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Amid the rubble and chaos, a father provides for his family and finds hope

Amid the rubble and chaos, a father provides for his family and finds hope

by PeterMurtagh-user | Nov 26, 2013 | PREVIOUS WORK

For one man in Guiuan, the simple slaughter of a pig offers a way forward When Salvador Duran woke the other morning, he knew that this would be a good day. He got up and he walked out of his wooden hovel home on Guimbaolibot Avenue and he had a pee. Then...
Medics reach remote island communities which survived on guts and generosity

Medics reach remote island communities which survived on guts and generosity

by PeterMurtagh-user | Nov 21, 2013 | PREVIOUS WORK

You could see the sign clearly from the air as the chopper came in. On a square white sheet, perhaps 10ft by 10ft, the word HELP faced skyward. The plea was on the beach, tied down by lumps of coral and toppled coconut palms. Behind it lay the reason: the remote...
Grim resting place for victims of Typhoon Haiyan

Grim resting place for victims of Typhoon Haiyan

by PeterMurtagh-user | Nov 18, 2013 | PREVIOUS WORK

Hundreds killed in Philippine city Tacloban are buried, unidentified, in mass graves There’s not much dignity when the end is a body bag put into a mass grave, without a marking and without loved ones present. In Tacloban yesterday some 200 victims of the typhoon and...
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