Pharma group sends aid to typhoon-hit Bicol

The PHAPCares Foundation, the corporate social responsibility arm of the Pharmaceutical and Healthcare Association of the Philippines, provided assistance to at least 2,000 families affected by Super Typhoon Rolly (International Name: Goni) in the Bicol Region. 

As part of its initial response, the PHAPCares Foundation provided food packs for families in Albay province. While there, they also conducted an assessment to identify the other health needs of communities on the typhoon path. 

World Vision deploys response team to super typhoon-stricken Bicol provinces

In the wake of supertyphoon Goni (local name Rolly), child-focused humanitarian agency World Vision dispatches team as it firms up its response to initially assist 10,000 families or 50,000 individuals in the affected communities of the ravaged Bicol region, south of Manila.

"Thousands of children and their families are now displaced and taking shelter in evacuation centres. Our goal is to assess their condition, be on the ground the soonest possible and support the local government's initial relief efforts as necessary," shares Ajab-Aram Macapagat, World Vision's Humanitarian and Emergency Affairs (HEA) director.

Field staff based in the Bicol provinces namely Albay, Camarines Norte and Camarines Sur continue to coordinate with local government offices for its rapid assessments as they look into immediate and expressed needs of the people affected.

Globe: 11 SMS alerts sent out to customers prior to Typhoon Nina’s landfall

Globe Telecom transmitted a total of 11 text messages, warning customers of potential dangers coming from Typhoon Nina prior to its landfall.

According to Globe Senior Vice President for Corporate Communications Yoly Crisanto, transmittal of the text messages was undertaken in coordination with the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) at no cost to consumers. “As a provider of vital telecommunications services, Globe recognizes the importance of disseminating information that would help ensure the safety and security of our customers specially during times of emergencies and calamities. The company is deeply committed in providing support for the government in undertaking such initiatives,” Crisanto said.

Globe helps rebuild schools in Isabela

Leading telecommunications company Globe Telecom has donated P1-million worth of construction materials to the Province of Isabela to help rebuild schools which were severely damaged by Super Typhoon Lawin last October.

The province identified specific materials such as marine plywood, galvanized iron roofing sheets, and umbrella roofing nails which are needed to replace school roofs ripped off by the strong winds.

DepEd urges family engagement in disaster preparedness

In its continuing efforts to ensure safety and readiness of learners and teachers, the Department of Education (DepEd) in partnership with the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS) and Coordinating Council of Private Educational Associations (COCOPEA) held a joint workshop on earthquake preparedness, highlighting the importance of school preparedness and family involvement in Disaster Risk Reduction and Management (DRRM) efforts. 

UNICEF prepares for Maysak/Chedeng; Landfall expected on E. Luzon onthe weekend

Super Typhoon Maysak (local name Chedeng) has entered the Philippine Area of Responsibility and is expected to make a landfall on the eastern coasts of Luzon over the weekend.

According to latest reports from PAGASA, the country’s weather bureau, Maysak has maximum sustained winds of 175 km/h and gusts of up to 210 km/h making it a Category 2 typhoon. This typhoon has slightly slowed down from its previously recorded sustained winds of 215 km/h. 

KakaoTalk aids relief efforts with World Vision

This Yuletide season, the whole world and the nation is one in lending a helping hand to the victims of the recent calamities in the Eastern Visayas. Typhoon Yolanda has left the country with high death toll rates and devastated lands, but the Filipino spirit of resilience and optimism remains to be untarnished.

KakaoTalk Philippines, in cooperation with World Vision Philippines, an international humanitarian aid, development and advocacy organization, initiated a relief effort campaign to help aid typhoon Yolanda survivors. KakaoTalk will be matching user donations made through World Vision from November 27 to December 10, 2013.

“Christmas is just around the corner, and we want everybody to feel the true spirit of Christmas - which is giving and receiving,” said Jean Lee, KakaoTalk Country Manager. “With everyone’s help we aim to make them feel loved and comforted despite of all these disastrous events,” adds Lee.

UPAA Presents Willie Nep In "Comic Relief" For UP Super typhoon Victims

The UPAA is sponsoring comedian Willie Nepomuceno in “COMIC RELIEF: It’s more fund in the Philippines” on December 14, 2013, Saturday, 8:00 PM, at the Music Museum in Greenhills, San Juan City. The show is for the benefit of UP students, faculty and staff deprived of facilities and resources by Super Typhoon Yolanda, specifically those in the devastated UPV Tacloban College and UPM School of Health Sciences in Palo, Leyte.

