Low-cost carrier passes aid and rebuilds lives in typhoon-hit Philippines


Generous gesture: (Behind mock cheque from left) Philippines Red Cross (PRC) secretary-general Dr Gwen Pang, Tacloban City Mayor Alfredo S. Romualdez, PRC chairman former senator Richard Gordon, Presidential Assistant for Rehabilitation and Recovery Secretary Panfilo Lacson Sr, Fernandes and AirAsia X CEO Azran Osman-Rani (back row right) posing for a photo during the cheque presentation ceremony in Tacloban.

MANILA: On Nov 8, Super Typhoon Haiyan slammed into the central Philippines, leaving over 8,000 dead or missing and levelling thousands of homes, causing RM42bil in damage and destruction.

Almost seven months on, the worst-hit communities are still struggling to rebuild their shattered lives from makeshift tents they now call home.

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