NASAAN ANG SIMBAHAN?

(a thread of Where the Church is Helping/has Helped During this Covid-19 Pandemic)

1) Caritas Manila distributes P1B in gift checks to 4M poor residents in 10 dioceses https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/news/nation/733184/caritas-manila-distributes-p1b-in-gcs-to-4m-poor-residents-in-10-dioceses/story/

2) CBCP, Ateneo and La Salle join forces to provide 446 SAFE SHELTERS FOR HEALTH Care WORKERS

https://businessmirror.com.ph/2020/04/13/ateneo-la-salle-vs-coronavirus/

3) Pope Francis establishes Emergency Fund to Combat Covid-19 in Mission Countries

with 120,000 priests and religious nuns and brothers working in 7, 274 hospitals in Africa alone

https://www.americamagazine.org/faith/2020/04/06/pope-francis-establishes-emergency-fund-combat-covid-19-mission-countries

4) Adamson University deploys buses for frontliners

https://www.adamson.edu.ph/v1/?page=view-news&newsid=1844

5) Catholic Churches from Different Dioceses all over the Philippines have their respective solicitation and relief operation drives to aid the most vulnerable during this Covid-19 Pandemic.

https://www.licas.news/2020/03/24/church-in-the-philippines-responds-to-covid-19/

6) Manila Archdiocese provides shelters for homeless, healthcare workers amid Covid-19 situation
https://www.msn.com/en-ph/news/national/manila-archdiocese-provides-shelter-for-homeless-health-workers-amid-covid-19-situation/ar-BB11LF7y

7) More Catholic schools respond to provide shelter to Covid-19 health workers

http://rcam.org/index.php/component/k2/item/746-more-catholic-schools-respond-to-provide-shelter-to-covid-19-health-workers

8) National Secretariat for Social Action of the Catholic Church in the Philippines and Caritas donation amount to P45.8 M now (on top of P1 B gift checks for the poor)

https://www.cbcplaiko.org/2020/04/04/nassa-caritas-response-to-covid-19/

9) Various Dioceses of the Catholic Church in the Philippines pitch in Covid-19 Response:

Nuns and volunteers help prepare food packs for distribution in the Diocese of Nueva Ecija

https://www.cbcplaiko.org/2020/04/04/nassa-caritas-response-to-covid-19/

10) Sisters of the Daughters of Charity and some volunteers help distribute food packs to inmates of the Bureau of Jail and Management Penology in Sorsogon

https://www.cbcplaiko.org/2020/04/04/nassa-caritas-response-to-covid-19/

11) Bishop Dialogo and his priests bake bread for frontliners in Sorsogon

https://www.cbcplaiko.org/2020/04/04/nassa-caritas-response-to-covid-19/

12) Diocesan Social Action Center of Ilagan Isabela partnered with the military to distribute relief goods to poor parishioners

https://www.cbcplaiko.org/2020/04/04/nassa-caritas-response-to-covid-19/

13) Catholic Volunteers in Catarman, Northern Samar help make face masks for frontliners and those who can't afford them

https://www.cbcplaiko.org/2020/04/04/nassa-caritas-response-to-covid-19/

14) A Catholic priest, Fr. Febrero, serves as one of the drivers of vehicles for frontliners in Diocese of Antique

https://www.cbcplaiko.org/2020/04/04/nassa-caritas-response-to-covid-19/

15) Caritas Baguio bought fresh vegetables from Mountain Province to be distributed to those who need thereby helping both farmers and the consumers ease their burden

https://www.cbcplaiko.org/2020/04/04/nassa-caritas-response-to-covid-19/

16) A priest in the Archdiocese of Cagayan de Oro distributes relief goods in one of Caritas Kindness Stations scattered all throughout the country

https://www.cbcplaiko.org/2020/04/04/nassa-caritas-response-to-covid-19/

17) Don Bosco Mandaluyong fast tracks fabrication of low cost ventilators as Covid-19 response

https://amp.rappler.com/move-ph/257205-don-bosco-mandaluyong-bid-fabricate-ventilators?__twitter_impression=true

18) Scholars of Don Bosco Tech-Voc Educational Training help out in fabrication of face shields for frontliners

https://amp.rappler.com/move-ph/257205-don-bosco-mandaluyong-bid-fabricate-ventilators?__twitter_impression=true