"Everything that we worked to build up has been destroyed. If the village captain hadn't gathered everyone together during the typhoon, we probably wouldn't be here right now. Our homes have almost all been destroyed or washed away, except for a very few."

Construction worker, Francis Abuhan, his family and some neighbours were sitting on bamboo mats in the road. Their precious belongings lay around them. Their damaged homes stood in a muddy flooded field next to them.

"Our main concern is livelihoods and how we are going to feed ourselves. I'm also very worried about how my children will be able to continue their education, as we have no money now."

The death toll from Typhoon Bopha in the Philippines continues to rise; 906 people are now confirmed dead; with more than 900 missing.

More than a thousand people have been killed in the destruction left by Typhoon Bopha in Mindanao, the southern island of the Philippines.