VLOG: Bohol entering early recovery phase

TAGBILARAN, Philippines – Residents of Tagbilaran City in Bohol are struggling to move forward in what officials call the ‘recovery phase.’
Voltaire Tupaz files this video blog.

A week after the magnitude 7.2 quake struck Central Visayas, the government of Bohol, line agencies, and humanitarian aid groups say they are entering the early recovery phase.
Food, water and more decent energy shelters are top priorities. 
More than 34,000 houses have been destroyed, displacing at least 73,000 families.They are staying in evacuation centers, outside their homes, and even in rice fields.

LONITA GALLADO, SAGBAYAN RESIDENT: Mahirap. Marami kasi. Wala kami sa bahay kasi malapit nang ano, nasira na ang bahay namin. Sana may ganyan, balong-balong. (It’s really hard. We can’t get relief goods because there are a lot of people. We are not at home because our house has been destroyed.)

Families have started to return to their homes. Though some families came back because of the 5.3 earthquake that struck Bohol early Monday morning. 
They live in constant fear but they find comfort in helicopters that fly in and out of the stadium to deliver relief goods.
The sound of the helicopter reassures them that help is on the way.
Voltaire Tupaz, Rappler. Tagbilaran.

– Rappler.com