The way the whole nation responded to help victims of typhoon “Ondoy” is awesome.
The TV networks, ABS-CBN and GMA-7 used their power and influence for something noble. So many groups are taking it upon themselves to undertake their own independent relief operations.
ABS-CBN’s Ted Failon did an admirable thing focusing on raising funds for more portalets for evacuation sites. Ted, in his radio program at DZMM, said he saw the unhealthy situation in evacuation centers where there were only one portalet for over a thousand evacuues.
This morning, Ted, though donations was able to acquire 15 portalets to be rented for at least P10,000 a month including services.
We got this note from Habitat for Humanity:
Habitat for Humanity Philippines will be conducting a mini-soup kitchen at two Pasig Evacuation Centers where our homepartners are. We need volunteers from 6am-2pm on Friday, Saturday and Sunday (Oct. 2,3 and 4) to distribute arroz caldo. Please contact 8973069 or 09178260881″
Some of you have been asking me the past days where to give your donations because you want to make sure that they get to the intended beneficiaries.
If you notice, below the heading of this blog is a plug for donations for victims of typhoon Ondoy that would be coursed through Ayala Foundation.
Those who are sending donations from abroad, it would be helpful to know Gloria Arroyo’s Sept. 29, 2009 directive to avoid hassles in the Customs:
Hindi sisingilan ng buwis o kukumpiskahan ng Bureau of
Customs ang mga donasyon ng pagkain at kagamitan mula sa ibang
bayan, basta’t ito ay naka-assign sa DSWD.Inaatasan ng DFA ang ating mga embahada at konsulado na
padaliin ang paglabas ng mga dokumentong kailangan para sa
pagpapadala ng mga donasyon mula sa abroad, basta’t ito ay nakaaddress
sa DSWD.Nakikiusap tayo sa mga remittance service na huwag munang
sumingil ng transaction fees sa mga perang donasyon na idinadaan sa
kanila patungo sa DSWD.
Click here for the gma sept 29 directive
Stefan Löwenstein sent us this message:
This is the message I got from Stefan Löwenstein of the Central Relief Centers website::
Volunteers still needed at Eusebio Gym pasig, Marikina Sports Complex, DSWD-NCR Quiapo, Blue Leaf Pavillon the Fort, GMA Kapuso Tandang Sora to pack and carry goods.
White Space in Pasong Tamo extension will be closed from Friday to Sunday..
Pateros badly needs help and it’s also near our resto where we make the meals. If you know anyone trying to help Pateros, just direct them to the Municipal Hall and look for the DSWD people. They direct you where to bring relief goods where it’s much needed.
Philippine National Red Cross needs blood donors badly. They also need doctors to attend to the medical needs of refugees.still need volunteers for repacking and deployment. Also rice, water, clothing,medicine, blankets and cash donations.
You may call Alexander Rosete, PNRC communications manager (527-6226 and 09175093061)
Löwenstein send this very helpful location breakdown of relief centers:
Quezon City:
-Go to Ateneo de Manila University, Katipunan Avenue, and proceed to the college covered courts to volunteer. shifts are in three hour cycles. you can go as early as 6AM but it goes on the whole day.
– Please bring packed/cooked food to 12 Denmark, Loyola Grand Villas, QC, and help Patricia Hizon,
– Tulong Bayan needs volunteers. Please go to Balay Expo Center in Cubao, Edsa cor McArthur, 8AM onwards. contact (02) 9137122 and look for Mary, May or Cam
– Donations accepted in Miriam College and in UP Diliman at Vinzons Hall.
– For the GMA Kapuso Foundation, you can drop your donations at Samar St. cor GMA Network drive, QC. Behind GMA complex. Beside Malayan Bank. Tel # 9284299, 9289351, 9827777.
