Last Updated on April 13, 2017 by Marie Bautista
THIS IS A REPOST: To everyone who is actively participating in packing relief goods to be sent to Tacloban City/Leyte and other affected areas, please take note note of the following:
1.) DO NOT PACK NOODLES OR ANYTHING THAT NEEDS WATER. There is no water and electricity so it is impossible to consume this kind of food.Send crackers, pouches of foil packed pre- prepared,easy-to-open canned goods & ready-to-eat foods like crackers will do.
2.) PACK MEDICINES – most especially basic medicines (Biogesic, Bioflu, Robitussin etc). Also if possible, include medicine for surface wounds (Betadine, alcohol, gauze bandages, band aids) as many have been wounded because of the debris and fallen rooftops.
3.) PACK AT LEAST ONE BOTTLE OF WATER. People are raging for water (some have even become violent just for water). There is no source of water at all at any part of Tacloban.
4.) PACK CANDLES AND MATCHES – there’s no electricity for a minimum of two months so all people will need these.
5.) PACK CLOTHES in a CLEAR PLASTIC and LABEL according to size eg. male adult large. so families will get appropriate clothing. Please pack clean, pre-washed clothes only,brand new underwear if possible.
6.) FLIP FLOPS or tsinelas are the most needed foot wear. avoid sending closed, leather shoes.
7.) TOWELS all sizes are also needed and useful , plus soap and shampoo a big help to stop the spread of germs and improve hygiene. Sanitary napkins and disposable diapers too are needed.
Adrian’s school (we are in Baguio City), Bridges Tutorial and Learning Center located at no. 3 Laurel Street, Baguio City, is collecting contributions which will be picked up by the Sacred Heart Community volunteers tomorrow (November 13, 2013) Wednesday evening.
Baguio residents can also give their contributions/donations to the Bishop’s Place at the Baguio Cathedral and the local chapter of the Philippine National Red Cross.
For cash donations:
Yeah, this is a good guide. Come to think of it… I don't know how they could prepare their food at this time. Really a sad state! 🙁
I know. If we ever do donate canned goods, dapat yung mga easy to open cans…
Can I reshare this too on my blog sis?
Sure, Tet!
This time to be united, little help goes a along way..and to those people who needs it really bad it means a lot to them. Great post! Lets help one another:)
It is wonderful that everybody is pitching in. I just hope the goods will get to the concerned survivors immediately…
It is sad to think that the whole Leyte island is look like a ghost town now, my parents live there and one of the victim of this typhoon. I cant even call them coz all power lines are down, I've heard that there going to have electricity in 5 months. It is hard also to send some help there coz there's no vehicles going there, Hopefully the government pay attention to those people who lives in remote area and give some help. I'm just thankful that my family are all alive.. I feel bad to the family who lost their loves ones. By the way this is a good idea to help the victims of the typhoon they really need it, and thank you for the thoughts.
I hope your parents are okay. The pictures and footages on media just make you sad…
Thank you for your help, Marie. We all need to unite together. We can see that everybody is pitching in and the huge problem is logistics. I hope all the donations will reach the people immediately. They need food and water NOW.
oo nga eh. Relief goods are coming but the goods are coming in trickles daw… Hayy, i hope the country will pull through,,,
Everyone should read this guideline. Yesterday, I shared a video about the reason why we should not donate formula milk, one "friend" of mine tried to debate na what about babies daw na walang mothers? I replied na there are a lot of bf organizations that donate breastmilk. She still tried to argue na kesyo di naman daw nag-iinfo dissemination. Um, kaya nga nagshe-share sa Facebook? To think she's a mom herself. Hay!
We had a site in Palo, Leyte and seeing photos of what it looks like now gave me goosebumps. The company is allowing employees to donate their VL credits or donate via salary deduction. Proceeds will go directly to our employees and their families. Alternately, boxes sprouted at the pantry to start up collection of dry goods. those will be routed to other foundations though for other beneficiaries in other areas. So many devastated, but also so many ways to help.