Dolphins offer hope in face of devastation

Something jumped out of the still waters and hope filled the hearts of those living in temporary shelters on the seashore.

Annalisa Capa, 44, carried her daughter in one arm and rushed to look closer.

“There are dolphins!” she shouted. “Thank God, you’ll get more fish today,” she told a fisherman standing nearby.

The sight of dolphins off the coast of the fishing village of Malinao town means life is back. People will soon have something on the table, especially when they greet the New Year.

For almost a month now, villagers of Baybay in the province of Albay, south of the Philippine capital, have been surviving on canned food and noodles from aid organizations.

Their village, their homes, their fishing boats and nets have been destroyed by the series of strong typhoons that hit the region.

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