– ABS-CBN has announced that due to the impending arrival of typhoon “Pepeng”, they have stopped accepting volunteers meanwhile. They will resume welcoming volunteers next week. For those who want to volunteer for Sagip Kapamilya, call 413-2667 or 4160-387, or go to #13 Examiner st., West triangle, Q.C
– The other address for Sagip Kapamilya is Scout Bayoran corner Tomas Morato. Look for Girlie Aragon or Jet at 0916-7227806 or 0929-5348176
-Cash donations through Sagip Kapamilya are accepted only at Banco de Oro #56- 300- 20111 under Abs-CBN Foundation. Beware of fake bank accounts…
Manila:
– DLSU along Taft Avenue are accepting any and all kinds of donations starting at 8:30 a.m.
College of St Benilde (CSB) alumni also accepting donations at the ninth floor, DLS-CSB School of Design and Arts building, along Pablo Ocampo street, Vito Cruz, Manila.
UST is also accepting your donations, proceed to the Tan Yan Kee Student Center.
– Donations are also accepted at Victory church in Malate or call 522-1212 or visit the victory website.
Pasig:
– MEGATENT, Meralco Ave, Ortigas beside Renaissance: need more volunteers and donations! Very big space! Open 24 hours until today!
– Poveda school (beside galleria) is open to all volunteers and any kind of donations.
– CFC Center in Ortigas is receiving donations in cash or in kind. Call (02)7270682-87 or 09195359036.
– Donations can be dropped off at victory church in ortigas, contact 6311212 or visit the victory website.
Mandaluyong:
– Gawad Kalinga is accepting volunteers and donations at RFM gym in Pioneer st.., Mandaluyong. Contact Raul Dizon 0917-8888-109 and Felice Caringal 0917-8888-304.
MAKATI:
– White Space in Pasong Tamo ext. (Chino Roces) is in need of volunteers to pack goods
– Donations are accepted at Assumption College, San Lorenzo Village, Makati. Also at the following stores in Rockwell Powerplant Mall: Aranaz, Luca, Greyone social.
Taguig or Global City area:
– Victory church in the fort, you can call 817-1212 .- you can drop off your donations at Embassy Superclub in the Fort.
Pasay:
– Manila Doctors College are accepting donations. Bring anything that can help at Speech Lab., Macapagal Blvd, PasayCity
San Juan:
– Donations are accepted at La Salle Greenhills, Xavier School, and Immaculate Concepcion Academy (right beside Xavier) Xavier are accepting goods till 12 midnight.
Fairview area:
-Please send clothes, food, water, medicines and blankets to the Divine Savior Parish in North Fairview.
Alabang, Las pinas, Paranaque:
– Dop donations or volunteer at De La Salle Zobel. Contact Ms. Angie Brazan at the Social Action Office 0917-8597602. You can drop donations at the ATC concierge, call 8422782 or 7721860
– San Beda, Alabang in Alabang hills village is also accepting donations
– Volunteers are needed to help pack donations 10 a.m.at. St James Church, Ayala Alabang village and at Red Cross Alabang – ATC along Zapote Road fronting National Bookstore call 8097131 for info
– CFC center in Las Pinas City is accepting donations near Verdant and in front of the construction of SM Center Las Pinas. Contact 09174493154 / 8460809
There are also flood victims in Parañaque and Muntinlupa areas. To help, please get in touch with Jeff Tagle (09178875824) and Katrina Villareal (09175298332) .
BAGUIO:
– donations can be dropped off at the ABSCBN Baguio Office
– donations are also accepted at the Baguio Convention Center Executive Room from 10am til 4pm starting tomorrow til Friday. Volunteers are urged to come.
– Organizing a soup kitchen. Baguio donating vegetables to arrive via Victory Liner. Contact Dave at 09178396179.
BULACAN:
– RedCross bulacan accepts donations. It is located in Malolos Bulacan, near bulacan capitol 🙂
CAGAYAN:
– send your donations to the kkp office in xavier university, ATENEO DE CAGAYAN.