With funds generated from the project, the UPAA hopes to help enable many of the severely afflicted students to continue their schooling in the Leyte campuses, or other UP campuses, and thus pursue careers that will empower them to contribute to the advancement of their region and the country.

#YolandaPH: Leyte Progressive High School students get free tuition in Manila

Students of Leyte Progressive High School (LPHS) of Tacloban City, who evacuated to Manila after being affected by the wrath of Typhoon Yolanda, can now enroll at various Chinese Schools in Metro Manila. The following school announced additional assistance:.

#YolandaPH : PAGCOR, Solaire and Resorts World Manila Comes Together To Help

Setting aside entertainment and gaming rivalry, the big players have come together to be a blessing and hope for the people affected by the "storms" that affected Visayas and the rest of the country.

PAGCOR together with @SolaireResort & @RWManila encourage everyone to be a part of this #ReliefPH operation for #YolandaPH victims.

Interested volunteers may proceed to Manila Marriot Hotel basement parking (Newport Blvd, Manila) on November 16, 2013 (Whole Day)

#SolaireCares #1Tayo #IsaTayo #YolandaPH

SM Foundation Sends Out 50,000 Relief Packs to Yolanda Victims

The SM Group of Companies, through the SM Foundation's disaster relief program, Operation Tulong Express, has started relief operations in typhoon-stricken areas across Luzon and the Visayas region to provide assistance to the families greatly affected by super typhoon Yolanda.

“The SM Group of Companies has mobilized SM Foundation’s Tulong Express disaster relief facility. We are distributing 50,000 kalinga packages to typhoon victims in Tacloban, Samar, Panay Island (Iloilo, Antique, Capiz), Cebu, Bicol and Bacolod," said SM Foundation executive director Debbie Sy.

DepEd establishes command center in Cebu for post-Yolanda efforts

LAHUG, CEBU – The Department of Education (DepEd) has established a command center at itsEcotech facility in Cebu Tuesday to secure information on the whereabouts of its personnel. Interim offices have been set up for each of the Eastern Visayas divisions that are still not operational:  Leyte, Tacloban, E. Samar, Catbalogan,Biliran, Borongan and Baybay.

Each interim office is manned by staff from the Cebu office and tasked to establish contact with all personnel – from the superintendent to school heads – and get updates.

Education Secretary Br. Armin Luistro FSC reminded everyone of the urgency to account for people saying“Before anything else, we look for people. List all regions. Regions, contact divisions; divisions, contact schools; schools, establish contact with teachers and staff. First things first, tao muna (people first).”

#YolandaPH: SM FOUNDATION announcement

In the wake of damages brought about by the recent 7.2 earthquake and the super-typhoon Yolanda, SM Group announces its plan to allocate P100M as a calamity fund for areas devastated by the earthquake and the typhoon, particularly in, Tacloban, Ormoc , Samar, Bohol, Cebu, Iloilo Capiz, and Bicol.

The fund will focus on five different types of assistance: rebuilding homes, community centers, schools, and churches, and providing immediate relief through food and supplies. 

SM Foundation is taking the lead in the relief effort with the nationwide reach of SM Cares of the mall group, SM Savemore, and BDO Foundation. Each group has a different expertise in the community support program, and will be working with community groups to expand the efforts and widen the reach of the relief operation.

#YolandaPH : Jollibee Group Foundation is now accepting cash donations for Typhoon Yolanda affected communities

Jollibee Group Foundation (JGF) and Jollibee Foods Corporation (JFC), the country's largest fast food chain, is now accepting donations for our kababayans affected by Super Typhoon Yolanda (Haiyan).

The JFC Group is enjoining all its customers to help out by dropping your donations in JGF coinbanks found in over 2,000 JFC stores (Jollibee, Chowking, Greenwich, Red Ribbon, Mang Inasal and Burger King) across the country.

You may also opt to directly deposit your cash or check donations to this bank account:

Metrobank Peso Savings Account

Account Name: Jollibee Group Foundation

Account Number: 473-7-47301401-3

XSTIG: #YolandaPH Free Calls From Viber

Viber, a call and messaging app for smartphones extends help in communication help for the victims of Typhoon Yolanda, relatives and friends.

ATTENTION: In light of the current situation in The Philippines, we are opening a temporary service, allowing Filipino users to call regular (non Viber) numbers outside of the Philippines for free. Please note that this is not a final product, so not all countries are supported and quality may vary. You may have to restart your phone for this to work. To call someone using this service, go to any contact in Viber and tap any of the numbers listed next to "ViberOut". 

