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Tuesday, January 7, 2014

It’s been nearly two months since the strongest storm ever recorded slammed the Philippines and the U.S. alone has contributed more than $37 million to relief efforts in the devastated country according to Time Magazine. Other countries and international organizations like the U.N. have donated just as much to help decimated communities in the badly damaged province of Leyte return to some sense of normalcy as they begin to rebuild their lives.