The Philippines need your help

[nancyk58]

The Philippines need your help!

 

I consulted UNICEF's website and found this:

 

Help for victims of flooding in the Philippines

 

29-09-2009 - The devastation in the PHILIPPINES after the tropical storm Ketsana is enormous. Many thousands of children and families are on the run. UNICEF has started distributing emergency and continues its efforts and work in the coming days.

 

Assistance was out within 24 hours

Less than 24 hours after the tropical storm hit the capital Manila on 25 September, UNICEF was ready with both food and other relief to those affected. At the same time UNICEF helps the Social and Development Ministry provide temporary shelter to the many who have been forced to flee their homes.

 

More than one million affected by floods

As the tropical storm hit, the equivalent of one month's rain fell in just 12 hours. This has resulted in large parts of Manila being flooded, and more than one million people are affected by the aftermath of the storm. 226,000 people have fled their homes and are now seeking refuge in 200 evacuation centers. 24 provinces in the country are affected.

 

Shocking devastation

UNICEF's chief in the Philippines, Vanessa Tobin, has been around the capital in person to look at the devastation: "I am shocked at the degree of damage in different areas, but I am also impressed with the cooperation and generosity, which manifests itself in the city . Many have opened their homes for some of their affected country men, "says Tobin.

 

More help on the way

Vanessa Tobin said that UNICEF is already on the way with more help: "Over the next 48 hours we will, among other things distribute water purification tablets and equipment to ensure clean water and packets of the most necessary medical equipment. At the same time, we will distribute family kits containing, inter alia, blankets and soap. We will also assist the government and other organizations in seuring, that their help reaches the right people. " said Vanessa Tobin.

 

New storms expected

UNICEF is concerned for the future. The number of dead is expected to rise, and we know from experience that children and families will suffer a major health risk after flooding, when many refugees are assembled in small areas without clean water. Meanwhile, two new tropical storms are on the way to the Philippines. They are expected to hit the country Thursday and Friday.

 

http://www.unicef.dk/script/site/page.asp?artid=1299

 

UNICEF Denmark collects money in favour of children affected by natural disasters in Asia

02-10-2009 -- UNICEF Denmark has launched an emergency collection of money in favour of children in South-East Asia hard hit by a series of natural disasters.

Earthquake in Sumatra, the tsunami in the Pacific islands of Samoa and Tonga, typhoon in the Philippines and other Asian countries. Currently, Southeast Asia is unusually hard hit by a series of natural disasters that have hit the region within a few days.

 

More than a thousand killed in the desperate situation

More than a thousand people have been killed and the number of deaths is feared to rise sharply in coming days. The situation is desperate, and hundreds of thousands of children need emergency aid.

 

Emergency assistance is dispatched from Copenhagen

UNICEF is fully engaged in relief work in all the countries concerned. Emergency aid is distributed from local stores. The first shipment of water purification tablets have already been sent off by plane from UNICEF World Warehouse in Copenhagen.

[nancyk58]

Latest news from Danish Red Cross

Four million dollars for earthquake victims Danish Red Cross has just received four million dollars from DANIDA to earthquake victims in Indonesia. Edited 8 October 2009 by Julie Lorenzen

 

Male collected money for Danish Red Cross

For 12 hours Kenneth Wichmann went a distance of 57 km collecting money for Danish Red Cross on Sunday. Edited 8 October 2009 by Julie Lorenzen

 

One can not accuse Danish Mr Kenneth Wichmann of being lazy. On Sunday 4 October, he went 57 km to collect money for Red Cross.

 

Edited on 8 October 2009 by Julie Lorenzen

 

No wonder that his legs were sore, when Kenneth Wichmann woke up Monday morning. He did not spend his Sunday on the couch, but on the Danish roads.

 

Walked for twelve hours

Kenneth Wichmann and his collegua Jan Christiansen walked from his home to his sister's house to collect money for the Danish Red Cross - it took a good 12 hours to walk the 57 kilometer. And it hurt the next day.

"It is the first time I have gone so far and I have very sore legs today (Monday Ed.)," the 42-year-old store assistant said with a grin.

 

Inspired by a TV program

A television program inspired Kenneth Wichmann to undertake the long walk: Overweight citizens are working on losing those extra pounds by walking many kilometers.

"I thought that if they can do it, then I can too. It was a few days before the Red Cross collection, and my wife said, why not collect money at the same time?

 

Well received

So Kenneth Wichmann did exactly that, and it was a really good experience.

"People were very positive about the idea, and I think they gave a little extra, because we went so far. We kept spirits high all the way - every time people gave us a contribution, we were quite "high" and got a new motivation to go further, "he says, adding that the total amount collected amounted to around DKK 1800.

 

Collected money on his birthday

The trip ended with a well-earned rest with coffee and cake at Kenneth Wichmann's sister. "We celebrated it with a bottle of champagne. The icing on the cake was that Jan had birthday - he is now 41 years old, "he says.

Ready to repeat the achievement another time

Kenneth Wichmann might do it again.

"A little crazy is what I am. And if you can do something good for others with such a crazy idea, then I go for it."

 

News from the Danish TV2 Text TV: The island / state Vanuata was hit by 3 major earthquakes reaching 7.8, 7.7 and 7.1 on the Richter scale. A tsunamy in the Pacific was expected, but later called off.

 

Norway's Text TV: Vanuatu hit by tremendous earthquake reaching 7.3 on the Richter scale (according to US Geological Survey). Coastal areas evacuated on several Pacific islands.

 

TV2 Sweden: (in addition to the contents / meaning of the above): The tsunami centre on Hawaii issued warning of possible tsunami for the southwestern Pacific incl. Australia, New Zealand and Indonesia, but after a few hours the tsunami alert was called off.

 

News from the Danish DR1 Text TV: Flooding in Japan after typhoon.

Last night a tremendous typhoon hit Japan with winds up to 150 km per hour. One man declared dead, several people wounded. Heavy rain caused rivers to overflow. Flooding. Typhoon cooled off on its way across the Northern Japan. Heavy wind will continue until tomorrow.

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Those are wonderful news, Nancy.

 

This may sound weird, but I believe in my heart that this disaster is also a blessing. I've seen and felt all the love one can give for his/her neighbour. :heart: and like I've previously said, I felt that the world became smaller, like we are all one big family.

 

I hope we all be inspired with this and continue giving because we love one another.

[nancyk58]

Update of the situation in Indonesia

 

Fears for new tragedies in Indonesia

08-10-2009 - The relief work after the earthquake in West Sumatra is acute due to the risk of disease outbreaks and exploitation of children.

Disease threatens to cause new tragedy

In Indonesia, the search for survivors in the ruins after the earthquake has now ceased, and UNICEF is now focusing on reducing the consequences for the children affected by the earthquake. The area is now characterized by very poor hygiene conditions and lack of clean water. There is a high risk of outbreaks of infectious diseases and a new tragedy is feared if this happens. UNICEF is working hard to prevent this right now and distributes water tanks, water pumps, water purification tablets and other equipment to ensure up to 50,000 families clean water and good hygiene.

