From the UN Dispatch:
Over the weekend a deadly tropical storm slammed into the Philippines, causing severe flooding in urban areas and affecting tens of thousands.
Tuesday, a powerful underwater earthquake triggered a tsunami with waves 15 to 20 feet high that crashed into the Samoa islands, destroying homes and taking lives.
Then yesterday and today two successive and devastating earthquakes struck the Indonesian island of Sumatra, leaving thousands buried in rubble and in desperate need of aid.
Groups funded by the UN Foundation and Vodafone Foundation Technology Partnership are deployed in all three Pacific Ocean emergencies to provide vital communications services that enable relief workers to deliver food aid and emergency supplies.
I don’t have much to say except that I’m finding it difficult to find links to the appropriate aid agencies that will help the victims in this crisis. If you have any links I should place in this article, feel free to include them in the comments.
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hi, a few days ago i posted links in my blog (link below) to the the various operations (including the Philippine Red Cross) that are currently actively providing relief to my countrymen here in the Philippines. Please feel free to repost what you find useful. Thank you in advance for your help. God knows we need it.
Sorry, here's the link:
http://www.immateur.blogspot.com/
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Thanks Buday — please see his blog post at http://immateur.blogspot.com/2009/09/ondoy-relief…
And they're not just your countrymen, I'm Filipino American so I have a lot of interest in what's going on over there.
Seriously, how about not spamming the blog and instead emailing me. I might have been willing to have you guest post instead and now you're just annoying. I will leave your post up there as evidence of your spammy ways.
http://www.childunited.org/
We're a grassroots organization located in Seattle with close ties to local Filipino communities and organizations. Our efforts have already been covered by a number of local news agencies here in Seattle. We just had a fundraising event on Oct. 10 for typhoon relief. We're a nonprofit that's main focus is on education, but because of the Typhoons and our ties to the Philippines, we have shifted our efforts to disaster relief. 100% of the donations we receive are going to the relief efforts.
Thanks!
-Casey Hills
Internet Marketing Director, Child United
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