The footages you may have seen on TV are just a peek and an understatement of the real disaster and damages wrought by Typhoon Ondoy on the Philippines. The impact of it all is only just beginning to sink in as people, whose lives and homes were devastated, are now starting to pick up the pieces and put them together – if there are any pieces left at all. Looking at the pictures of strange faces in the affected areas, you can feel the pain of loss, of the feeling of being lost.
I am asking everyone who are in better and safer places and situations right now to help these people in need. Your 10 bucks is already a lot help and will buy a family a bag of groceries enough to last them for a day or two.
Thousands of people have extended help in any way they could. Donations in cash and kind are pouring in. People have opened their homes to those who do not have a place to sleep in for the next several nights. Volunteerism is alive again. In the Philippines, we call it ‘bayanihan.’
You, too, can help.
There are several ways you can extend your help, including through the ABS-CBN SAGIP KAPAMILYA Foundation and the Philippine National Red Cross.
You may deposit to:
BANCO DE ORO ABS-CBN Branch
Account Number: 5630020111
Account Name: ABS-CBN FOUNDATION INC.
Routing code: BNORPHMM
* For confirmation of donation, please fax (+632-411-0858) or email (sagip@abs-cbn.com) copy of transmittal slip with complete donor’s information.
Website: http://www.sagipkapamilya.com/
You may also donate to:
Philippine National Red Cross
Online Donation Website:
http://www.redcross.org.ph/Site/PNRC/Default.aspx?S=48&SS=972
SAGIP KAPAMILYA also accepts donations in kind. Your old clothes will warm a lot of people who lost their clothes in the flood water and mud. You may send them to:
ABS-CBN FOUNDATION INC.
13 Examiner St. West Triangle, Quezon City
1104 Metro Manila, Philippines
Warehouse Tel. No: +632-413-2667


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