I am Lilybeth Tebrero, a member of the Herbal Group. We are not direct beneficiaries of the Give2Asia Housing Project in Maliwaliw Island, but my parents were. When my father passed away in November 2018, we became the beneficiaries of his housing unit. Our original house is within the 40km danger zone at Sitio Kabarasan. We are one of the 3 remaining families at the coastal area with concrete houses. I have 8 children, and we needed a minimum space to fit all of them comfortably. My husband is a teacher at the barangay elementary school. Although we have a regular source of income it was not enough for us to transfer right away to the village because we did not have enough savings to build an extension. During rainy season, we usually transfer to the G2A Village, but normally we still live at our old house. During the Typhoon Ursula, we were supposed to transfer to the G2A Village before landfall, but we were pre-occupied preparing food before we evacuate. The typhoon landed while we were still in Kabarasan, we saw how the water rose as we run towards the village. We saw our windows shattered and the water entering our house. We were running with the water already increasing up to our knees. When we reached the elementary school, we decided to go inside since the wind was so strong and we couldn’t proceed to the village anymore. At the evacuation center, we observed that it was not resilient enough to withstand stronger typhoons. The windows were broken, and the ceilings are dripping with water. After the typhoon, when we transferred to the Village, we observed that only the front window of our house was damaged. At that point, my husband and I regretted, we knew better, we were both trained and were able to attend the trainings given by GDFI, but still we chose convenience over safety. While we were evacuating, our children were crying, they were traumatized because of what we experienced. Right there and then, we decided to transfer as soon as possible to the village. We transferred what we saved from our house to the village and we will slowly construct an extension.” Lilybeth and Chris shared their story to other residents still living in coastal areas. Lilybeth said “We learned our lessons the hard way, we risked the lives of our children over convenience and attachment to our old house. We are thankful to G2A and GDFI for the housing grant that we are now living in. We are thankful that it was not too late to actually do the right thing.