CAVITE:
– DLSU-Dasmarinas is also accepting donations, pls proceed to the 2nd floor of SBC Building
BATANGAS:
– DE LA SALLE LIPA is now accepting your donations, drop off point is at the college lobby.
CEBU:
– details on how you can donate are on noelle’s blog or the living for a cause blog.
BACOLOD:
– For your donations, drop off center is at the Coliseum in the University of St. La Salle. 435-3857
– CAFE BREIZH wil be a drop off center for donations. text 09193651101 for details.
DAVAO:
– ATENEO DE DAVAO is accepting in kind donations for ondoy. drop off at the samahan office in jacinto campus.
– BANTAY BATA 163 davao located at matina,davao city is also a drop off point for any in-kind donations.
ZAMBOANGA:
– ATENEO DE ZAMBOANGA is accepting donations. You may bring them to the SACSI office. Look for Alma Curesma, 991-0871, loc 2224 or 2225.
for PETS in need of aid:
– @kimmydeleon is announcing that PARC is open for animals. Click this site for info of PAWS for helping from the flood. for the official website of paws, click here
for those in SINGAPORE:
– dropoff for relief goods is @ airfreight lucky plaza #03-09. can call 62351011, they are open up to 7pm.
– pinoys are mobilizing and gathering donations, visit this forum for more details.
for those in SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA:
– you can deliver relief goods to 303/5 Stromboli Strait, Homebush Bay 2127. you can also contact through twitter at @allorange if you want to arrange for a pick up in the city
for those in CANADA:
– TORONTO – pinoys are spearheading efforts to help, visit this website for details.
– WINNIPEG – the Philippine Community Centre of Manitoba here in Winnipeg Canada started to raise money for the victims today
for those based in BELGIUM:
– from @SayChiz, they can contact Shiera Catalan at +32485328811 if they want to donate goods for typhoon relief
for anyone in the UNITED STATES:
– you can call the ABS-CBN US Helpline at 1-800-5272820 to know how you can help
– also, you can donate through the kapuso foundation site: http://www.facebook.com/l/ef45b;www.kapusofoundation.com/
– with your credit card, donate via the the abs-cbn foundation: http://www.facebook.com/l/ef45b;www.abs-cbnfoundation.com/donate.php
– CALIFORNIA – Island Pacific Supermarket is gathering donations to be shipped to the Philippines
for anyone else ABROAD who wants to help:
– you can donate through the paypal account link on this site: http://www.facebook.com/l/ef45b;www.txtpower.org/2009/09/philippines-help-typhoon-victims-in-luzon-philippines/
– the official website of the PHILIPPINE RED CROSS has a complete listing of how you can donate to them: http://www.facebook.com/l/ef45b;www.redcross.org.ph/Site/PNRC/wtd.aspx
– the ayala foundation is also accepting your donations through their website: http://www.facebook.com/l/ef45b;https://www.myayala.com/ondoy/Default.asp
– you can donate through the kapuso foundation site: http://www.facebook.com/l/ef45b;www.kapusofoundation.com/
– you can use your credit card to donate via the the abs-cbn foundation: http://www.facebook.com/l/ef45b;www.abs-cbnfoundation.com/donate.php
– donate rice through the UN’s World Food Programme through their official website: http://www.facebook.com/l/ef45b;https://www.wfp.org/donate/ondoy
OTHER FORMS OF HELP FOR YOU:
NEED TO SEND YOUR DONATIONS? Mail & More, FedEx & Air21 outlets are now accepting donations. For locations please call 8794789 or log to their official website: http://www.facebook.com/l/ef45b;www.mailandmore.com.ph
PAL IS OFFERING FREE AIRLIFT FOR DONATIONS. for details, click on the pal website: http://www.facebook.com/l/ef45b;www.philippineairlines.com/news/free_pal_airlift_of_donations_for_ondoy_victims.jsp
TO REPORT MISSING LOVED ONES OR AREAS IN NEED OF HELP: call the SAGIP KAPAMILYA HOTLINES at 4110011, 4110012, 4110013.