 

Safety for children

The earthquake has made several children orphans, and thus they are at the risk of child labor and abuse. Many are now living with relatives and friends, and UNICEF is trying to help these children by ensuring that they do not disappear and that the proper network will be contacted.

 

Fear for the future

Many thousands of children have been traumatized as a consequence of what they have experienced. They now fear for the future. They fear for more earthquakes or for several buildings to collapse. UNICEF is trying to protect these children by giving them a life as soon as possible and, among other things, by ensuring that they come to school again as soon as possible.

 

Tents functioning as schools

Large parts of the schools in the area have been destroyed, and right now 90,000 children need help to get back to school. In Padang UNICEF is providing 250 tent schools so that children can as soon as possible resume their education and thus again have a solid and comfortable everyday life.

 

180,000 houses damaged

So far 603 people are confirmed dead, but many are still missing, so the figure could approach 1,000. In the earthquake zone up to 40 percent of the population is without electricity, and nearly 180,000 houses have been damaged. UNICEF's efforts continue, and in addition to work with clean water and schooling, work is to ensure proper nutrition and health care for the many affected children and their families.

 

http://www.unicef.dk/script/site/page.asp?print=1&Cat_ID=37&artID=1304

 

I think that both the relief organizations and volunteers such as Ioshi, Pete and Joe are doing such a great job.

 

Help them to help the Philippines. All kind of donations - small and large - are welcome. Those affected are victims of natural disasters partly caused by the way of life in the Western world. Give them a hand as we are all part of the same world.

[nancyk58]

More than 90 killed in mudslides / landslides

 

09-10-09: 06:24 | by: krja

More than 90 people have been killed by mudslides after heavy rains in the mountainous northern Philippines.

69 killed in the Benguet province when mudslides struck five different towns in the night, said provincial Governor Nestor Fongwan.

In the resort city of Baguio 17 were killed when mudslides buried entire houses,

says Peter Fianza responsible for emergency management in the town. And in the Mountain Province, Governor Maximo Dulag indicates that five people have been killed and 32 are missing.

http://nyhederne.tv2.dk/article.php/id-25636092.html

 

Swedish TV4, Text TV: Many people died in landslides in the Philippines

According to local authorities, more than 90 people were killed in a series of landslides caused by heavy rains in northern Philippines. The heavy rains fell due to a tropical depression. The typhoon "Parma" stayed over northern Philippines for more than one week. More than 60% of the province Pangasinan, incl. 30 villages, are flooded. The problem is worsened because the authorities felt compelled to let out water from an embankment / a dam which "threatened" to burst.

 

Danish TV2 News: The Philippines now hit by mudslides after several tropical typhoons.The last typhoon named "Melor" is a category 5 typhoon and has now hit Japan, where 2,500 people have been evacuated.

 

A Danish meteorologist explains the pattern of typhoons: The typhoons have followed an unusual pattern this year. Most of the time a typhoon moves across water. It is not unusual for a typhoon to move across land such as in the Philippines, but it is unusual that it then changes directions and returns to the northern Philippines where it moves back and forwards so that the northern part of the Philippines has been hit by the same tropical system ("Parma") 3 - three - times! When the typhoon was over water, the typhoon was further powered / energized leading too even heavier rains and stronger winds. The heavy rains in the mountainous northern Philippines then caused mudslides and flooding. The preceding typhoon "Melor" followed the normal pattern, whereas "Parma" stayed over the northern Philippines. Mudslides have blocked roads.

 

Danish TV2 News Headlines: 30 villages hit by typhoon. 64 people died in Benguet province. A total of over 90 people killed in northern Philippines. More than 100 people killed in the Philippines. The floodings are the largest in the Philippines for more than 40 years. 4 enormous mudslides in the Benguet provice hit 5 different villages and buried a whole village after heavy rain. 17 killed in the holiday town Baguio due to mudslides. According to governor Maximo Dulag, 5 were killed and 32 missing in the Mountain province. Province governor Nestor Fongwan: 69 killed in Benguet province, 5 towns hit.

 

Danish TV Channel DR1's Text TV: Mudslides (landslides) kill more than 90 people. Rivers overflowed their banks and water reservoirs overflowed causing lower areas to be flooded. On TV pictures you can see towns and agricultural / cultured areas transformed into huges lakes. Thousands of people spent the night sitting on the roofs of their houses.

[Tonsu]

Oh dear :(

[nancyk58]

The PHILIPPINES need your help! Please donate!

 

German ZDF, TextTV + German ARD; TextTV: (translated from German to English): 100 killed by landslides in the northern Philippines early today (Friday 9/10-09) according to the authorities. About 30 villages were flooded as a dam could no longer hold back the masses of water after heavy rain. The Eastern part of the province Pangasinan has become one river, so the vice-governor of the province Marlyn Premicias said. The depression area "Parma" has stayed over the Northeastern coast for several days. It is the second time with really bad weather within two weeks. The typhoon "Ketsana" caused enormous floodings in the capital Manila at the end of September.

 

The second Norwegian TV channel, Text TV: More than 90 people killed due to landslides in northern Philippines after heavy rains since the typhoon "Parma" hit the country almost one week ago. 30 villages flooded as several dams had to be opened .

 

Norwegian TV, channel 2, Text TV on 9.October 2009: 4 earth quakes shook the Pacific islands. The last quake shook the area at 10:30pm Norwegian time and measured 7.0 on the Richter-scale according to the American earth quake centre US Geological Survey, USGS. The epicentre was 35 km below the bottom of the ocean barely 30 mile northwest of the island Santo. It is the fourth earthquake in less than 12 hours. No reports of casualties or devastation after the sub-marine earthquakes.

 

Danish channel DR1, Text TV: Japan's main island Honshu hit by an enormous typhoon. 2 killed. Scores of others wounded. The typhoon "Melor" tears off roofs, trees are pulled up by the roots and causes fear of landslides. Heavy winds of more than 160 km/h affect the traffic negatively and the winds cause power failure in densely populated areas. The typhoon is the first to hit Japan since 2007. The Meteorological Office / the Weather Bureau considers the typhoon to be very dangerous, but it cools off on its way across the Japanese main island Honshu.

 

UNICEF.ORG: From the Press Centre / http://www.Unicef.org

UN Flash Appeal of nearly $75 million for assistance to victims of Ketsana/Ondoy

 

 

Nearly 70,000 children return to classes following Indonesia earthquake

 

JAKARTA, INDONESIA, 5 October 2009 – Less than one week after a major earthquake devastated the Indonesian province of West Sumatra, nearly 70,000 children have returned to classes in the city of Padang according to local education authorities, as UNICEF rushed school supplies to the region.

