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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsLinks if you can help out the victims in the Philippines
http://worldnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/11/09/21386694-how-to-help-organizations-offering-relief-to-typhoon-haiyan-survivors?liteI am giving to Doctors Without Borders.
http://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/
Thank you
NightWatcher
(39,343 posts)I see the Red Cross asking for $$$ via texts but I wonder if they can really make the money count.
Incitatus
(5,317 posts)Like the OP, I am trusting my donations with Doctors Without Borders.
DesertFlower
(11,649 posts)day.
Botany
(70,504 posts)I really did not know the scope of the destruction and the very early death
counts until just a little bit ago.
DesertFlower
(11,649 posts)i posted the link on my facebook page. hope that got some more donations.
it is really bad and i'm thinking of making another contribution.
Botany
(70,504 posts)I like the fact that 86% of their donations go right to helping people
w/12% going to fund raising and the rest goes to administrative costs.
If I have a little money on Friday I throw $25.00 to UNICEF because I
know they do good work too.
DesertFlower
(11,649 posts)who do not give to charity. they claim they can't afford it. one of them is my granddaughter and she makes good money and shops in nordstroms.
i learned at a very young age about charitable giving. we didn't have much but my mom always managed to give -- even if it was a small amount. same with my grandparents.
Number23
(24,544 posts)Hekate
(90,683 posts)More is on the way and should be there soon. Please consider donating, as they are an outstanding organization with almost no overhead costs.
http://www.directrelief.org/2013/11/aid-bound-for-philippines-to-help-typhoon-haiyan-surivors/
The typhoon battered the island nation early Friday morning (local time) with winds reaching nearly 200 mph equivalent to a Category 5 hurricane. One million people are displaced and 12 million could potentially be affected, officials estimate. Electricity and communications lines have been cut off in most of the affected area an area still reeling from a 7.2 magnitude earthquake that hit less than one month ago.
As damage assessments begin in the Philippines, Direct Relief is monitoring its partners in the storms projected track using Esri mapping technology (pictured above) and is maintaining contact with its network in Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia, where Haiyan is predicted to make landfall once again Sunday morning local time.
Direct Relief is collaborating with its partner on the ground, Asia America Initiative (AAI), to coordinate the delivery of needed medical aid, which is expected to arrive in the Philippines capital, Manila, early next week. The donation contains antibiotics, pain relievers, nutritional supplements, anti-fungal medications, wound dressings, and chronic disease medicines. Initially sent as part of Direct Reliefs response to the earthquake, they will be distributed where most needed.
While the storm may be over, the risks arent. During and after flooding, many people are at high risk of developing skin and eye infections, respiratory infections, diarrhea, malaria and cholera. Thats why Direct Relief is currently assembling an additional donation of flood relief supplies specifically requested by AAI that will ship to the Philippines next week.
Direct Relief is also working with Team Rubicon, a disaster response veterans service organization, to provide their search and rescue medical response team with portable kits containing products ideal for addressing the needs of displaced flood survivors. The Emergency Team will continue to communicate with other healthcare provider partners on the ground and is prepared to respond with more aid.
Whisp
(24,096 posts)I hope good wins over evil.