HOTLINES FOR MISSING PERSONS:
marikina – 09209389914
qc – 09216555262
pasig – 09189356318
cainta – 09175606241.
DATABASE OF ONDOY VICTIMS AND EVACUATION CENTERS: click on the ateneotaskforceondoy website: http://www.facebook.com/l/ef45b;ateneotaskforceondoy.misa.org.ph/
FOR CAR TOWING NEEDS: HONDA and NISSAN offer free towing! call 09228504452, 09224452242, and 09228997959.
DONATIONS ON WHEELS!! if you have donations to give but no means to transport, contact 09189791229, 09177974098, 09326991794. don’t worry guys, this is not a scam! its by friends of @jiggycruz!
WANT TO OFFER YOUR MEDICAL SERVICES? please submit your name and contact details to Dr. V. Gisbert 0917-8922807 and Dr. J. Sinon at 0917-5261345
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Kaming mga FIL-AM dito sa America ay nagbigay na ng tulong sa mga organization na nangangalap ng tulong para sa biktima ni Ondoy.Sana makarating sa mga nangangailangan at hindi nila ibenta sa ukay-ukay ang mga damit na ibingay namin.
Nakaka-awa nga silang pagmasdan.Sa naging situation nila nakakalungkot .
Keep up the good work, mga friends sa pag-volunter.Kung nandyan siguro ako ganun din ang gagawin ko.
This just proves the ages-old reputation of Pinoys as being resilient and our ability to rise back to old form whatever disasters that may occur.
To me, this is also a problem since we are still reactionaries at this very late stage in our civilized lives. We must start being good planners and good anticipators of such events so that we can continue marching towards progress and leave these minor hiccups as fast as we can to continue moving forward.
It is sad that to this day, disasters such as Ondoy still take us back to square one each and every time such events occur.
Ellen, may bomba yung thread mo kung saan may picture ni Gloria na naka pink boots na may itim na mga puso.
Pag nag-click ka ng “Previous Post” or “Next Post” biglang nagrereturn ng message na “Error establishing a Database Connection”
Ipa-check mo kay ploghost ang code at mukhang may malicious code doon.
Tongue, agree 1000% to your post #2.
Thanks for the list of dropoffs, Ellen.
Isn’t Walden Bello, Liza Maza and Gabriela going to organize demonstrations against the US troops now in Metro-Manila doing medical missions and flood-relief programs?
Pepito, sana ay isantabi muna nila ang ideology at halikan ang US troops sa kanilang ginagawang humanitarian efforts.
Noong merong landslides sa St. Bernard ba yun sa Leyte, yung US troopers meron pang dalang mobile water purifying plant. Nasaaan na yun? Kailangang kailangan ngayon yan. Hindi ko alam kung yung ibinibentang portable purifiers na kasinglaki lang ng one-liter bottles ay safe talagang inumin. Pwede daw kahit floodwater ang ilagay doon sa loob ng bote at pag hinigop ang straw ay purified na. P200 to P500 per piece pero di ko alam kung ilang refills ang puwede.
Yung mga ganitong produkto ang dapat nating pinupuhunanan tutal tayo naman ang unang makikinabang diyan. Kung may sobra ay i-export o ibenta sa institutions gaya ng UN, USAID, etc.
Tongue, re # 3, I checked it. Okay naman sa akin.
Okay na nga ngayon. Kanina at kagabi diyan sa page na iyan ako naiipit.