UNICEF is providing 250 school tents as part of its initial support to re-start education, along with school materials and recreational equipment. In addition, in an effort to prevent possible disease outbreaks, the first water storage bladders have been set up in areas affected by the earthquake, along with jerry cans and hygiene kits. In total, UNICEF is aiming at providing immediate life-saving supplies for up to 50,000 families.

According to initial government estimates, Wednesday’s earthquake, which measured 7.6 on the Richter-scale, left over 700 people dead and forced tens of thousands of people to leave their homes in the coastal provincial capital of Padang and surrounding highlands. Access to some affected communities remains difficult due to damage to roads and bridges.

 

UNICEF rapid response team on location in Samoa

SUVA, 5 October 2009 – A team of six emergency personnel are currently conducting rapid assessments in Samoa to ensure that the urgent needs of children are met following the earthquake and tsunami that struck the Pacific Island nation on Tuesday, September 29.

UNICEF Pacific Representative, Dr. Isiye Ndombi said: “By experience, UNICEF knows that in an emergency, children are the most affected. It is therefore essential they have access to clean water, proper sanitation facilities, are protected from vaccine-preventable diseases such as measles and are able to resume education.”

“Our key relief priorities and response are in the areas of water and sanitation, health, education and protection,” he said.

The team arrived on Thursday 1 October in Apia together with initial emergency supplies of 2000 Oral Re-hydration Salts, 5000 Water Purification Tablets and 7000 sets of communication materials promoting basic health practices in emergencies. On Saturday’s flight from Fiji to Samoa, UNICEF Pacific additionally sent 14 Early Childhood Development kits and 10 Enhanced Recreational kits.

“We will be sending further supplies tomorrow which include 3500 collapsable water containers (each holding 10 litres of water) and 5000 soap.”

UNICEF is working closely with the Government of Samoa and other UN agencies to provide assistance for up to 10-15,000 people. It is estimated that at least 9,000 children are affected.

The latest update on the number of tsunami victims shows 135 deaths, 310 injured and 3,500 displaced people including up to 2,000 displaced girls and boys.

 

UNICEF and partners respond to flood crisis in the PHILIPPINES

NEW YORK, USA, 5 October 2009 – More than 200 people have died, and hundreds of thousands have been displaced from their homes, due to flooding triggered by Tropical Storm Ondoy in and around metropolitan Manila in the Philippines just over a week ago. More flooding affected rural areas and caused some deaths this past weekend as another storm, Parma, struck primarily in northern Luzon province.

UNICEF has expressed deep concern about the well-being of children and families affected by the floods, which have affected a quarter of metropolitan Manila, as well as other provinces around the country.

 

Emergency supplies

In response, the agency has been distributing pre-positioned emergency supplies, including both food and non-food items. Meanwhile, 90,000 packs of water-purification tablets and 650 water-purification kits have been shipped from UNICEF’s main supply warehouse in Copenhagen, Denmark, to aid displaced families who do not have access to safe water.

“This gives them a chance to have drinking water available, because what these [shipments] include is water vessels and also treatment for drinking water,” said UNICEF Emergency Logistics Specialist Jens Grimm.

 

UNICEF is now preparing $1 million worth of additional supplies to assist displaced children and families.

 

‘As if a tsunami came’

Some 3 million people, including 1 million children, have been affected by Ondoy and the subsequent flooding. Another 200,000 or more may have been affected by Parma.

UNICEF Philippines Chief of Health and Nutrition Dr. Marinus Gotink visited several sites in the northern part of metropolitan Manila last week. He and his team surveyed the damage caused by the area’s most severe rainfall in approximately 40 years.

“The people described it as if a tsunami came,” Dr. Gotink said. “In about one hour or less, the water levels rose up to four to five metres above their normal levels, which means that houses built alongside the river, bridges – everything was destroyed.”

 

Poor communities hard-hit

Dr. Gotink reported that informal communities of poor people living in shanties were among those hardest hit by the flooding.

“There are many poor people living alongside the river,” he said. “They are trying to rebuild and clean up with the very little they have. These people have lost everything.”

Although the floodwaters have retreated in most places, they have left a tremendous amount of debris and mud in their wake.

 

My heart goes out to all those affected by all these natural disasters.

[nancyk58]

The Philippines need you help!

 

Swedish Television, Text TV - Saturday morning, 10 October 2009:

 

More than 181 people killed due to landslides after heavy rain in northern Philippines. Over 60% of the province Pangansinan and 30 villages flooded. For the past two weeks storms have caused the deaths of 540 human lives in the Phiippines.

[Tonsu]

Oh, surely this bad news must end soon :(

 

There are many useful links and information about how to help if you can on the previous pages of this thread

[nancyk58]

Update of the situation in SouthEast Asia on 10 October 2009

 

Danish P3 (radio) at 13 o'clock: More than 500 people have died in the Philippines during the past weeks due to typhoons and floodings.

 

From the German TV Channel ZDF, Text TV: 180 dead after typhoon (read this at 11:30 o'clock).

More than 180 have died after floodings in the Philippines. The number of victims of natural disasters in the Philippines is on the rise to 180. According to those in charge of the rescue operations, also many rescuers are amongst those dead. They died when trying to get dead bodies out of the collapsed houses.

 

According to Unicef 1 mio. children are affected by the bad hygienic conditions in the flooded areas. The "Parma" typhoon has ravaged the region for days bringing loads of heavy rain.

 

ONE POSITIVE ITEM OF NEWS: After days of non-stop rain THE SKY IS SLOWLY CLEARING UP. :)

 

Let's hope that the worst is over - but it takes time to overcome these natural disasters.

[nancyk58]

The Philippines need your help!

 

Norway, TV2 Text TV: At least 181 were killed in the Philippines in several landslides due to heavy rain and storm. At least 5 confirmed dead and 32 persons missing after a landslide in the mountainous province.

 

Norway, TV2 Text TV: 160 dead i landslide in the Philippines due to heavy rains since Parma hit the country almost a week ago. 30 villages flooded after the opening of several dams in order to remove superfluous water.

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After typhoon Ondoy, which claimed lives of about 150, I was not expecting that things could get worse. Apparently, the typhoon after Ondoy, Pepeng, was causing more devastation in the northern part of the country.

 

This still have to be confirmed but I heard from a friend yesterday that the major roads to one city in the north, Baguio City, was destroyed, disrupting rescue and relief operations... :(

 

Death toll from 'Pepeng' rises to 264; dozens more missing

GMANews.TV - Sunday, October 11SendIM StoryPrint

 

The death toll from tropical depression “Pepeng" rose to 264 Saturday afternoon as rescue workers dug up more bodies of missing people, reports from police and relief agencies said.

 

Of the total, 222 were killed in the Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR), mostly from landslides, according to the Philippine National Police (PNP).