Call your family now. Let them know you are ok! #ViberHelps

Go to viber.com/typhoon for a full list of supported countries.

LAKBAYAN: Zest Air offers to airlift relief goods for free

To help flood victims in the National Capital Region and its nearby provinces, Zest Air is accepting free airlift of relief goods to Metro Manila. Interested charitable organization, non-profit, socio-civic or religious groups may avail of this service by sending an e-mail to Zest Air head of cargo team Ernest Bernal at mnlcargo@flyzest.com.

Relief goods should be packed in boxes with a list of items, their estimate value, size and weight in kilos including the complete contact details of their counterpart NGO or consignee.

Zest Air provincial cargo stations in Cebu, Davao, Cagayan de Oro, Kalibo, Iloilo, Bacolod, Tagbilaran, Puerto Princesa and Tacloban will start accepting relief goods and donations for free airlift to Metro Manila starting today, 21 August.

PAGTUTULUNGAN.ORG: WFP Appeals fro US$ 21.6 Million To Assist Victims of Typhoon Bopha

DAVAO CITY, PHILIPPINES – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is appealing for US$21.6 million to provide life-saving food and nutrition assistance as well as logistics support for 400,000 people who have been most affected by Typhoon Bopha in the worst-hit areas of  Compostela Valley, Davao Oriental, the CARAGA region, and Lanao del Sur.

WFP’s food assistance, which will run until May 2013, complements the government’s ongoing relief and early recovery operations through a single food supply pipeline, jointly managed  with the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), to ensure  an efficient and coordinated response to food needs on the ground.

WFP’s assistance will include providing specialised nutritious foods to 80,000 children in the worst-affected areas and 60,000 pregnant and nursing mothers. 

Operation Tulong By SM To Help Affected Typhoon Victims

Now that the stormed Pablo has passed the islands of Mindanao and Visayas, it time to rebuild and help our fellow kakabayans down south. As we here in Luzon are fortunate enough to have never felt the wrath of the typhoon this Christmas season. It would be a great and noble deed to share what we have for the victims of the recent super typhoon.

You can be part of rehabilitaion revolution with SM supermalls' Operation Tulong in selected SM Malls in the country. You may also donate through the SM Foundation Inc. Banco De Oro account number 15000-706-94.

Operation Tulong Express at SM City Cagayan De Oro had 1,221 families using the grounds of the mall as shelter during the height of Typhoon Pablo (composed of 4,838 individuals), which was 13.5% of the total number of evacuees during the Typhoon in Cagayan de Oro. With that, we'd like everyone to know that we are accepting donations for those who have been affected by the Typhoon. We have also set up Operation Tulong Express in SM Lanang Premier and SM City Davao.

Stay Safe! Some Help Information You Need

Here are some information that you might need because of the incoming storm "GENER" approaching the metro. As it also affect other provinces right now but also brings heavy rains and strong winds. Keep yorself safe and know some cautionary  information this  rainy day. This post will be updated for news and alerts about the weather. Keep an emergency kit and stay indoors. If in low lying areas, evacuate immediately when warned by officials. 

PAGTUTULUNGAN.ORG: WFP Receives Generous Donation from Pizza Hut -Taco Bell For Sendong Survivors and Programmes in Mindanao

Through the Yum! Brands World Hunger Relief campaign, Pizza Hut and Taco Bell restaurants in the Philippines have contributed Php 6.1 million (US$144,000) to the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) for its activities in Mindanao. The donation will support the on-going relief and early recovery operation for victims of Tropical Storm Washi (Sendong) and school meals programme in conflict-affected areas of central Mindanao.

“We are deeply impressed with the dedication of Pizza Hut and Taco Bell staff who actively promoted the World Hunger Relief campaign in their restaurants, and in the process raised generous support to help fight hunger,” said WFP Philippines Country Director and Representative Stephen Anderson. “We are also grateful that they extended their campaign to seek additional assistance for Tropical Storm Washi survivors.”  

About 155 Pizza Hut and Taco Bell restaurants, which are part of the Yum! Brands chain, collected donations throughout the country during a campaign from November 2011 to January 2012. As part of the campaign, Taco Bell donated Php 10 to WFP from each purchase of a special meal dedicated to supporting school meals programmes. Contributions were also collected in nationally distributed donation boxes.