“1 dead, 2 missing, over 18000 affected by floods in Davao Occidental” was the headline in local media. Not much can be done from far distance when you read such reports. Yet shortly after Christmas our Mindanao field Director Freddie Nuyad could establish some contact through the local pastoral network and at least one small community who lost every thing and were left with no food could be reached with a rice and some basic food delivery. “