Update: 30-09-09 23:00 – There’s now a comprehensive Google doc list of where to donate plus all pertinent details on how to help locally and abroad.
(updated 30-09-09, 10:20 a.m. Note: Except for info on Red Cross and the Netherlands, this post is only for online donations to non-profit orgs)
This is an urgent appeal for help for the victims of tropical storm Ondoy (international code name Ketsana), which yesterday unleashed epic rains in the Philippines. Metro Manila’s average rainfall for September is 391.7 millimeters. In only six hours, Ondoy dumped 341 millimeters of rainfall. Ondoy already has killed 246 and 500,000 have been displaced and homeless as of this posting. (updated 29-09-09)
I am thinking of ways to help and the fastest and simplest way to do it from abroad is via Paypal or direct donation to the Philippine National Red Cross, or other organisations that enable online payment. There are always to help more or organise something else later, but we must address this pressing need right now. Please help.
Your contribution will go a long way. 1 Euro = 69 Philipine pesos; 1 US$ = 47 Philippines pesos. With P50, one can get a simple but good meal or medicine or personal hygiene items. It will greaty help the immediate needs of both victims and volunteers.
There are many ways of helping and other detailed information on how to help locally and from abroad. The Philippine Daily Inquirer has culled of list how to help; or you can go to Google’s landing page for typhoon Ondoy. But what I’ve listed below are the simplest and fastest ways to help from abroad.
1. Donate to Red Cross via Paypal
TXTPower urges its members, supporters and friends abroad to make donations via Paypal. All donations coursed through TXTPower will be sent to the Philippine National Red Cross.
2. Donate directly to the Red Cross
- CASH or CHECK
Please send cash or check donations to the PNRC National Headquarters in Manila. Checks should be made payable to The Philippine National Red Cross. We can also arrange for donation pick-up.
- BANK DEPOSIT
Account Name: The Phil. Nat’l. Red Cross
METROBANK
Port Area Branch
Peso Acct.: 151-3-041-63122-8
Dollar Acct.: 151-2-151-00218-2
Type of Acct. : SAVINGS
Swift Code: MBTC PH MM
BANK OF THE PHIL. ISLANDS
Port Area Branch
Peso Acct.: 4991-0010-99
Type of Account: CURRENT
BANK OF THE PHIL. ISLANDS
UN Branch
Dollar Acct.: 8114-0030-94
Type of Account: SAVINGS
Swift Code: BOPI PH MM
For your donations to be properly acknowledged, please fax the bank transaction slip at nos. +63.2.527.0575 or +63.2.404.0979 with your name, address and contact number.
3. Other non-profits organisations that can handle online transactions
- PhilippineAid.com: http://www.philippineaid.com/ (via Paypal’s ChipIn)
- Ayala Foundation: http://af-usa.org/donate_now_form.asp (select AFI-Typhoon Relief Fund in drop down menu)
- World Food Programme: https://www.wfp.org/donate/ondoy
- Ateneo Alumni Northeast, Inc: http://www.atenista-usa.org/site/featured-articles/help-for-ondoy-victims/
- HOPE Worldwide: https://www.hopeww.org/NetCommunity/SSLPage.aspx?pid=1227&srctid=1&erid=162143
- Australian Red Cross: https://www.redcross.org.au/Donations/onlineDonations.asp
4. Fee-free money transfers via Xoom (US only): http://ronaldredito.org/blog/321/ondoy-donation-using-xoo/
5. via Global Giving - http://www.globalgiving.com/projects/philippines-flood-disaster-fund/
6. The Netherlands:
Donate to: NFS – Nederlands-Filippijnse Solidariteitsbeweging (‘Netherlands-Phiippines Solidarity Movement).
Location: Leiden
Postgiro: 8118425
Subject: Support for flood victims / “Steun aan slachtoffers van grote overstroming”
For latest updates, visit the Philippine Daily Inquirer, Google’s landing page for typhoon Ondoy, or follow @mlq3 on Twitter.
If you have any questions regarding sending donations or other ways of helping, please contact me via this blog and I will try to help sort things out.
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