Shani Shahmoon is an opinion columnist and a member of the Daily Bruin Editorial Board. She writes about student activism, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and mental health issues.

Shani Shahmoon

News

Sports

Arts

Opinion

The Quad

Photo

Video

Illustrations

Cartoons

Graphics

The Stack

PRIME

Enterprise

Interactives

Podcasts

Games

Classifieds

Print issues

Black History Month,

Meet the athletes and stories shaping UCLA gymnastics

robots

web.ns.11.12.samahang.OE.jpg - Daily Bruin

Undeclared second-year Alana Sanchez-Prak gives lecture about a typhoon aid relief project that she worked on in the Philippines. (Owen Emerson/Daily Bruin)

https://dailybruin.com/2014/11/12/student-brings-back-stories-from-relief-mission-in-typhoon-struck-philippines/web-ns_-11-12-samahang-oe_-jpg/

twitter:card

twitter:description

twitter:title

twitter:site

https://wp.dailybruin.com/images/2014/11/web.ns_.11.12.samahang.OE_.jpg

twitter:image

twitter:creator

Campus

db-story-ns

Daily Bruin

Student brings back stories from relief mission in typhoon-struck Philippines - Daily Bruin

Student brings back stories from relief mission in typhoon-struck Philippines

max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1

One of Alana Sanchez-Prak’s larger host families during her trip to the Philippines relied on coconut trees as its primary source of income. The mother of the family remembered watching the roof fly off her home and seeing the trees collapse while trying to get her family to safety.

https://dailybruin.com/2014/11/12/student-brings-back-stories-from-relief-mission-in-typhoon-struck-philippines/

Monday, Feb. 16, 2026

IN THE NEWS:

Student brings back stories from relief mission in typhoon-struck Philippines

By Shani Shahmoon

Nov. 12, 2014 1:38 a.m.