THIS WEEKEND: Please Help a Filipino Out
Friday, October 2nd, 2009Usually on Fridays I post art openings, film events, and whatever fun filled activities are happening over the weekend. But today I need to shift focus to more pressing issues and help raise awareness and relief for the people who could really use the support.
Last weekend the Philippines was hit hard by Typhoon Kestana (also known as Typhoon Ondoy) which killed hundreds and left most of Manila under water and the country in a “state of calamity”. Now the islands brace for the arrival of Super Typhoon Parma (Pepeng) as it makes landfall this Saturday. I was happily relieved when I received a facebook message from my cousins in Manila letting me know that they’re alive and well but at the time of the typhoon they thought it was the “end of the world because the rains didn’t stop”. Others may not be as fortunate. Please help a Filipino out by giving aid through relief agencies such as these:
- American Red Cross
- Philippine Red Cross
- UNICEF
- Save the Children
- Direct Relief International
- CARE
- World Vision
- HISG
And like many other third world countries that encounter natural disasters, clean drinking water has been in great demand. Meg Wells of Flux has sponsored the Clean Water Initiative donating LifeSaver Water Bottles which turn “the muddiest, murkiest, virus-infested water into clean, safe drinking water.” Watch the company’s CEO Michael Pritchard make clean water at a TED talk here:
Click here to sponsor and donate clean water with a Lifesaver bottle.
Thanks for taking some time to help support those in need!
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