A week after thousands of families fled the wrath of Taal Volcano, the situation at evacuation centers sheltering them has begun to deteriorate because of overcrowding.
NO EASY TASK Evacuees sort through a pile of donated clothes at the Bauan Technical School in Bauan, Batangas. While there is a surplus of food and clothing, evacuees lamented the shortage of water in evacuation centers. PHOTO BY J. GERARD SEGUIA