 

Chief Inspector Tessie Sarmiento, spokesperson of the CAR police, said at least 141 people have so far been confirmed dead in Benguet province, while the figure in Baguio City rose to 50.

 

Twenty-eight bodies were recovered in Mt. Province, and one each in Abra and Ifugao.

 

The figure is expected to rise further as total of 53 people have yet to be found in Baguio, Benguet and Mt. Province, police said. [see: Rescuers rush to save Cordillera landslide victims]

 

The number of injured people due to floodwaters and landslides totaled 71, with 48 coming from Benguet, 13 from Baguio City, six from Mt. Province, and two from Abra. [see: Trapped Luzon flooding victims look to sky for help]

 

A report of the National Disaster Coordinating Council (NDCC) said 34 more deaths were reported from La Union, five in Pangasinan and one in Ilocos Norte.

 

Pepeng-related deaths earlier reported include two in Camarines Norte in the Bicol region, and one in Nueva Ecija.

 

On Sunday, President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo is scheduled to visit Baguio and Benguet. On Saturday she was in the Cagayan Valley region to inspect typhoon damage. [see: Storm signals lifted as ‘Pepeng’ moves farther away]

 

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For the latest Philippine news stories and videos, visit GMANews.TV Roads and damage Baguio remained isolated on Saturday as the three major roads that link the upland resort city to lowland provinces— Kennon Road, Marcos Highway and Naguilian Road — were closed by landslides.

 

Buad Bridge and Manila North Road Km 211+109 at the boundary of La Union and Pangasinan collapsed. In Pangasinan, motorists going north were advised to take the following detour routes: Camiling Road going to Dagupan, Lingayen, and Binmaley; and Urdaneta and Binalonan going to Manaoag. In Zambales, floodwaters have subsided in the towns of Iba, San Miguel, and Botolan. Vehicles can now pass through the Carael Highway. Preliminary reports of damage caused by Pepeng totaled P5.08 billion, including P1.08-worth of infrastructure, and P3.99-billion worth of agricultural products. Damage to private property amounted to P2.77 billion. Some 20,700 houses were damaged, 1,796 of them destroyed and 18,196 partially damaged, according to the National Disaster Coordinating Council (NDCC). Even at nightfall on Saturday, rescuers were still digging up for possible survivors in landslide-hit villages in the Cordilleras. Relief operations, meanwhile, were in full blast in evacuation centers all over Pangasinan and other places where tens of thousands of people have been displaced by floods.

 

Power failure continued to be experienced in some areas in Ilocos Norte due to damaged cable wires and fallen trees.

 

Power interruption was noted in the towns of Santa, Magsingal, San Juan, Cabugao, Sinait, Lidlidda and San Emilio.

 

At least one major road and 51 secondary roads and 11 bridges had been affected due to floods, landslides and mudslides. - GMANews.TV

http://ph.news.yahoo.com/gma/20091010/tph-death-toll-from-pepeng-rises-to-264-d6cd5cf.html

[nancyk58]

Thanks for posting this update, though the content is appalling with all these losses of human lives and all the damage to houses and the infrastructure.

 

A lot of reconstruction needed - so please donate

 

I checked Text TV from Denmark, Norway, Sweden and German without finding anything about the Philippines or other areas affected by these natural disasters - the recent typhoons, tsunamis and earthquakes. As Peter / Tonsu wrote: The press media quickly move on to focus on other news stories - often preferring news within the field of entertainment.

 

Thank you for doing such a good job. And don't lose hope.

[nancyk58]

The Philippines need your help!

 

UPDATE OF THE SITUATION IN THE PHILIPPINES (source = GMANews.TV)

 

The death toll caused by killer typhoon “Pepeng" (Parma) has risen to more than 300 - about 307 - in the various regions of Luzon, most of it in the Cordillera and Ilocos regions, as more bodies were retrieved from landslide-hit areas in Baguio City, the rest of Benguet province and Mountain Province.

 

As of Sunday 5:30 p.m., the Office of Civil Defense - Cordillera Administrative Region (OCD-CAR) said they have already accounted for 231 deaths in the region due to at least 39 landslides.

 

Of the 231 fatalities, OCD regional director Olive Luces said 152 were from Benguet, 50 were from Baguio City and 29 were from the Mt. Province.

The figure excludes the casualties from the series of landslides On Oct. 3, which Luces said resulted in the death of 19 people, 12 of them were from Benguet.

 

The rest of the casualty count, based on the latest available report of the National Disaster Coordinating Council, include 49 deaths in the Ilocos region, three in Central Luzon, one in Southern Tagalog, and four in the Bicol region.

 

Benguet Governor Nestor Fongwan said that as of Sunday morning around 175 bodies were recovered from landslide areas in Benguet, the bulk of which were recovered from sitio Little Kibungan in Barangay Puguis in La Trinidad town, while the rest came from the areas in the municipalities of Mankayan, Itogon, Atok, and Tublay.

 

Little Kibungan tragedy

At least 50 bodies were retrieved from Little Kibungan alone, where 100 residents were reported missing after loose soil slipped down the slopes covering 36 houses on the hillsides on Thursday evening

http://www.gmanews.tv/story/174355/deaths-in-luzon-due-to-pepeng-now-307-still-rising

 

 

NOW THE VICTIMS REALLY NEED HELP - HAVING LOST THEIR HOMES AND EVERYTHING. THE INFRASTRUCTURE AND THE HOUSES HAVE BEEN SEVERELY DAMAGED. - MUCH RECONSTRUCTION IS NEEDED. SO DONATE WHATEVER YOU CAN - THAT CAN BE MONEY OR GOODS. ALL KIND OF HELP IS NEEDED!

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UNICEF NEWS seen on website Sunday 11/10-09:

 

UNICEF seeks $3 million for children affected by Indonesian earthquake

 

UN Flash Appeal of nearly $75 million for assistance to victims of Ketsana/Ondoy

 

UNICEF: Without a protective environment, it’s a harsh life for children

 

Nearly 70,000 children return to classes following Indonesia earthquake

 

UNICEF rapid response team on the ground in Samoa

 

Joint press release

UN Flash Appeal of nearly $75 million for assistance to victims of Ketsana/Ondoy

MANILA, 7 October 2009 - The United Nations and the Government of the Philippines presented today in Manila a joint appeal seeking $74,021,809 to meet the urgent needs of one million of those affected by Tropical Storm Ondoy (international codename Ketsana). The appeal is for six months.

 

The sudden storm dropped a month’s rainfall on Metro Manila and surrounding areas in around six hours, affecting almost four million people. More than a week after, around 335,000 people still remain in temporary evacuation centers, while many more continue to depend on humanitarian assistance from the government, and the national and international humanitarian community.

