Tropical Storm Sendong (international name: Washi) brought 12
straight hours of devastating rains Friday night, causing flash floods and
landslides that left Mindanao, Philippines with over 700 dead, hundreds more missing, and over
35,000 people displaced from their homes, according to the latest reports from the
Philippine Red Cross and the Philippine Daily Inquirer. Among the most affected
areas are Cagayan De Oro, Iligan City, Bukidnon,
Negros Oriental, Lanao del Norte, Compostela Valley, Zamboanga
del Norte and Surigao del Sur.
In addition to offering our prayers, there are more ways to
help. You may coordinate with the following for your donations:
1.
Philippine Red Cross
The Philippine Red Cross is appealing for immediate cash assistance to
support its relief and recovery efforts. Get instructions for online donations
and other ways to donate from the PRC website.
2.
Smart Communications, Inc.
Smart
subscribers can send monetary donations to the Philippine Red Cross through
text. To donate, text RED (amount) to 4143. Valid donation amounts for
Smart are 10, 25, 50, 100, 300, 500 and 1000. These will be charged to the
subscriber’s prepaid load or postpaid bill.
Smart Money users can also transfer funds using their mobile
phones to the official Baha Fund account. Log on to the Smart Communications, Inc. Facebook page for the account number and more details.
3.
Globe Telecom
Globe subscribers can also send donations via SMS. Text RED (amount) to 2899. Valid donation amounts for Globe are 5, 25, 50, 100,
300, 500 and 1000 pesos.
4.
GMA Kapuso Foundation
Support Operation Bayanihan: Relief Operation for Victims of
Flashfloods in Mindanao.
According to GMA, following rescue operations of the
government, relief goods from Manila, Cebu and Davao are being
transported to Cagayan de Oro and other affected areas. Donations in kind such
as bottled water, rice, instant noodles, clothes and medicines can be delivered
directly to the GMA Kapuso Foundation repacking site: Capitol University Gym,
Corrales Extension, Cagayan de Oro City. Contact Armi Sobremisana at
088-8577933 or 0919-5749835.
Cash and material donations can also be dropped off at the
GMA Kapuso Foundation, 2nd Floor, Kapuso Center, GMA 7,
EDSA Diliman, Quezon City. You may
also call their hotline numbers (02) 928-4299 or (02) 928-9351.
Cash donations can be deposited to Metrobank, UCPB and
Cebuana Lhuiller branches as well. Log on to the Unang Hirit Facebook page for the account numbers and more details.
5. TV5 Kapatid Foundation
Send donations in kind such as food, clothing, utensils, water containers, blankets, mats and medicines to the News5 Aksyon Center, TV5 Office, San Bartolome, Novaliches, Quezon City. For inquiries, call the News5 Aksyon Center hotline, (02) 938-6393. For cash donations, log on to the InterAksyon website for the BDO and BPI bank account numbers.
6. ABS-CBN Foundation, Inc.
Sagip Kapamilya also welcomes donations in cash and in kind.
You may send food items like rice, noodles, canned goods, biscuits, coffee and sugar, as well as clothes, blankets, mats and medicines to Sagip Kapamilya, ABS-CBN Foundation, Inc., Mother Ignacia cor. Eugenio Lopez St., Diliman, Quezon City.
7.
Gawad Kalinga
Gawad Kalinga has launched Operation Walang Iwanan Mindanao. For
donations in kind, GK is preparing food packs. Each food pack contains the following:
·
Three kilos of rice
·
Four cans of sardines
·
Five packs of noodles
·
Coffee
·
Sugar
Donating slippers and other kinds of basic footwear would be good, too, as I read on Twitter that many of the people displaced are barefoot. They also need bath and laundry soaps, toothbrushes, toothpaste, and feminine napkins.
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