{"id":208450,"date":"2015-08-19T14:44:16","date_gmt":"2015-08-19T04:44:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=208450"},"modified":"2015-08-19T14:44:16","modified_gmt":"2015-08-19T04:44:16","slug":"karidat-distributes-relief-items-to-parishes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/karidat-distributes-relief-items-to-parishes\/","title":{"rendered":"Karidat distributes relief items to parishes"},"content":{"rendered":"

Karidat has started giving out relief items to parishes, with Tanapag and San Roque villages as their first stops yesterday.<\/p>\n

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Residents in Tanapag line up at the Santa Remedios Church for Karidat\u2019s distribution of relief items yesterday. Karidat will be visiting each of the parishes on Saipan this week. (Frauleine S. Villanueva)
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According to Karidat, 100 bags will be given out for each parish. The first two were San Roque parish and Santa Remedios.<\/p>\n

For today, they will be distributing at Kristo Rai and San Jose parishes.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe know that our office is in Chalan Piao; it\u2019s hard for people to get there,\u201d Karidat executive director Laurie Ogumoro told Saipan Tribune.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s why we figured, there\u2019s a church in every village so that\u2019s the easiest way, to go to the churches and get things out for everyone,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n

Ogumoro said they will be at Mt. Carmel Cathedral and San Antonio parishes on Thursday and at St. Jude, San Vicente, and Santa Soledad parishes on Friday.<\/p>\n

The organization, together with members of the CNMI 19th Legislature, handed out bags containing canned goods, soba, soaps, toothpastes, and cans of butane gas.<\/p>\n

Karidat and their volunteers only started repacking Monday due to Tropical Storm Goni passing through the CNMI over the weekend but Ogumoro said they wanted to distribute right away even as they are still repacking other donated items.<\/p>\n

Members of the community peacefully lined up and the distribution went smoothly. Residents said the relief items are a big help.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a big help of course,\u201d 60-year-old Erma Arcangeles said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is a big help for us who don\u2019t have jobs right now because the restaurant where we work is closed,\u201d San Roque resident Marites Isip said.<\/p>\n

Rep. George Camacho (R-Saipan) helped with the distribution.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019d like to thank Karidat for coming out to the community and being in the church for the distribution,\u201d Camacho said, adding that it made it easier for the people in their precinct to get help.<\/p>\n

Ogumoro said those who wanted to stop by in their office can still go there and get help.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have some supplies there,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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