SARANGANI, Philippines — Almost a week after a magnitude 7.8 earthquake hit southern Mindanao, families in an isolated community in Glan, Sarangani, are still waiting for relief goods, with many surviving on boiled bananas, sweet potatoes, and coconuts as damaged roads, poor communication, and a lack of transportation continue to cripple aid delivery.
Residents of Purok Kasulotan in Barangay Burias face hardships that go beyond the fear left by Monday’s quake. With no cellular signal, no electricity, no running water or reliable transportation, reaching for help, or waiting for it, has become another daily battle.
When CDN Digital visited the community on June 11, residents said many families had already exhausted their food supplies and had begun sharing whatever they could gather from nearby farms and coconut trees.
“We are really suffering here. We even have sick people, and evacuating them has become very difficult because of our situation and because we have no transportation,” said Didoy Dadu, a 60-year-old resident.
“We even have sick people, and evacuating them has become difficult because of our situation and because we have no transportation,” he said.
