Sara Pandian, 40, an evacuee from Sitio Sawa in Dalingaoen, Pikit, North Cotabato tends her sari-sari store at the evacuation center in Batulawan, also in Pikit on Wednesday, August 22, 2012.

Even if they evacuated, Sara said she cannot stop earning a living because she needs to send her children to school.

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