Marking the first Anniversary of Super Typhoon Yolanda with prayers, white balloons, protests, dedications. How is Leyte after 1 year?

<div style="text-align: justify;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCH-_5VUCVfMUdv02AdrLo4CfZfhFIwqacRfzk2RFbNawGbcO2pEGL9I2_IM54KjDY6c1eA9fNhh9E63BzNTJvVJ5WnNqb_BwmdWla65nomxj8INpvxvFT_ngcArhBWzDo0WBObFtkcjU/s640/10804610_725972577479882_674153632_o.jpg" width="640" /></div> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> It has been one year ever since the devastating Super Typhoon <b>Yolanda </b>has hit the country, the exact dates were November 8, 2014 until November 11, 2014. Now, Filipinos are celebrating life by releasing white balloons into the sky, praying a "thank you" for life, dedicating videos to the victims and even protesting to the lack of services given. The question is, how has Leyte been after one year of recovery?<br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOfR3C8ZgX_dysB_vJgjHbOmDo_E7mgD7tv629uPdQYYD-1EhCLAfc_su0JiXrpGjVhX3mp-MS_4TBQbUMiAdeomKxPL2cky1dmbwwBo0iXJRKZ46kc4-IxykL-gQKMtmidq-vNQ1rpmk/s400/640_2014_11_08_14_35_40.jpg" width="400" /></div> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <img border="0" height="283" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-ct85YQZjXO2QAi6iwpnhSmqp0XNhdk5ka2TCRyI5MTR9coThLyC1xNFMEEL4cojK4oEO_Gp7gKIgCk1fGGssJcSHAhvinr3VwZl6Y68I6AnVUO8J2T_8XJIw8xGNQREyeAwoRE6DCdw/s400/lanterns.jpg.pagespeed.ce.Wz25TIbbEX.jpg" width="400" /></div> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> As one of the most strongest super typhoons of the year and even all-time, super typhoon Yolanda (Local name) or <b>Haiyan </b>(International name) has been well known for creating destruction through the southern and central parts of the Philippines with its 230 k/hr to 315 k/hr winds.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The strength of the typhoon had affected 1,473,251 families along with a casualty count of 6,193, injured count of 28,689 and a missing count of 1,061 people on estimates. The super typhoon had almost completely destroyed the province and destroyed about 90 percent in only the capitol city of Tacloban. Meanwhile there are still around 4 million people who remain homeless until today.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Each and every person had their own life, their own family and their own aspirations. It is up to the living to continue their name and goals in life as we take a moment to remember their memory and the lives and happiness they have given to others while they were still here. Let us all take time to also thank our Savior God for keeping us, the living safe and protected throughout the unforgettable storm and a thank you to the many people and other countries who aided and assisted the victims of super typhoon Yolanda.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD7LEW9tkj6XQIuo-pFsjOaRZ4_nRgECjlWfv-rbk-X8-cqv8UNxkpZkDt_EUxyfbytGYZP9_COeNZ1urMhCXUZ3YW68MrztCa5VnaN-Qn5G5rHXK49cMMc6Di6NO4D1qwK5RdN5QsRYI/s400/2014_11_08_12_28_15.jpg" width="400" /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /> <b>Celebrating Life</b><br /> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> On November 8, 2014, candles filled the streets of the most-affected central Philippines city of Leyte, to honor and remember the over 6,000 victims of super typhoon Yolanda. Before even dawn broke last Saturday, November 8, more than 5,000 people had been holding candles and white balloons as a mournful walk was initiated around the regional capitol, <b>Tacloban City.</b></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b><br /></b></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Faith has kept the survivors strong, and a year after the catastrophe, church bells still ring clearly as a Roman Catholic mass started at Tacloban's grave site where around 3,000 storm victims are buried on an almost half-hectare grave-site. Although, there are still hundred out there that are still unaccounted for.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The city's mayor, <b>Alfred Romualdez </b>shared his insight on the memorable anniversary.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /> "It's important that we make it meaningful, so for the next generations people will remember this," he admitted to Reuters.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTuyz7z8zbgpSR0egpuH1AG-8n-CA0mKER5J_Wz_L0E5p5xG1R6tNDq-IdO44dw-IKHGG1v3vCIdFg_LHIcuPWPuqDlwXXtqgLXB4prSUYleFHqhXhsnQvXxEpTP5tYTxmmYHk5d4dr9E/s400/fff.jpg" style="text-align: center;" width="400" /><br /> <br /> <b>Protesters</b></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> As for protesters, there are hundred of fishermen, farmers, and activists in Tacloban who are crying to the government to provide them with more homes and jobs. Those very protesters have gone so far as burning a nine-foot tall effigy of <b>resident Benigno Aquino </b>wherein they have also accused the administration relating to him for reconstructing and diverting funds.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> Chairperson of <b>People Surge</b>, a group of Yolanda survivors, <b>Efleda Bautista </b>has shared her own comments about the things they are doing.<br /> <br /> "Our call is justice for the criminal negligence of our president and the government, and we want him to step down," she said.