NSFI Partners Deliver 121,800 Liters of Safe Water to Typhoon Tino Survivors
CEBU AND NEGROS OCCIDENTAL – Relief organizations supported by the Nature’s Spring Foundation Inc. (NSFI) delivered a total of 121,800 liters of safe drinking water to communities devastated by Typhoon Tino from November to early December 2025.
Typhoon Tino, which struck the Philippines in early November, affected over 1.1 million people and displaced close to 600,000 across the Visayas region. The storm made multiple landfalls and claimed at least 52 lives according to initial reports, with Cebu bearing the brunt of the destruction.
The Visayas Disaster Risk Reduction Network Inc. (VDRN), Carlos Hilado Memorial State University (CHMSU), and Sacred Heart Charitable Foundation Inc. conducted their own relief programs based on rapid disaster needs and capacity assessments in the affected areas.
NSFI partnered with these organizations to support the safe drinking water component of their relief operations. VDRN distributed water to multiple cities and municipalities in Cebu including Talisay City, Cebu City, Mandaue City, and Liloan, as well as Sagay City in Negros Occidental. CHMSU covered La Castellana and Moises Padilla in Negros Occidental, while Sacred Heart Charitable Foundation Inc. served Compostela in Cebu.
The majority of the water provided was distilled drinking water to ensure safe consumption for pregnant and lactating mothers and their children.
The partnership was conducted under NSFI’s Disaster Emergency Water Supply (DEWS) Program, which supports organizations providing extended relief assistance to disaster-affected communities.
A state of calamity was declared in the entire province of Cebu, as well as in multiple cities and municipalities in Negross Occidental, following the widespread damage. The relief efforts filled a critical gap as local government units’ prepositioned relief supplies, typically sufficient for two to three days, proved inadequate for the prolonged recovery needs of the affected communities.
NSFI supports private organizations conducting relief operations when the limited capacity of local government units can no longer sustain relief efforts in disaster-affected areas.###
