๐๐ข๐๐ข๐, ๐ฃ๐ต๐ถ๐น๐ถ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐ โ In a swift response to the recent powerful earthquake that struck Bogo City in the province of Cebu, the Tzu Chi Foundation in Bohol initiated a 2-day large-scale simultaneous relief fund drive in 6 major shopping malls in Tagbilaran City on October 4 and 5,2025.
Tzu Chi training volunteers, Tzu Chi Youth, Tzu Chi Scholars and Tzu Chi Staff set out early in the morning driven by the urgent need to gather essential resources through financial donations to aid the victims in Cebu who are currently facing displacement, damaged homes, and a lack of basic necessities in the aftermath of the tremor.
โ๐๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐น๐ฎ๐ ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐น๐ผ๐๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ผ ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ป๐ฒ๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ฏ๐ผ๐ฟ, ๐๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ฎ๐๐๐ถ๐๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐บ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฟ ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ ,โsaid Tzu Chi Boholโs Deputy Coordinator, Bro. Joven Uy.
The earthquake, which registered a significant 6.9 magnitude, rocked Bogo City on the night of September 30,2025 at 9:59 pm, causing extensive damage to infrastructures, including homes, schools, public buildings and churches, claiming 68 lives and leaving several hundreds injured. Due to fear of the aftershocks, many families refused to go back to their homes and had chosen to live and stay in open areas with limited access to food, clean water, and medical supplies.
The spirit of giving during the fundraiser was fueled by personal experiences of several donors empathizing for having survived Bohol’s major earthquake in 2013. They shared that placing themselves in the victims’ situation moved them to act and help in every way they can no matter how small the contribution is.
โ๐๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ป ๐ฎ ๐น๐ถ๐๐๐น๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ป ๐บ๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฒ ๐ฎ ๐ฏ๐ถ๐ด ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ณ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฒ ๐ฎ ๐ต๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ป๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐ฏ๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ฝ๐น๐ฒ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต๐ผ๐๐ ๐ฎ ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด๐น๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐๐ผ.โ,shared Raybenth Iyana, 22, from San Isidro, Bohol.
This sentiment was echoed by 75-year-old Cornelia Perez from Tagbilaran City, who once received Tzu Chiโs assistance during the 2013 earthquake in Bohol. โ๐ ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ด๐ต ๐ง๐๐ ๐๐ต๐ถ ๐๐ผ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ ๐ด๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐น๐ ๐ต๐ฒ๐น๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฎ๐ป๐ด๐ฒ ๐น๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ผ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ผ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฑ. ๐ง๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐๐บ๐ฎ๐น๐น ๐ฎ๐บ๐ผ๐๐ป๐, ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ป ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ฏ๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐ผ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐, ๐ ๐ธ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐๐ถ๐น๐น ๐บ๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฒ ๐ฎ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ณ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐บ๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐ โshe said.
For Tzu Chi alumni and scholars volunteering at the event, the fund drive was a chance to pay forward the compassion they had received from Tzu Chi. They spoke of the foundationโs continuous impact to their lives, inspiring their participation to Tzu Chiโs efforts.
Lhea Jane Lantaco, a 23-year-old Tzu Chi alumna, was motivated by her own past as a disaster victim. โ๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ป ๐ฎ ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐บ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐๐ฝ๐ต๐ผ๐ผ๐ป๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐ต๐พ๐๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ ๐บ๐๐๐ฒ๐น๐ณ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฎ๐ด๐ผ, ๐ ๐ธ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ป๐ฒ๐๐, ๐ต๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐น๐ฒ๐๐๐ป๐ฒ๐๐, ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฝ ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ต๐ฒ๐น๐ฝ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฏ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ผ ๐ถ๐ ๐ฒ๐
๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ ๐ป๐ผ๐,โ she shared. Despite it being her rest day from work, she chose to spend it meaningfully, drawn by the fulfillment of helping others through Tzu Chi.
Jay Ace Amoncio, a 21-year-old Tzu Chi scholar, found the day memorable, as he witnessed the kindness of the donors. โ๐ช๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ป๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ ๐๐ต๐ผ ๐๐ถ๐น๐น ๐ด๐ถ๐๐ฒ. ๐ฆ๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐บ๐ฒ๐, ๐๐ต๐ผ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ผ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐๐ฟ๐๐ด๐ด๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ต๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ถ๐น๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ธ๐ถ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐, ๐๐ถ๐น๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ด๐น๐ ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ป๐ผ ๐บ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ต๐ผ๐ ๐๐บ๐ฎ๐น๐น ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐บ๐ผ๐๐ป๐ ๐ถ๐. ๐ง๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐, ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐บ๐ฒ, ๐ถ๐ ๐๐ป๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ด๐ฒ๐๐๐ฎ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ.โ
The Tzu Chi Foundation, a global Buddhist humanitarian organization renowned for its disaster response, has a long standing reputation of providing timely aid in the Philippines. The approach often combines immediate relief with long-term recovery projects.
Residents of Bohol who wish to contribute are encouraged to contact the Tzu Chi Bohol Office directly or visit their official social media pages.
