Over P1M help from Lions benefit more than 2000 Ormoc earthquake victim-families

More than 2,000 families in Ormoc City were able to benefit from the more than a million pesos worth  of goods donated by Lions Clubs International.

Days after the 6.5 magnitude earthquake struck the province of Leyte last month, Lions Clubs from the District immediately pitched in goods as immediate help to the victims.

At the evacuation area 

Leyte belongs to District 301 B2 which also comprise clubs from Cebu, Negros Oriental, Bohol and Siquijor with 36 clubs.  

And barely a month after, an emergency grant amounting to US$10,000 was released by the international organization to the district as aid to the victims.

District Governor Stephen Yap said another half million was given by  Manila Valenzuela Businessmen Lions Club of District 3001-A3.

District 301B2 Governor Stephen Yap paid a courtesy call with Ormoc City Mayor Richard Gomez.  Also in photo is  Ormoc Host Lions President , former PBA Rey Evangelista  

“The goods were distributed directly to the beneficiaries since we are prohibited to turn this over to the local government unit,” Yap said.

However Yap said, Ormoc City Mayor Richard Gomez had put Lions Club at the forefront of accepting relief goods and its distribution.

Cash donations on the other hand were tasked to the Ormoc Chamber of Commerce and Industry who is also headed by a Lion.

Other than the P1 million goods were initial donations of the different clubs in the district.

The goods include mosquito nets, rice, pail, basin, water dipper, alcohol, bath soap, laundry bar soap, blankets, towel, cotton, feminine napkins, slippers, toothpaste, toothbrush, mosquito nets, bottled water, mosquito coil, bathroom tissue & slippers and tents.

The goods were delivered to Ormoc through Roble Shipping who extended 60 percent discount in shipping fees.

Lions Club is the oldest existing civic organization in the world. This year is its 100 years since it was

founded in 1917 by a Melvin Jones of Chicago.  It was composed of the members of the business community.

Lions Clubs International now has 1.35 million members in more than 46,000 clubs. Here in the Philippines there are over 36,000 members.

The organization goes by its motto, “We Serve”.

The earthquake last July left three dead, a hundred injured.  It had affected 13 barangays in Ormoc and nearby Kananga town.