This blog contains various links to and information about individuals, organizations and groups who have taken an active role in donating their time, money, goods and support to the typhoon Ondoy/Ketsana victims in the Philippines. We hope that this website will serve as a guide to donors and connect various Filipino communities in the Pacific Northwest towards relief efforts in our motherland.


We encourage everyone to step up and help in organizing and donating the very much needed help for those whose lives have been gravely affected by Ondoy.

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Friday, December 11, 2009

Immediate Responses & Temporary Solutions to Long-Term Problem

When I was in the Philippines a month ago, most of the Metro and the areas that I have went to look back to normal. The billboards are all up again on EdSA, everyone is back to work/school and there are not a lot of volunteer locations anymore since people have to go back to regular programming.

Ondoy was not in the news anymore or as much. Elections are coming up and so campaigning has begun and people are talking about political moves/hopes/worries. But from what I have seen, most things are back to normal again and I am actually hearing more news abroad about people helping than from people back at home.

So what now, Filipinos? Are we just going to provide temporary solutions to long-term problems? What can we do in order to be better prepared in the future?




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