 

“The Flash Appeal seeks to generate funds in key sectors including food, shelter, water and sanitation, nutrition, education, emergency telecommunications and logistics, child protection, coordination and camp management,” said UNICEF Executive Director Ann Veneman who participated in the announcement. “It also provides for time-critical agricultural and early recovery programs.”

 

The UN has delivered food and non-food items and is committed in supporting the relief and recovery efforts of the government as long as it is needed.

 

“Families have lost their loved ones as well as their homes and livelihoods,” said Veneman. “Children have also been severely traumatized by the effects of the storms and getting them back into their daily routines is critical.”

 

The United Nations Resident Coordinator in the Philippines, Ms. Jacqui Badcock, noted that “While normalcy may have returned to many parts of the capital, over a million people in affected areas continue to be in urgent need of humanitarian assistance. A major response from the international donor community is now absolutely essential if the current operation is to be scaled up to meet the needs on the ground.”

 

Notes: A Flash Appeal is a request for funds by UN agencies responding to a sudden humanitarian crisis coordinate their response. It presents a unified set of funding needs to donors. It provides a concise overview of urgent life-saving needs and a plan to address acute needs for up to six months based on the best available information at the time of writing.

 

The partnership between the UN and the Philippines began in 1945 when the Philippines joined 49 other nations in signing the United Nations Charter in San Francisco, USA. This partnership has progressed since then into a number of development initiatives, activities and programmes. Technical, financial and other forms of assistance to the Philippines began in the late 1940s, as the country recovered from the ravages of World War II.

 

For more information, please contact:

 

Ms. Marge Francia, Communication Officer, UNICEF,

Tel + 632 901.0173, ++632 917.858.9447,

E-mail: [email protected]

 

Mr. Danton Remoto, Communication Officer, UNDP ,

Tel + 632 901.0239, ++632 918.979.3665,

E-mail: [email protected]

 

Patrick McCormick, UNICEF NY,

Tel + 1 212 326 7426,

E-mail: [email protected]

http://www.unicef.org/media/media_51364.html

[nancyk58]

GMANews.TV updates Sunday 11 October 2009:

 

Rescuers rush to save Cordillera landslide victims

 

» Classes suspended in storm-hit NLuzon towns

 

» DA chief: 16K hectares crops in Cagayan lost to ‘Pepeng’

Some 16,000 hectares of crops in Cagayan province were lost to typhoon “Pepeng" (Parma) after it swept through Northern Luzon last weekend, but Agriculture Secretary Arthur Yap insisted that the crop damage will not affect food security.

 

40 landslides in the Cordillera claim over 250 lives

10/11/2009 | 04:20 PM (Update 2 - 9:20 p.m.)

 

BAGUIO CITY - Over 40 landslides have decimated communities across the western half of the rugged Cordillera mountain range, claiming at least 250 lives with many more missing, after relentless rains brought by Typhoon Pepeng, according to the Office of Civil Defense-Cordillera Administrative Region (OCD-CAR).

 

Provincial governors, however, are claiming even higher numbers, as rescue and recovery teams are finding more bodies in mud and debris.

 

While much of the current media coverage has been on the catastrophes in Puguis, La Trinidad in Benguet and Tadian, Mt. Province, most of the other landslides have escaped public attention, occurring in areas without power and communication, and isolated by sections of roads that have given way.

 

Of the 250 officially recorded fatalities, OCD regional director Olive Luces said 164 were in Benguet, 50 in Baguio City and 29 in Mt. Province.

 

However, Mt. Province Governor Maximo Dalog, interviewed today on GMA News, said his province has already recorded 40 dead with 10 missing. He was appealing for dogs that could sniff out bodies buried in the mud and choppers for evacuating the wounded, including one survivor who needed a foot amputation to save his life.

 

"The magnitude of these landslides is the first time in recent memory," said Dalog. Hampering emergency operations in his province was the loss of electricity.

 

Benguet Governor Nestor Fongwan said that as of Sunday morning around 175 bodies were recovered from landslide areas in Benguet, most of which were recovered from Sitio Little Kibungan in Barangay Puguis in La Trinidad town, while the rest came from the municipalities of Mankayan, Itogon, Atok, and Tublay.

 

KILLER SLIDE IN MT. PROVINCE

In Mountain Province, 38 bodies were recovered on Sunday in Sitio Bulala, Barangay Kayan East in Tadian town, as an entire mountain slope gave way. Ten more are reportedly missing while the three injured were brought to the Luis Hora General Hospital in the nearby town of Bauko.

 

A hill in Sitio Bulala collapsed at 6 p.m. on Thursday due to continuous and heavy rains brought by typhoon Pepeng. Of the 32 houses, 18 were damaged totally while five damaged partially. Able-bodied residents shown their traditional unity when they took the frontline of the rescue operations, local officials said.

 

Meanwhile, in the nearby village of Bunga in Tadian town, a residential house was also buried in a separate landslide on Thursday afternoon, killing three family members while two survived.

 

EXTENSIVE INFRA AND AGRI DAMAGE

Typhoon Pepeng brought extensive damage to agriculture and infrastructure in the various Cordillera provinces and in Baguio City.

 

The worst damage reported so far is in Apayao, where combined partial damage to agriculture and infrastructure amounted to around P1 billion, Governor Elias Bulut reported to media earlier.

 

Kalinga province incurred partial damage to infrastructure worth P86.9 million, and crops worth P78 million, according to the PDCC.

 

Earlier, Mountain Province reported infrastructure and agricultural damage worth more than P11 million, while Benguet reported infrastructure and agriculture damage worth P1.246 million, reported the CRDCC.

 

Baguio City registered infrastructure damage worth P10.5 million while Abra registered damage to crops worth P1.32 million.

 

The Cordillera remains isolated as the CRDCC reported Saturday morning that all national roads linking to the provinces of Abra, Ifugao, Mountain Province, Benguet, Apayao and Baguio City remain closed due to severe landslides and washouts.

 

The Ileb Bridge which connects Kalinga to Cagayan is reportedly destroyed, forcing travelers to take a longer route.

 

Meanwhile, CRDCC reported a total power blackout in Mountain Province while partial power interruptions were occurring in Benguet, Abra and Mountain Province. CRDCC has no report on the status of power in Apayao, Kalinga, and Ifugao.

[nancyk58]

From the Press Centre

 

News note

 

UNICEF seeks $3 million to meet immediate needs of children affected by Indonesian earthquake

 

JAKARTA, INDONESIA, 9 October 2009 — As part of the UN Humanitarian Response Plan to last week’s earthquake in Indonesia, which was launched today in Jakarta, UNICEF is seeking $3 million to help meet the costs of continuing its life-saving work in the affected area, establishing systems to protect vulnerable children and coordinating key parts of the massive aid operation currently underway.

