Please help in the Leyte relief effort....

[jonix]

Thank you to Cristina G. De Leon, diver, and owner of Theraphy Works, for donating almost Php 20k in canned goods.

Does anybody have direct access to any of the local airlines? I need a sponsor to send it over to Tacloban. A local archdiocese will take it from there to the St. Bernard Parish. It's either that or I send it by ferry.

thought you are sending them via PAF flights?

 

[Twomixdiver]

thought you are sending them via PAF flights?

I was, until somebody expressed concern that it might go thru some local politician first. Once I send it thru the PAF, I'm not assured of where it might end up.

I'm trying to sent the stuff first thru the Tacloban archdiocese; hence the need to look for an airline sponsor.

 

[jonix]

I was, until somebody expressed concern that it might go thru some local politician first. Once I send it thru the PAF, I'm not assured of where it might end up.

I'm trying to sent the stuff first thru the Tacloban archdiocese; hence the need to look for an airline sponsor.

yaiks...okidoki

 

[Armand]

Red Cross appeals for help in Leyte landslide

First posted 05:07pm (Mla time) Feb 20, 2006
By Veronica Uy
INQ7.net

ABOUT 200 people were believed killed and 1,500 others were missing when a landslide buried an entire village in Southern Leyte.
The farming village of Guinsaugon on Leyte island, 670 kilometers (420 miles) southeast of Manila, was virtually wiped out, with only a few jumbles of corrugated steel sheeting left to show that the community of some 2,500
people ever existed.

As of this posting, 33 bodies were recovered and 53 people were rescued from the rubble of a landslide. But officials said rescue operations were called off at nightfall for fear of another landslide.

The Philippine National Red Cross (PNRC) is appealing for help.

PNRC fund raising director Gwen Pang said the Red Cross is now accepting donations in cash, medicines, clothes, and blankets.

“We prefer cash to canned goods,” she said.

”The medicines we need now are those for fever, flu, coughs, and colds, although later we might need medicines for skin diseases,” Pang said.

Those who wish to send donations may contact the following Red Cross hotlines:

+63 920 9527268

+63 917 8068513

+63 2 5270864 (telephone and fax)

 

[jonix]

i just remembered...the Rizal chapter of the PNRC is just a few minutes drive from my office...i'll send probably through them instead

 

[Twomixdiver]

i just remembered...the Rizal chapter of the PNRC is just a few minutes drive from my office...i'll send probably through them instead

That sounds like a good idea. As long as we all do our part. As long as we get the victims the help they need.

 

[clgsamson]

an update..

CNDR ER ADVISORY
21 February 2006

UPDATES:
The Philippine Government received a total of PhP 44,950,650 worth of donations (P37,068,000.00 foreign assistance/pledges and P7,882,650.00 local assistance/pledges) in terms of financial assistance, relief goods, medicines and medical supplies, services and manpower for the victims of landslide in Brgy. Guinsaugon.

EXPRESSED NEEDS:

Information from PBSP:
Fracture supplies
Toilet cleaning supplies
Bath soap
Dressing supplies
Gloves (size 6.5, 7 and 7.5)
Alcohol
Face Mask
Multivitamins for adults and children Information from ABS-CBN
Foundation
Medicine for cough, colds and fever
Multivitamins for adults and children Information from Red
Cross
Medicine
Paracetamol tablets for adults
Paracetamol syrup for children
Amoxicillin capsules 500 mg
Amoxicillin suspension 125 mg/5 mL
Cotrimoxazole tablets and suspension
Multivitamins for adults and children
Anti-diarrheal medicines
Face Mask
Nebulizer
Vaporub
Alcohol
Gauze, cotton pads
Sterile Gloves
Toiletries Red cross also projects there will be need for
anti-anxiety medicines

STATISTICS: (NDCC DATA AS OF 21 FEB 2006, 8:00 A.M.)

Total Population of Brgy. Guinsaugon 1,420
Total Number of Households 321
Casualties
Dead 84
36 identified
30 adult; 6 children
24 Female; 12 male
Injured 19
Survivors 415
Missing 982 (including 246 pupils and school
personnel)

Displaced / Evacuated
Families 450
Persons 1645

Approximate number of families/persons from other affected
Barangay staying with their friends' and relatives' houses -
3,000 families/15,000 persons

Evacuation centers established
UCCP Evacuation Center 44 families 182 persons
St. Bernard Parish Church 50 families 254
persons
St. Bernard School 150 families 643
persons
Cristo Rey Regional High School 206 families
566 persons

Houses damaged in Brgy Guinsaugon 281

To contribute to CNDR's Emergency Response operations, cash
donations can be deposited to CNDR’s current account at
PCI-Equitable Ortigas Branch Account No. 001328-00426-3.

We encourage members who have presence in the Visayas to bring
good donations to Petron Visayas service stations. All Jollibee
stores in Cebu will also accept donations for turn-over to
ABS-CBN Cebu.

Please update us with your efforts for the victims of the St.
Bernard landslide whether coursed through CNDR or not as we
will come up with a summary of efforts from the private sector
for submission to the NDCC.

For coordination please get in touch with Floreen Simon, CNDR
Program Officer, at 687-9228 or 0928-389-3629 or e-mail us at
cndr@tri-isys.com