YOU CAN HELP
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We in Manila were fortunate enough not to get hit by Durian (Typhoon Reming) but Southern Tagalog is devastated. There are areas where the damage cannot be estimated yet because communication lines are down. In some areas, 90% of the power transmission lines are destroyed. And in some places, the towns had just gotten their power back since the last typhoon (Milenyo) and they got hit again.
YOU CAN HELP!
For people in the corporate world- you can propose that your office do away with big Christmas parties in solidarity for the victims of these super typhoons... so many families have been affected by Milenyo and now Reming, the money spent on alcohol and food for Christmas parties can be put to better use by people who need it most.
ALL PETRON AND MCDONALDS OUTLETS ARE ACCEPTING DONATIONS FOR RELIEF GOODS THAT WILL THEN BE DISTRIBUTED BY ABOITIZ 2GO and DSWD.
If you do decide to donate food for the relief packages, please keep in mind that it would be best to provide them with NUTRITIOUS food. Personally I think it would be better to do away with the instant noodles and go for powdered milk, corned beef and the like.
FROM THE CORPORATE NETWORK FOR DISASTER RESPONSE
Donations in Metro Manila should be delivered to the National Resource Operation Center (NROC) of DSWD, which is located at Chapel Road, at the Back of Air Transportation Office (ATO) near Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA), with tel. no.(632)852-8081 and open 24 hours everyday. We urge everybody to cooperate on this so all the donations will be well processed, packaged, documented and delivered where it should be delivered.
The NDCC identified the following as priority needs of the affected families:
* Drinking water, Water purifying tablets
* Medical Teams, Social Workers
* Medicines
* Anti-tetanus vaccines (for Catanduanes)
* Food (RICE, CANNED GOODS)
* Blankets, Mattresses
* Candles, Flashlights, batteries
* Tarpaulin tents, GI sheets, construction materials
LATEST REMING UPDATE
Latest update on the effects of Typhoon Reming from the National Disaster Coordinating Council (03 Dec 2006, 6pm) accounts for 238,673 families affected or 994,665 individuals. At least 4,848 families or 22,980 persons are still seeking refuge in designated evacuation centers. Some 38,764 houses have been destroyed while 107,322 more were partially damaged. Typhoon Reming left 324 persons dead, 438 injured, and 302 more missing.
In terms of the affected families Camarines Sur province registered the highest at 108,689 families or 434,927 persons, followed by Cavite with 48,592 families or 210,474 persons, Quezon with 23,895 families or 122,376 persons, and Oriental Mindoro with 31,267 families or 117,868 persons.
On the other hand, the provinces that registered high figures in terms of evacuees were Quezon with 1,668 families or 8,005 persons, Oriental Mindoro with 1,411 families or 6,270 persons, and Marinduque with 1,063 families or 5,313 persons. There were no data on evacuated families in Camarines Sur but the province registered the highest figure in terms of damaged houses with 24,090 houses destroyed and 78,092 houses partially damaged.
Validations of these data are currently being conducted by the International NGO community including CARE Philippines and Oxfam Great Britain.
The government has already extended P13 million worth of assistance in varied forms. A comprehensive consolidation of private sector responses has yet to be done.
We in Manila were fortunate enough not to get hit by Durian (Typhoon Reming) but Southern Tagalog is devastated. There are areas where the damage cannot be estimated yet because communication lines are down. In some areas, 90% of the power transmission lines are destroyed. And in some places, the towns had just gotten their power back since the last typhoon (Milenyo) and they got hit again.
YOU CAN HELP!
For people in the corporate world- you can propose that your office do away with big Christmas parties in solidarity for the victims of these super typhoons... so many families have been affected by Milenyo and now Reming, the money spent on alcohol and food for Christmas parties can be put to better use by people who need it most.
ALL PETRON AND MCDONALDS OUTLETS ARE ACCEPTING DONATIONS FOR RELIEF GOODS THAT WILL THEN BE DISTRIBUTED BY ABOITIZ 2GO and DSWD.
If you do decide to donate food for the relief packages, please keep in mind that it would be best to provide them with NUTRITIOUS food. Personally I think it would be better to do away with the instant noodles and go for powdered milk, corned beef and the like.
FROM THE CORPORATE NETWORK FOR DISASTER RESPONSE
Donations in Metro Manila should be delivered to the National Resource Operation Center (NROC) of DSWD, which is located at Chapel Road, at the Back of Air Transportation Office (ATO) near Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA), with tel. no.(632)852-8081 and open 24 hours everyday. We urge everybody to cooperate on this so all the donations will be well processed, packaged, documented and delivered where it should be delivered.
The NDCC identified the following as priority needs of the affected families:
* Drinking water, Water purifying tablets
* Medical Teams, Social Workers
* Medicines
* Anti-tetanus vaccines (for Catanduanes)
* Food (RICE, CANNED GOODS)
* Blankets, Mattresses
* Candles, Flashlights, batteries
* Tarpaulin tents, GI sheets, construction materials
LATEST REMING UPDATE
Latest update on the effects of Typhoon Reming from the National Disaster Coordinating Council (03 Dec 2006, 6pm) accounts for 238,673 families affected or 994,665 individuals. At least 4,848 families or 22,980 persons are still seeking refuge in designated evacuation centers. Some 38,764 houses have been destroyed while 107,322 more were partially damaged. Typhoon Reming left 324 persons dead, 438 injured, and 302 more missing.
In terms of the affected families Camarines Sur province registered the highest at 108,689 families or 434,927 persons, followed by Cavite with 48,592 families or 210,474 persons, Quezon with 23,895 families or 122,376 persons, and Oriental Mindoro with 31,267 families or 117,868 persons.
On the other hand, the provinces that registered high figures in terms of evacuees were Quezon with 1,668 families or 8,005 persons, Oriental Mindoro with 1,411 families or 6,270 persons, and Marinduque with 1,063 families or 5,313 persons. There were no data on evacuated families in Camarines Sur but the province registered the highest figure in terms of damaged houses with 24,090 houses destroyed and 78,092 houses partially damaged.
Validations of these data are currently being conducted by the International NGO community including CARE Philippines and Oxfam Great Britain.
The government has already extended P13 million worth of assistance in varied forms. A comprehensive consolidation of private sector responses has yet to be done.