Nearly a week after a powerful magnitude 7.8 earthquake hits southern Mindanao, residents of an isolated community in Glan, Sarangani say they are still waiting for relief goods. Reports from Purok Kasulotan in Barangay Burias describe day-to-day shortages as damaged roads, limited transportation, and poor communication continue to slow or prevent aid delivery. Residents also report having no cellular signal, no electricity, and no running water. With these conditions, families rely on whatever food they can prepare locally, including boiled bananas, sweet potatoes, and coconuts. The accounts also describe the impact of the quake itself and the ongoing fear left behind after the Monday event. Both sources emphasize that the difficulty is not only surviving the immediate aftermath of the earthquake, but also reaching help and receiving supplies when local access and connectivity are severely disrupted. The reports describe continued challenges for relief operations as the community remains hard to reach and basic services have not been restored.
Isolated families in Glan, Sarangani still wait for quake relief, subsist on food supplies
Nearly a week after a powerful magnitude 7.8 earthquake hits southern Mindanao, residents of an isolated community in Glan, Sarangani say they are still waiting for relief goods. Reports from Purok Ka...
- Nearly a week after a magnitude 7.8 earthquake in southern Mindanao, some families in Glan, Sarangani still have not received relief goods.
- Residents of Purok Kasulotan, Barangay Burias report damaged roads, poor communication, and lack of transport that slow aid delivery.
- The community has limited connectivity and basic services, with residents reporting no cellular signal, electricity, or running water.
- Some families survive on locally available food, including boiled bananas, sweet potatoes, and coconuts.
- The quake’s aftermath continues to affect residents’ safety and daily life as they wait for assistance.
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 […]...Keep on reading: Isolated families in Glan survive on boiled bananas after M7.8 quake
2 months agoSARANGANI, Philippines — Nearly a week after a powerful earthquake rattled southern Mindanao, families in one of Glan town’s most isolated communities are still waiting for relief goods, with many surviving on boiled bananas, sweet potatoes and coconuts as damaged roads, poor communication and lack of transport continue to hamper 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 help, or waiting for it, has become another daily battle. When CDN Digital visited the community on […]...Keep on reading: In isolated Glan village, families survive on boiled bananas, coconuts
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