We followed these links for online donations:
http://blogs.inquirer.net/current/2009/09/26/how-you-can-help/
http://sites.google.com/site/ondoymanila/online-giving
Check out Carlo Ople’s blog re the collective disgust against Dick Gordon in Facebook. Gordon delayed the handing out of relief in many centers until he and Gloria Arrived and make speeches first, to the anger of private volunteers who were also bloggers.
http://www.juancountry.com/senator-dick-gordon-under-fire-on-facebook/
The source is this post from Facebooker Martin Cervantes:
http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=170376806030&id=572110211&ref=nf
From El:
Came across a link to your post on your website re:
Gloria’s directive to allow duty-free incoming donations, but requiring them to be assigned to DSWD. Syempre, marami sa ‘tin ang nagdududa na agad dahil alam naman nating kinokotongan ang mga ito at ukay-ukay ang bagsak.
Di ba pwedeng i-assign sa ibang accredited organisations?
This entry from the Phil. Embassy in Singapore seems to indicate that:
http://www.philippine-embassy.org.sg/index.cfm?GPID=53
“3. WHO CAN RECEIVE DONATIONS? The following
agencies/entities/institutions in the Philippines may receive
donations on a duty-free basis: Non-profit, welfare, religious, and
charitable organizations which are registered with the Securities and
Exchange Commission and duly licensed/accredited by the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), as provided for in Section 105
(1) of the Tariff and Customs Code of the Philippines;”
However, Gloria’s directive restricts this to *only* DSWD:
http://www.ellentordesillas.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/gma-sept-29-directive.pdf
“Ikatlo, hindi sisingilan ng buwis o kukumpiskahan ng Bureau of
Customs ang mga donasyon ng pagkain at kagamitan mula sa ibang bayan,
basta’t ito ay naka-assign sa DSWD.”
So the question is – aling directive ang umiiral? The one on the
Singapore embassy seems to be existing policy, and not something
written in response to the current crisis. Does Gloria’s directive
override this?
El, I will ask the DFA for clarification.
Also Secretary Teodoro. He was discussing about that directive of GMA in his Facebook wall.
Disaster Preparedness?
Or, Preparedness Disaster?
Bakit nga ba may “directive” na ganyan pa ang bruha?! Dapat, namamalimos na rin lang s’ya ay open ang donasyon kahit kaninong organisasyon na tinitiwalaan ng mga donors.
Dalawa lang yan: 1) Para kung malaki at marami ang donasyon ay maaangkin niya ang credit; 2) Ano pa, e di …yung sa bulsa, yung sa bulsa.
Basta ako ay dun na safe at makakatulog ng mahimbing na dumating na kaagad diyan ang aming share.
Eh yan si Dick Gordon sobra ang yabang! He is full of f_cking air!!! From what i know, yung mga sa Red Cross ayaw na sa kanya, kaya lang pinipilit niya sarili niya.
Mukha kang bulldog! Ungas ka Gordon!
Who needs Teodoro now? He failed miserably in the first critical hours that his ‘expertise’ was needed badly by the people. Walang desisyon, hinintay pa si Gloria na magsuot ng boots, wala rin namang substantial na desisyon pronto.
Nagbibilang na lang sila ng donasyon at patay ngayon. Ayaw ko ng presidente na tulala kaagad in times of panic situation. He missed the timing Ondoy gave him to show that he’s up to the job.
As to Gordon, he already missed the boat long time ago.
I really hate Gibo with passion,I was once decieved by Gordon I thought good siya na politician yun pala bad siya.
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Di ko nababasa sa mga DIARYO ang pangalan ni Manny Paquio na nag bigay ng tulong ah. ????????
Suggestion lang:
Tutal kulang ang Palikuran , bakit di nalang nating gawing kasilyas ang Malakanyang, mas may pakinabang pa,
lahat ng iihi ay sa bakod ng malakanyang at lahat naman ng dudumi ay balutin sa isang papel at ihagis sa malakanyang,
Sa ngayon nananahimik si FG, wala kasing kita (Kickback) ngayon.
Bobitz, tahimik si Pidal kasi ay minamanmanan niya yung P10 billion na palalabasin daw ng kanyang Tongressmen.