 

Priorities identified for affected children include securing adequate water supplies, preventing disease outbreak through improved hygiene, rapid training of local health workers on child nutrition, establishing temporary tent classrooms, delivering school supplies, and working with communities to prevent children being exploited in the aftermath of the earthquake that shook the province of West Sumatra on 30 September.

 

“Today’s Humanitarian Response plan underlines the determination of the UN system to support the Government of Indonesia and assist the process of recovery in West Sumatra,” said UNICEF Indonesia Country Representative Angela Kearney.

 

“It is vital that special attention is paid to the needs of children and their mothers, who have been especially hard hit by this disaster,” added Ms. Kearney. “Children need to see that services are being re-established, that they are being afforded proper protection and that their lives can continue, despite the terrible experiences they have lived through.”

 

In the days after the earthquake, UNICEF rushed more than 100 water storage containers – each with sufficient capacity for 5,000 litres of clean water – 20,000 jerry cans, 2,000 packages of water purification tablets, 40,000 hygiene kits containing buckets, soap, detergent, 250 school tents and 120 sets of school and recreational materials to the province.

 

The children’s agency aims to support at least 50,000 families with this immediate aid, while over the three months covered by today’s Response Plan up to 200,000 people will be reached by UNICEF assistance.

UNICEF is funded entirely by voluntary contributions. Its work, in close collaboration with national governments and other partners, is carried out with the sustained generous contributions received from governments, foundations, UN agencies, international financial institutions, individuals and businesses.

 

For further information, please contact:

Edward Carwardine, Chief of Communication, UNICEF Indonesia,

Tel + 62 812 123 7252,

E-mail: [email protected]

 

Patrick McCormick, UNICEF New York,

Tel + 1 212 326 7426,

E-mail: [email protected]

 

http://www.unicef.org/media/media_51374.html

[nancyk58]

The Philippines need your help!

 

I am going to create a thread called "UPDATES OF THE SITUATION IN THE SOUTHEAST ASIA" to make it easy for those interested to have an overview of the situation there including what is going on in that region, the relief efforts of the relief organizations and some articles with reports for instance from the rescuers or someone from the relief organizations being in the area to get an overview of the situation etc.

[Electric.Candy]

lots of thanks for all those who made an effort to help.

[sp★rkle]

Sorry for not updating this thread, but big thanks to Nancy, Pete and everyone doing so. I guess this needs another reposting:

 

http://moongirl.wordpress.com/2009/09/28/donating-to-manila-from-abroad/

 

Donating to Manila from abroad

 

September 28, 2009 by moongirl

 

Update: A million thanks to every single person who has forwarded me info. Many of them are in the Comments below, or on Facebook. This list is being updated constantly – please keep ‘em coming.

 

I’m not one for feeling helpless – and neither are the rest of the Filipinos around the world. When Typhoon Ondoy struck Manila this weekend and buried 80% of it underwater, everyone went online on Facebook and Twitter and started what my dad calls People Power 3.

 

If you’re outside the Philippines like me, and you want to help, here’s what you can do:

 

Donate Online

 

* PhilippineAid.com: http://www.philippineaid.com/

* Ayala Foundation: http://www.myayala.com/ondoy/

* World Food Programme: https://www.wfp.org/donate/ondoy

* TXTPower (Paypal): http://technology.inquirer.net/infotech/infotech/view/20090927-227196/Help-Ondoy-victims-via-Paypal

* Ateneo Alumni Northeast, Inc: http://www.atenista-usa.org/site/featured-articles/help-for-ondoy-victims/

* Xoom: http://ronaldredito.org/blog/321/ondoy-donation-using-xoo/

* HOPE Worldwide: https://www.hopeww.org/NetCommunity/SSLPage.aspx?pid=1227&srctid=1&erid=162143

 

Donate by Phone

 

* USA: Call the American Red Cross at 1-800-435-7669. Please choose the 3rd option (International Donation), then tell the operator that your donation is for the Ondoy (Ketsana) typhoon victims in the Philippines.

 

Donate Through Your Community

 

There might be people in your community gathering relief goods and donations. Find them and go.

 

* Australia (Sydney): Deliver donations to 303/5 Stromboli Strait, Homebush Bay 2127. message twitter.com/allorange for questions

 

* Australia: http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/1100222/Philippines-floods:-How-you-can-help

 

* Austria: Cash: message Charmaine Taus ([email protected]). she’s having a benefit concert on October 22! concert details to follow.

 

* Bangkok: The Philippine Embassy will be receiving only donations in kind (ie., used clothing, shoes, blankets, and the like, and canned goods) …anytime between 9am-5pm until Fri. For queries, please contact the Philippine Embassy at (02) 259-0139 up to 40 or (08) 992-65954, or at [email protected].

 

* Belgium: For those based in Belgium they can contact Shiera Catalan at +32485328811 if they want to donate goods for typhoon relief

 

* California (Carson/Hermosa Beach): We are collecting donations to send to flood victims in Manila. Our goal is to fill up a 40ft container in one week with new or used clothing,shoes, blankets,medicines,canned food items, etc. Dropoff Location : 205 West Torrance Blvd, Carson, CA 90745. We will be setting up a booth on Oct 3, 2009 at the Substance event in Hermosa Beach CA. THANK YOU and God Bless Manila. TWITTER (Socal4Ondoy)

 

* California (Cerritos): Our house is temp drop off point while we find a bigger venue. We’ll facilitate immediate shipment to Manila. Thank you in advance for your help. Pls pass. Dino & Jan Home:16622 Amberwood Way Cerritos, CA 90703; (562)404-0625

 

* California (Daly City): Please contact Ryan Leano (626)534-4971. Liwanag Cultural Center, Hillside Park Clubhouse, 222 Lausanne Ave., Daly City‎, CA‎ 94014.

 

* California (LA): Relief goods accepted in LA! ANSWER ofc, 137 Virgil St, Rm 203, Los Angeles, CA

 

* California (LA): TULONG SA PILIPINAS (STP): Accepting donations cash or check. Send to People’s CORE, 1610 Beverly Blvd. Suite No 2, Los Angeles, Ca 90026. Donations more than $50 is tax deductible. Material donations drop off ( donations; shoes, clothes, canned goods. medicines etc. ) at ANSWER LA office at 137 Virgil St. Room 203 , Los Angeles, CA 900042.

 

* California (Oakland): Please contact Ryan Leano (626)534-4971. Asian Pacific Islander Youth Promoting Advocacy & Leadership. Attn: Armael Malinis, AnakBayan-East Bay. 310 8th Street, Suite 215. Oakland, CA 94710

 

* California (San Francisco): Stanford’s Pilipino American Student Union (PASU) is also collecting donations to be sent to the Philippines to help victims of Typhoon Ondoy (international name Ketsana). If you would like to make a donation, please contact AV David at [email protected] or (650) 491-4561.

