Dhaka (AsiaNews ) - Catholics in Bangladesh are launching a fundraising campaign to help the victims of Typhoon Haiyan , which has caused more than 5,600 deaths in the Philippines. The initiative is the idea of Msgr. Patrick D' Rozario , Archbishop of Dhaka and President of the Bishops' Conference of Bangladesh , who invited " all the parishes , educational institutions , religious congregations , organizations , and the faithful in the country to offer every possible help to the Filipino people ."
On December 1st, he added, "we will pray for the victims and their families. On the same day we will collect money for them, and deliver it to the Bishops' Conference of the Philippines ."
The typhoon Haiyan made landfall on the Asian nation on November 8 last. The central part of the Philippine archipelago was the hardest hit . According to the latest estimates - still provisional - of the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council ( NDRRMC ) , there were 5,613 victims, while 1,602 people are still missing . In Tacloban alone- the area most devastated by the cataclysm - there were 3,310 victims. The injured number 18,557 with at least 2 million families (10 million people) scattered throughout 10,716 villages suffering serious damage to their homes and livelihoods.
