Subject: Re: Hunter
From: "Kathleen Biden" <[email-masked]>
To: "Hunter Biden" <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 15 Jun 2014 16:25:01 +0000 (GMT)

Beautiful.  Made me cry

On Jun 15, 2014, at 11:20 AM, Hunter Biden <[email-masked]> wrote:

·         As you’ve heard tonight, Typhoon Haiyan was a devastating storm affecting millions of people.

·         I was honored to visit the Philippines about a month after the storm hit in my role as Chairman of the Board of World Food Program USA.

·         I was immensely proud to see U.S. leadership in the relief efforts, including the role of the U.S. military.

·         I was equally impressed by the staff of the UN World Food Programme who came from all over the world to deliver food assistance to 3 million people in need.

·         As I crisscrossed the areas affected by the typhoon, I was overwhelmed by the devastation. In some places, there wasn’t a single coconut tree or structure standing miles inland.

·         But amidst these scenes of loss, there were already signs of hope and progress toward recovery.

·         After the typhoon swept through the city of Tacloban, local survivors had scrawled “PLEASE HELP” on slabs of debris. By the time I arrived, the handmade signs read simply: “Thank you”.

·         Food and medicines were being distributed and the Filipino people were working together to clean up the mess and rebuild their lives.

·         I was amazed by this resilience. In fact during my travels there I learned a Filipino word that captures this spirit of community – it is called Bayanihan. (Pronounced: BYE-YA-NEE-HAN)

·         The response to Typhoon Haiyan showed us what the world can accomplish when we work together. Big and small, everyone played a part and each contribution made an impact.

RHB
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