<br /> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Not only in Tacloban, but also in <b>Manila</b>, there were dozens of <b>Climate Change </b>activists who have marched right near to the Presidential Palace and lit candles in equal solidarity with the typhoon victims.<br /> <br /> <b>Dedications and Leyte: One Year after the Storm</b></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b><br /></b></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> There have been dedications via pictures, slideshows and music videos and we would love to share a song that has been created for the typhoon victims and how they have, will and can stand up once again. It was posted and shared by <a href="https://www.facebook.com/TheSidProject" target="_blank">The SID Project</a> who has written and performed the song himself.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/OyH6SudoIAA" width="420"></iframe></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b>Leyte: One Year after the Storm</b></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <br /> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> <br /> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"> <img border="0" height="425" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpMzbbel8sjVBjD0AHZmSlZwn3ur8Ig1vYjANkim6KnEIuRLaPyYH4Xf7N76dgF7eqoLvo6H7QrKQvemqG4rahp3i1jYwGH1dpl3XFx-t5HVw90DVB34j2AkKP6nfG_Jn0fuDA12gtMYE/s640/smr91697_%5B1%5D_Argie+and+Julie+Anne+Barigon+and+their+daughter+outside+their+new+Trocaire+funded+home+in+Tacloban,+Leyte+island,+the+Philippines..jpg" style="cursor: move;" width="640" /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"> A family that now has a nice home after the typhoon.</div> <div style="margin: 0px;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"> <img border="0" height="296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUcjd6sIJg45XYLMmag4LdqPb951BFTQeXziVoHgMPW5L9gkahBgC4QBsjQ-pe60fcGUJc0RaP9QhNfmb4_uiEbw9rHtw4GEYJ5AV3lMeQiyj3RPqzd5AOEgGmUrvbQ8ldtyoi5AiZVYA/s640/typhoon-haiyan-one-year-anniversary-01.jpg" style="cursor: move;" width="640" /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"> Left: November 11, 2013 - 22yr old Emelie Sagales after giving birth to her child Bea Joy in who she named after her mother who was killed in the typhoon.</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"> Right: November 5, 2014 - Emelie and her 1 year old child, Bea Joy, inside their hut in Tacloban.</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div style="margin: 0px;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"> <img border="0" height="252" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjego8F8vgBFVy9S0XktjONZm3GASkJ43BgRxRSsGZ4NV0E6Ali0_C3VtmBLCFFNL3mKWIH_w8pgNCAiMr1PGrCqThVyTrUO6mw31wteo09cWhynQcHlAFwzh2MvinvkL4XXzS3T_hZjVc/s640/typhoon-haiyan-one-year-anniversary-04.jpg" style="cursor: move;" width="640" /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"> Left: November 9, 2013 - An elder Filipino woman standing beside recovered victims</div> <div class="caption"> <div style="text-align: center;"> <div style="margin: 0px;"> Right: November 3, 2014 - The same chapel, but with a Filipino policeman resting there.</div> </div> </div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div style="margin: 0px;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"> <img border="0" height="210" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjfPlnzsEYIzRo3XaiK-pJCPfXDa_EiqGDa7ccDxSwerFW_ze9AAuBfsUP6axd_2aOXR-AeGVWXxkSNYyXtPS9hFyjZzEFRSY2SpyFrUerdzZDktCjezaiigy-O4Mp3k-ZXy5uBWJXVMc/s640/typhoon-haiyan-one-year-anniversary-05.jpg" style="cursor: move;" width="640" /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"> Left: (November 10, 2013) Joshua Cator, 11yrs old surviving Typhoon Yolanda and scavenging for food and reusable materials.</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"> Right: (One year later) Joshua Cator, standing in front of makeshift house next to a tent. He has lost 23 relatives from the typhoon including his mother and younger sister.</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div style="margin: 0px;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"> <img border="0" height="314" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8xMER6rolk_b_JnvYEPozv_pTmhvP3s2TI3-ofv3rTEjpkP4hlLg0Z0f18snGRz2Kx6MQC5ExK2jeO4Na3JcPGi4E6RTczltuZb5tJlJo1I0LK5oZkEO67En2yOSc79RVhC1PUMuqd_A/s640/typhoon-haiyan-one-year-anniversary-06.jpg" style="cursor: move;" width="640" /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"> Aerial view of the city of Tacloban</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"> Left: November 9, 2013</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"> Right: November 3, 2014</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"> <img border="0" height="192" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbUGOQ6c5ezsWq1WKIm8r2V0BYfcJ8GssY_oaqDt9YMmNiQwNyqFpV-lGWd-WgvF-GCg_Erb5bHr4KyzR7WMfINhXMIErsiaxAiT7azdSEBnQk16HlclqMkmZPyZmxxUu7Ts5dF352__I/s640/typhoon-haiyan-one-year-anniversary-07.jpg" style="cursor: move;" width="640" /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"> Left: November 9, 2013 - Devastated Tacloban airport</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"> Right: November 2, 2014 - The same Tacloban airport</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"> Amazing? What prayer do you have to send to the families of the affected?</div> </div>

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