 

* California (San Francisco): http://naffaar8.com/typhoon-ondoy-ketsana-disaster-relief-efforts-in-san-francisco-ca/

 

* Canada: http://byncan.wordpress.com/2009/09/28/bayan-canada-appeals-for-help-for-typhoon-ondoy-victims/

 

* Canada (Montreal): http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/Local+Filipinos+mobilizing+help+flood+victims/2041585/story.html

 

* Canada (Toronto): Filipinos and Friends in Toronto, here’s how to help the victims of Typhoon Ondoy (intl name Ketsana): http://pidctoronto.com/projects/typhoon also see: http://bit.ly/28PDXf Thank You!

 

* Germany: Contact Denise Matias at [email protected].

 

* Hong Kong: Filipinos in HONG KONG… Here’s how you can help: Ateneo Almuni Association HK is calling for donations to support relief efforts for the victims of Typhoon Ketsana (Ondoy) in the Philippines. Contact: Mike Reyes at +852.67131869

 

* Illinois: Contact Raymond Maximo of Northern Illinois University – [email protected].

 

* London: Cash: Acct. Name: P. A. Cortez / Acct. Num.: 58099901 / Bank: HSBC UK / Sort Code: 400500

 

* Malaysia: For those in Malaysia, LBC is accepting donations in cash and kind. Their numbers are: 2026-8536 / 2070-0557. The office I know is at Kota Raya in KL.

 

* New Jersey: Sinugba Cafe – 561 Westside Ave. Jersey City, NJ 07304; or Casa Victoria – 691 Newark Ave. Jersey City, NJ 07306-2803 You can send CASH through Metro Bank acct. 3 189 14540 1 For BAYAN’s “BALSA” (Bayanihan Alay sa Sambayanan). For donations in New Jersey please contact: (201)621-3156-Yves Nibungco or (917)476-7855- Nick Cordero

 

* New York: Ondoy New York Disaster Relief drop off center @ Pandayan Center, 406 W 40th St. Between 9th and 10th Aves. New York, NY 10018 or call 212.564.6057.

 

* New York: NAFCON (Nat’l Alliance for Filipino Concerns)/SANDIWA Nat’l Alliance of Fil-Am Youth are now receiving relief donations (clothes, blankets, medical supplies, monetary). NY drop-off @ BAYANIHAN Filipino Community Center, 40-21 69th St. Woodside, NY 11377. Call (516)901-1832 or email [email protected] if you would like to help.

 

* Oregon: Cash: message Welo Chuidian Rivera ([email protected]), or check out her note: http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=143295770052

 

* Singapore: Drop-off point for donations is Afreight Cargo, #03-09 Lucky Plaza, Orchard Rd. Contact Maureen Schepers 6235-1011. Get more information here: http://www.pinoysg.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=664644#664644

 

*South Korea: For the Filipinos and concerned citizens in South Korea: Pease support PIKO (Pinoy Iskolars sa Korea) fund-raising campaign for the Ondoy flood victims in the Philippines. Let us all help by donating to KOOKMIN BANK ACCOUNT NUMBER (498101-01-232756). Your help counts!

 

* United Kingdom: Visit the OXFAM website

[nancyk58]

News from GMA News.TV - saw them 23:30 in the evening, Central European time

 

Suits mulled vs San Roque dam operators over floods

(Update 2 - 12:48 a.m. Oct. 13) Legal suits are looming over the operators of San Roque dam for allegedly failing to properly warn residents along the Agno river basin in northern Luzon that last week's release of water during the height of typhoon “Pepeng" would cause massive flooding.

 

RELATED STORIES

 

» Arroyo orders relocation of residents in Benguet, Mt. Province

 

» Creation of special body to rehabilitate cyclone-hit RP opposed

 

» UN reaffirms commitment to RP relief efforts

 

» Senate to hear P12B calamity fund Tuesday

 

» RP to import rice next year as typhoons cut harvest

 

» Senate cancels Christmas party; funds go to typhoon victims

 

Flood in Pangasinan blamed on San Roque dam 2009-10-12 21:00:10

 

'Pepeng' damage to agriculture worth P308 million 2009-10-12 20:59:31

[nancyk58]

UPDATES OF THE SITUATION IN THE SOUTHEAST ASIA ON 13 OCTOBER 2009

 

http://www.gmanews.tv/index.html

 

Residents of Taytay, Rizal wait in waist-deep flood for relief goods to be distributed Monday by World Food Programme Philippines. Veejay Villafranca-WFP

 

At the Puguis Elementary School in La Trinidad, Benguet, Tuesday, President Arroyo hands out relief goods to landslide survivors. Thom Picana

 

Air Force personnel help Catherine Vicente, a landslide survivor from Atok, Benguet after she was airlifted Tuesday to a hospital in Baguio. Dave Leprozo

 

Baguio woes to ease as three major roads partially reopen

Baguio City’s isolation caused by landslides and lowland floods is expected to ease with the partial reopening Tuesday of two more major roads leading there, allowing the delivery of limited supplies of food, fuel, and relief goods. Last weekend was the first time all roads to the tourist resort city were closed since the 1990 earthquake.

 

RELATED STORIES

 

» Fake branded clothes to be donated to cyclone victims

 

» Relief goods for flood victims continue to pour in from abroad

 

» Pepeng damage in Benguet almost P700M

 

» Senate panel OKs P12B supplemental budget for Ondoy victims

 

» Operasyon ng dam, budget sa kalamidad ipinasusuri sa Senado

 

Rain-loosened mountain soil endangers Ifugao hospital

LAGAWE, Ifugao – Typhoon Pepeng’s onslaught in northern Luzon has loosened the mountain soil in this capital town, which now threatens to bury the provincial hospital together with some 50 families who live within the hospital’s perimeter.

Citing reports from the Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB), provincial officials said a nearby mountain slope is in precarious condition, and continuous rainfall of at least four days may induce a landslide that could cover the whole hospital structure. :(

Albert Indunan, Ifugao Governor Teodoro Baguilat’s executive assistant, told reporters that the ground itself on which the hospital building sits has also weakened due to the torrential rains brought by “Pepeng."

“MGB cautioned us that mountain soil and debris could totally engulf the entire hospital even for a few days of nonstop rainfall," Indunan said.

Ifugao’s 50-bed provincial hospital, located in Natuolan village along mountain slopes, was built in the 1980s. Indunan said the soil where the 30-year old provincial hospital building was constructed has become precarious.

“As among the ten areas in the country that are landslide prone, we who live in the Cordilleras know for a fact that the condition of the soil here is unstable," he added.

The recent typhoon that dumped record high rainfall in Northern Luzon has killed 238 in the Cordilleras alone as of last count.

The provincial government allayed fears of hospital patients and nearby residents, saying that preparations have already been made for the expected arrival of more rains in October and November.

At the same time, a new hospital building is expected to rise soon away from danger zone.

