thru the National Secretariat: Center for Emergency Aid and Rehabilitation, (CONCERN) Inc. NCR Center Address: 22 Libertad St. Brgy. Highway Hills, Mandaluyong City, Philippines Central Luzon: Lot 12, Blk.3, Rd. 3, Phase 1 St Jude Village, San Agustin, City of San Fernando, Pampanga tele/fax # (045) 9611721 e-mail: concern.inc@gmail.com November 8, 2013

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Dear Friends and Allies,

We are switching on our Oplan Sagip Bayan operations (Oplan People’s Rescue) in light of the damage by Typhoon Haiyan’s rampage (local name: Yolanda) in Eastern and Central Visayas.

This is in close coordination with CONCERN or Center for Emergency Aid and Rehabilitation who has more than twenty five years of consistent work in the field of disaster-risk and rehabilitation and has assisted more than one million individuals since 1988.

Residents of Cebu, Bohol and nearby province of Leyte have been served with a double whammy as a 7.2 magnitude earthquake came twenty four days earlier, on October 15.

The energy released by the Visayas quake is equivalent to 951.5 kilotons of TNT, 796,214 lightning flashes, 30.16 million gallons of gasoline, or 1.90 billion sticks of dynamite according to the internet news site Rappler.

Following the quake, seventy-seven out of almost 2,900 aftershocks monitored by Philvocs were felt. The structural integrity of houses, buildings, including heritage churches still left standing by the quake are already severely compromised, sink holes began appearing as a result.

Last November 8, Super Typhoon Haiyan came blowing in from the eastern seaboard bringing winds howling at 235 kmh (147 mph), waves were reported to reach 15 meters (45 ft) and brought in 400mm (15.75 inches) of rain in some places. This early, the death toll is expected to exceed 10,000 and for those that survive the devastation, there is little food, no electricity or clean water. Clean clothes and other provisions necessary for survival are scarce.

As we switch on Oplan Sagip Bayan, we are sending out an appeal to all our friends and allies, like you, in the hope that we can gather both food and non-food support intended for the Haiyan victims, specifically for Northern Cebu and three towns in Leyte or around 5,000 families.

Our ability to respond to this crisis hinges on how fast we can muster the needed support for the victims such as: o standard food relief packages for a family of six for three days consisting of the following items approximately worth Php 1000 (USD 25 ) : 6 kilos of rice ½ kilo of washed sugar ½ kilo of dried fish ½ kilo of mongo beans ¼ kilo of iodized salt 3 canned of sardines

• non-food items such as mosquito nets, sleeping mats, blankets, flashlights or paraffin lamps, rubber boots, drinking water, used clothes, etc.
• medicines such as Paracetamol tablets and syrups, antibiotics, anti-allergies, cough and colds, water purification tablets, medical supplies for first aid such as alcohol, sterile gauze, plaster, Betadine antiseptic solution, etc.
• Equipment for use of the Emergency Operation Centers such as radio transceivers, warehouses, vehicles, fax machine, photocopiers, cellular phones, generators etc.

You can also send your in-kind donations to this address: • Metro Manila: # 22 Domingo Guevarra St. Barangay Highway Hills, Mandaluyong City 1550

You can send your donations through the women sector account:

Account Name: Pagkakaisa ng Kababaihan para sa Kalayaan Inc. (KAISA KA)
Account Number: 106930026351
SWIFT Code: BDO-BNORPHMM
Routing No.: 021-000089
Name of the Bank: BDO-Mandaluyong Libertad Branch
Address of the Bank Branch: G/F Sierra Heights Place Domingo Guevarra corner Sierra Madre Streets, Mandaluyong City, Philippines, 1550

 

Help us help the Haiyan victims, now. For more information please call our office number 717-3262 or visit us at #22-A, Libertad St., Brgy. Highway Hills, Mandaluyong City and look for Mr. Fidel Fababier or Marie Guzman.

We will acknowledge all sponsors/donors and shall provide a concise report on the same. Thank you in advance for your support.

 

Respectfully,

Fidel Fababier
National Coordinator, Oplan Sagip Bayan +639461115073 (Mobile) kpdpilipinas@gmail.com