(From left): High school students, Sean Paolo Pamat, 15; Marc Brent Maceda, 16; Kahlil Apolinar 15 share how they coped with their studies and how they survived the tragedy that befell central Visayas.  PHOTO BY RUY MARTINEZ
(From left): High school students, Sean Paolo Pamat, 15; Marc Brent Maceda, 16; Kahlil Apolinar 15 share how they coped with their studies and how they survived the tragedy that befell central Visayas. PHOTO BY RUY MARTINEZ

In Manila, the displaced families were taken in by the benevolent community of the United Evangelical Church of the Philippines (UECP), which also runs Hope Christian School, a Chinese-Filipino learning institution in the heart of Binondo, Manila.

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