November 20, 2013 — A fishing community in Tanauan, a small coastal town 20 kilometers south of Tacloban city in the Philippines have been going out to sea in boats made out of refrigerators after their vessels were destroyed by a killer typhoon.
Fishermen have been picking out damaged fridges found amongst rubble, after Super Typhoon Haiyan hit their town 12 days ago.
Much of their community's infrastructure, buildings, fishing boats have been destroyed, and residents have been looking for a way to continue making a living.
Jimmy Obaldo, a 52-year-old fisherman, was the first to making his boat out of a fridge, and he said he got the idea from his children.
"We got the idea to use refrigerators as boats from my children, they just asked me if we could use it as a boat then we tried to do it and tested it," he said.
He said steering these makeshift boats is not an easy task. He has to make sure the sea is calm, and he has to paddle faster and use smaller, lighter nets of just 25 metres.
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