Real - Infanta Mercy Flyout Mission

In December 2004, powerful typhoons "Winnie" and "Yoyong" ravaged serveral areas in Luzon, among them Quezon province. Floods and landslides displaced thousands of families and killed thousands of family, young and old alike. In responce to the disaster and in keeping with its mission to conduct humanitarian assistance to marginalized sectors of society, 3P FOUNDATION embarked on a 10-day "Mercy Flyout Mission" to bring food and medical relief aid to the typhoon victims in Infanta and Real in Quezon province.

Thousands of people died after flash floods and landslides devastated three coastal towns and left swathes of the northern Philippines under water.The death toll rise as rescuers were unable to reach areas cut off by huge mudslides and fast-moving floodwater in the wake of tropical depression Winnie and as the country braced for another powerful storm. Thousands of people died in the towns of Real, Infanta and General Nakar in Quezon province, about 80 km (50 miles) east of Manila. hundreds of people were still missing in Real, where witnesses said a torrent of logs and mud had swept down from the Sierra Madre mountains during Monday night's downpour. Rampant illegal logging has been blamed for leaving towns vulnerable to landslides, a factor in several disasters in recent years.