الفلبين: فقراء المسلمين يتبرعون لضحايا الإعصار

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تحدى المسلمون الفلبينيون من أهالي مدينة "مراوي" في "مينداناو" حالة الفقر التي يعيشونها ودشنوا حملة لجمع التبرعات لمساعدة ضحايا الإعصار الذي ضرب مناطق عديدة في "فيزاياس" مخلفًا دمارًا هائلًا بموت 3974 وفقدان نحو 1186.

وقد أكد العديد من النشطاء المدنيين أن دور المسلمين جدير بالتقدير؛ حيث قاموا بتمرير قبعة على الأفراد للتبرع بما تيسر لهم لدعم الناجين وأُسرهم وأُسر الضحايا، وهذا إضافة إلى تقديم من لا يملكون المال تبرعات عينية من ملابس وغيرها دعمًا في مثال رائع على العمل بالقيم والتعاليم الإسلامية في تقديم العون وبذل الإغاثة؛ المصدر: شبكة الألوكة.

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Filipino Poor Muslims Aid Typhoon Survivors

Defying their poverty and dire need, Muslims in Marawi City in Mindanao have been campaigning to raise funds and aid to the Yolanda typhoon stricken areas in the Visayas.

It was “very touching to see people from all levels of life share whatever they have for the typhoon victims,” Samira Gutoc, a Maranao civic leader told Philippine Daily Inquirer.

“Each one, they contributed, like passing the hat for someone in need.

“They came together in the spirit of oneness with the pain of Visayas calamity victims. Every mother or son, classmate or friend, teacher and student, tricycle driver or school superintendent personally passed by a drop-off point for Oplan Tabang Visayas,” Gutoc added in a statement.

Typhoon Haiyan tore through the Philippines on Nov. 8th and 9th, killing at least 3,974 people and leaving 1,186 missing.

Counting the dead, the Philippines is facing an enormous rebuilding task, to revive the country back from the devastating typhoon, the strongest recorded in modern ages.

Over the past week, Philippines authorities and international aid agencies have been facing a mounting humanitarian crisis, with the number of people displaced by the catastrophe estimated at 4 million, up from 900,000 late last week.

Living in the country’s poorest regions, Muslims in Marawi city, in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM), launched a campaign to help typhoon survivors.

Though the campaign was not expected to raise millions of pesos, the willingness of Muslims to offer help showed that generosity comes not only from the rich.

“Imagine the drive gathering almost P100,000 in nine days, which we could already use to buy rice, Maggi (instant noodles) and tuna to be delivered to Visayas,” Gutoc, also former lawmaker of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, said.

Those who did not have cash, handed over clothes and other basic necessities.

Volunteers also laid down prayer mats around the Marawi City public market to solicit contributions while others urged residents to pack their used clothes or excess food and send them to the typhoon victims.