was it because of natural causes or man made causes, I heard this is a Quarrying area which might have contributed to this mishap, could this be true? What should be done to keep this from happening again. Rainy days aren’t over yet, what pre cautions are being done to safeguard the lives of those nearest the Aklan river.

Please lend a helping hand or reach out to your pocket and give to the needy of Kalibo. Thank you.

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