According to Indunan, the national government through the Department of Health has already committed 50 percent of the P100 million total cost for the construction of a new 75-bed medical facility in the capital town. - Floro Taguinod, GMANews.TV

 

OTHER REGIONS STORIES

 

Food shortage in islands off Cagayan feared - 10/13/2009 | 07:55 PM

Food and medical supplies in the islands dotting the Babuyan Chanel off the coast of Cagayan province are dwindling fast.

 

Pepeng damage in Benguet almost P700M - 10/13/2009 | 07:22 PM

Aside from recording the biggest number of deaths caused by typhoon “Pepeng," Benguet has also suffered millions of pesos in damage to infrastructure, agriculture, and private property.

 

High tide aggravates flooding in 3 Bulacan towns - 10/13/2009 | 10:38 AM

The high tide in Manila Bay on Monday worsened the flooding in three towns in Bulacan province on Tuesday, according to the head of the Central Luzon’s Office of Civil Defense.

 

ALPA near Mindanao threatens to become cyclone - 10/13/2009 | 07:48 AM :(

A weather disturbance near Mindanao that has intensified into an active low-pressure area (ALPA) is threatening to intensify into another tropical cyclone.

 

Arroyo orders relocation of residents in Benguet, Mt. Province - 10/13/2009 | 12:39 AM

President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo has ordered the immediate relocation of residents in landslide-prone areas in Benguet, Baguio City and Mountain Province.

 

Low pressure area spotted off Mindanao - 10/13/2009 | 12:24 AM

The country has yet to recover from the devastation wrought by "Ondoy" and "Pepeng" but state weather forecasters on Monday said it is monitoring another low pressure area (LPA) that is poised to enter the country.

In its 5 p.m. bulletin, the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) said that as of 2 p.m. Monday, the LPA was spotted 790 kilometers east of northern Mindanao."

Visayas and Mindanao will experience cloudy skies with scattered rainshowers and thunderstorms. Luzon will have partly cloudy to at times cloudy skies with isolated rainshowers and thunderstorms," Pagasa said.

Light to moderate winds blowing from the Northeast would prevail over Luzon and Visayas coming from the Northeast and North over Mindanao, it added.

The coastal waters throughout the archipelago will be slight to moderate except during thunderstorms. - Aie Balagtas See, GMANews.TV

 

BAD NEWS: THE ALPA = ACTIVE LOW-PRESSURE AREA NEAR MINDANAO THREATENS TO BECOME CYCLONE

[sp★rkle]

News comment of an American dweller in the Philippines: "I wish you all could see the amazing community spirit, charity and compassion in the Philippines. What I see happening here totally blows away the response to hurricane Katrina. People here have less to give, yet they are giving ABUNDANTLY. There is such a greater story than just the 'death toll' that the lame american media fails to capture."

[nancyk58]

QUOTE (posted by Ioshi aka. Sparkle):

News comment of an American dweller in the Philippines: "I wish you all could see the amazing community spirit, charity and compassion in the Philippines. What I see happening here totally blows away the response to hurricane Katrina. People here have less to give, yet they are giving ABUNDANTLY. There is such a greater story than just the 'death toll' that the lame american media fails to capture."

 

I really like this American dweller's positive attitude.

 

He sees things from the positive angle angle:

 

- The community spirit

 

- charity

 

- People's wish to stand together and help each other!

 

I was uplifted after reading this post. :)

 

Thank you, Ioshi for posting this. :thumbsup:

[nancyk58]

The Philippines need your help!

 

UNICEF NEWS

 

Unicef.org news (1:30am, 14/10-09 Central European Time):

 

Unicef.org news (1:30am, 14/10-09 Central European Time):

 

Back to school in Samoa

 

UNICEF and partners provide a safe environment for tsunami-affected children

 

UNICEF in Emergencies

 

PHILIPPINES: Executive Director visits flood-stricken areas

Indonesia: UNICEF delivers hygiene kits to quake zone

 

India: Flash floods affect 2 million people

 

UNICEF seeks $3 million for children affected by Indonesian earthquake

 

UN Flash Appeal of nearly $75 million for assistance to victims of Ketsana / Ondoy

 

Back to school in Samoa: UNICEF and partners provide a safe environment for tsunami-affected children.

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RED CROSS NEWS / http://www.redcross.org/ B]

 

AmeriCorps Contributes to Red Cross Relief Efforts in American Samoa

 

A Texas-sized Show of Support for National Guard Troops

 

Red Cross Aids Storm-Plagued PHILIPPINES (see below)

 

Red Cross Blog

 

Disaster Online Newsroom [/b ]

 

Red Cross Aids Storm-Plagued PHILIPPINES (Friday, October 09, 2009)

Typhoon Parma is back. After cutting through the north part of the Philippines a week ago, it reversed course and returned on Friday morning as a tropical storm. Contending with widespread flooding, the global Red Cross network is now responding to immense humanitarian needs from this disaster as well as the recent Typhoon Ketsana.

Staff and volunteers with the Philippine National Red Cross are helping hundreds of thousands of people in evacuation centers across the country. The government estimates that nearly 40,000 homes have been damaged or destroyed by the storms.

“Multiple Red Cross responses during the past two weeks emphasize the value of our global network,” says Alex Mahoney, manager of disaster programs for Asia with the American Red Cross. “The Philippine National Red Cross was already on the ground, responding immediately to local needs. Meanwhile, we are sending financial assistance, supplies and a shelter specialist to support their relief operation.”

Specifically, the American Red Cross has mobilized aid to help those that need it most:

It is providing $950,000 in financial assistance and relief supplies to address the typhoons' impact in the Philippines and Vietnam.

It has tapped its pre-positioned stocks for both of these countries, sending thousands of insecticide-treated bed nets, jerry cans and blankets from its warehouse in Kuala Lumpur.

It has also sent an expert in shelter coordination to assist with local operations in the Philippines.

 

On the ground, the Philippine National Red Cross has been providing food aid to more than 40,000 families, as well as other relief items like hygiene kits.

 

You can help the victims of countless crises around the world each year by making a financial gift to the American Red Cross International Response Fund, which will provide immediate relief and long-term support through supplies, technical assistance and other support to help those in need.

 

DONATIONS to the International Response Fund can be sent to the American Red Cross, P.O. Box 37243, Washington, D.C. 20013 or made by phone at 1-800-REDCROSS or 1-800-257-7575 (Spanish) or online at http://www.redcross.org.

http://www.redcross.org/portal/site/en/menuitem.1a019a978f421296e81ec89e43181aa0/?vgnextoid=949551d37a934210VgnVCM10000089f0870aRCRD

 

On Oct. 9, the American Red Cross received a $500,000 grant from the U.S. government for typhoon relief in the Philippines. The grantor - the U.S. Agency for International Development - administers the U.S. foreign assistance program, providing economic and humanitarian assistance in more than 120 countries worldwide.