Lottie the volunteer's BLOG

Ed Rompal, Tacloban visual artist in his solo art exhibit.          Days before the celebration of Tacloban City fiesta, the first biggest solo 3-day art exhibit was held to immortalize the events on what happened to the people of Tacloban after typhoon Yolanda. The 100 sketches made by a former cartoonist of the Daily Tribune and now a renowned visual artist of Tacloban City, Ed Rompal. His artworks were placed in 100 frames that could be seen in his 3-day exhibit starting June 26-27, Saturday at Robinsons Tacloban activity area. The 64-year old artist was also one of the survivors of typhoon Yolanda last 2013. After his stay in Canada for how many months he decided to go back to Tacloban bringing with him all the images that had instilled in his mind before he left the dead City. In his stay in Canada, his brother advised him to have his own art shop in case he will not able to obtain a job due to his age. His brother’s gym was converted into a...

Marivic and her new-born baby Kathryn. (San Vicente, Northern Samar) Days after the Solar Scholar workshop, we scheduled a trip to the island town of San Vicente Northern Samar to assess the power situation of their Rural Health Unit headed by Dr. Nenilyn Francisco. At first, we were lost because we took the ride from Calbayog to Catarman which eventually not the proper route. We rode a jeepney from Catarman to Allen and tricycle to San Isidro, Northern Samar. It was quite a long trip. We need to ride the boat from San Isidro port to San Vicente at 2:00 o’clock in the afternoon. We were lucky to be on time. The boat left at exactly 2:00 o’clock leaving us a lot of dust in our faces. It took two hours to get into the island. The island was enveloped with darkness when we arrived. Locals meet some passengers at the port to welcome their relatives. At first we already planned of sleeping along the port area where there is an abandoned building where we can protect o...