The Community in Baguio / Philippines Shelters Children with Special Needs from Ash fall of Taal Volcano Eruption
Taal Volcano Eruption January 2020
Missionary Benedictine Sisters
St. Scholastica’s Convent & Retreat House
Baguio City
The Community Missionary Benedictine Sisters,
Baguio City Shelters Children
with Special Needs from
Ash Fall of Taal Volcano Eruption
by SISTER MARIA LOURDES L. OBEJAS, OSB
On January 17, 2020, Seventy-three (73) Children with special needs and fifteen (15) staff were adopted by the Community of Benedictine Sisters of St. Scholastica’s Convent and Retreat House in Baguio City. The children: toddlers, wheelchair bound, hyperactive and others with special needs and the staff were transported to Baguio City in two busloads by the British School of Manila to flee from the wrath of Taal Volcano Eruption.
The children: toddlers, wheelchair bound, hyperactive and others with special needs and the staff were transported to Baguio City in two busloads by the British School of Manila to flee from the wrath of Taal Volcano Eruption. The ash fall that showered the buildings of the children’s village became hazardous to the health of the kids thus transferring them to Baguio for safety and prevention of lung related ailments and skin diseases that the volcanic ashes might trigger on their pediatric bodies.
The seventy -three children with special needs are composed of toddlers’ ages from 7 months old to 13 years old and the young adults from 15 to 33 years old.
The wheelchair bound children has cases like Down syndrome, ADHD, Autism Specter Disorder, Cerebral Palsy, Global Mental Delay, Blind and Deaf Mutes. Some toddlers and the hyperactive boys have mild or severe mental disturbance. One five month old child is an incest victim.
