VARIOUS firms and organizations have found many ways to do their share in helping the survivors of super typhoon Yolanda.
The Philippine Red Cross-Cebu chapter will hold a concert for a cause on Nov. 29 at the Capitol Social Hall.
The event, which will start at 7 p.m., will feature bands, namely, Level Up with Archie Marcial and Circle of 6.
Proceeds of the fundraising event will be used for the services of the Red Cross and for the disaster victims.
Ticket price is P600 inclusive of heavy cocktail.
Tickets can be bought at the Red Cross-Cebu chapter office on Osmeña Blvd., Cebu City.
For sponsorship, one may call (032) 253-9793, 412-4140 or 0923-4245939 and look for Cyress Joan M. Catin.
The Ramon Aboitiz Foundation Inc. (Rafi), meanwhile, is hiring locals where it would be giving away relief packs both as a practical approach to the distribution and a way of providing income to them.
“It is logistically practical and at the same time we are contributing also to them because they are in need of money,” said Edwin Marfil, in-charge of the Rafi relief operations command center.
He said that while each truck Rafi has and would send are accompanied by volunteers, the foundation is hiring local hands in the loading and unloading of relief items for distribution.
Rafi is also calling on all institutions and organizations involved in relief efforts for the survivors of Yolanda to coordinate with the foundation’s relief operations to come up with more integrated relief efforts and to maximize resources.
Marfil said the intent is to consolidate all information on relief efforts so that everyone would know where each other went. This way, each organization would know which places to go next in the distribution of relief goods.
Consolidator
Rafi is willing to serve as a consolidator of all information, which the foundation would send out to all concerned and anybody interested each day at 6 p.m.
Interested parties can contact (032) 418-7234 local 402, access www.facebook.com/rafi.org.ph, or email [email protected].
SM Foundation, the socio-civic arm of the SM Group of Companies, together with SM City Cebu and SM City Consolacion activated the Operation Tulong Express in areas devastated by super typhoon Yolanda.
A total of 50,000 relief goods were distributed in different municipalities and provinces in the Visayas region, including Cebu City and Cebu Province, Panay Island, Tacloban City, Ormoc, Samar and Bacolod City.
On Monday, the foundation went to the towns of Medellin, and Daanbantayan, and distributed relief packs to 2,000 families, and in Barangay Mabolo, Cebu City, Consolacion; Cordova; Bantayan Island; San Remegio; Bogo City and Camotes Island the
following day.
The foundation along with personnel from SM City Cebu and SM City Consolacion are now in Tacloban City to distribute 20,000 relief goods and medicines. Another team is in Ormoc City to distribute 4,000 relief good and medicines.
SM City Cebu also distributed 10,000 cans of sardines to the residents of Cebu City and Cebu Province through the Department of Social Welfare and Development 7.
SM Group announced its plan to allocate P100M as a calamity fund for areas devastated by the earthquake and the typhoon, particularly in Tacloban, Ormoc , Samar, 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 will also accept donations, in cash or in kind, in all SM supermalls nationwide.
In Cebu, the booths are located at the lower ground floor near Country Crafts in SM City Cebu and at the first level near Bo’s Coffee in SM City Consolacion.
Meanwhile, the Turkish Government, through The Turkish Red Crescent, a Turkey-based humanitarian organization, sent an Airbus 330 cargo carrier to the Philippines with 90 tons of aid material, including blankets, tents and kitchen equipment in addition to food items intended for the typhoon survivors.
Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Besir Atalay said the relief goods were expected to arrive on Monday, Nov. 11.
The Turkish Government will also be sending search and rescue teams to help in rescue and retrieval operations.
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan earlier sent his message to President Benigno Aquino III offering his condolences and pledging aid to the country.
The Singapore Government will also make an additional donation of S$150,000 to support relief efforts in the Philippines. This is in addition to the S$50,000 they have earlier pledged.
With the S$200,000 donation from the Singapore Government as seed money, the Singapore Red Cross will launch a public appeal for cash donations of typhoon survivors.
The Singapore Red Cross will be sending a medical team to Tacloban.