Typhoon Ondoy unleashed its fury in Metro Manila… Saturday, Sept. 26, 2009

San Juan Nepomuceno School – driveway in front of the statue of Our Lady; September 26, 2009; 6:00 p.m.

Inside the convent…

Water continued to rise…The sisters came out of the house aboard a cooler box…

Some families stayed overnight at rooftops…

After the storm, a lone star shines in the darkness…a beacon of hope

The morning after the storm…

Devastation all around… Sunday a.m. September 27, 2009- Kitchen area

Refectory Area

School Library

School Library

Our neighbors were the first to come for the Cleaning-up

Our Faculty and staff and students and their parents came to help…

Ocular survey of our neighborhood: Malibay and Maricaban

The Children’s Center of the Little Sisters of the Assumption in Isla, Maricaban

In spite of their own distress, Sisters, faculty and staff, parents and friends joined forces to responds to the need of the moment…Assumption-Together in planning, prayer and action…

The day after the storm, Assumption - San Lorenzo organized immediate relief operations to respond to the needs of the people…

Help came in the form of relief goods: food and potable water

Distribution of relief goods at San Juan Nepomuceno School to the flood victims

Against all odds…the human spirit triumphs…

Acknowledgements:• Our heartfelt gratitude to all those who generously responded to our cry for help…• * The Philippine-Thailand Province of the Religious of the Assumption • * Assumption - San Lorenzo: Sisters, faculty and staff, • students, Assumption alumnae and friends• * Assumption – Iloilo: Sisters, faculty and staff, students, alumane • and friends• * Assumption – Baguio• * Assumption – Cagayan de Oro• * Assumption – San Simon and Assumpta Technical High School• * Assumption Alumae Association, Inc. (AAA)• * Cabarruz Foundation, Inc. through Ms. Ellie Cabarrus• * Crown Worldwide Movers, Inc.• * American Women’s Club • * Ms. Luli Arroyo and the Presidential Kitchen Staff • headed by Chef Babes Austria • * Mrs. Pilar Yulo