06 March 2008
In the middle of everything pointless and redundant
... everybody seems to screw their priorities. Too many protests, too long squabbles and too much politicking only makes a government uglier.
Enough bickering, sirs and ma'ams, the residents of Eastern Samar could really use MORE help right now. Copied this from So far, So Good, as pointed by Ederic:
Enough bickering, sirs and ma'ams, the residents of Eastern Samar could really use MORE help right now. Copied this from So far, So Good, as pointed by Ederic:
We would like to appeal to your or your organization for immediate assistance
as we respond to the call for relief in the province of Eastern Samar.
Eastern Samar was placed under a state of calamity last February 19 due to continuous floods and landslides. Although no typhoon has passed the region, 15 days of non-stop downpour affected thousands of families; damaged millions of crops and destroyed hectares of agricultural land.
As of February 25, 2008, the Department of Social Welfare and Development
in Eastern Samar reported:
Affected: 33,385 families or 165,930 persons
Casualties: dead: 11; injured: 28; missing: 3
Damaged houses: destroyed: 498; partially damaged: 2,913
Damages to agriculture: No rice production harvest expected
due to 100% of their ricefields submerged under the floods.
Health concerns: Cases of diarrhea were detected in all localities in Eastern Samar
due to the contamination of water sources.
To ensure reliability of the report, the Social Action Center of the Diocese of Borongan confirms these numbers through the parishes for reliability.
With disaster relief only trickling in, we need all the help we could get.
Please send your donations through Ayala Foundation's Relief ops via:
G-Cash:
Type DONATE_amount_mpin_AYALAFOUNDATION and send to 2882.
ie. DONATE 50 1234 AYALAFOUNDATION
BPI Direct Deposit:
Ayala Foundation - Social Development
Account # 0011-1490-22
Fax your deposit slips to (02) 813-4488, Attn: Ayala Young Leaders
In-kind Donations: Only the ff. items will be accepted:
medicine, rice, canned goods and water.
(Drop off point still under coordination)
For more information, please contact Ayala Foundation at 752-1065 or 752-1084.
Look for Ralph Morales or Tin Feliciano.
Thank you very much.
as we respond to the call for relief in the province of Eastern Samar.
Eastern Samar was placed under a state of calamity last February 19 due to continuous floods and landslides. Although no typhoon has passed the region, 15 days of non-stop downpour affected thousands of families; damaged millions of crops and destroyed hectares of agricultural land.
As of February 25, 2008, the Department of Social Welfare and Development
in Eastern Samar reported:
Affected: 33,385 families or 165,930 persons
Casualties: dead: 11; injured: 28; missing: 3
Damaged houses: destroyed: 498; partially damaged: 2,913
Damages to agriculture: No rice production harvest expected
due to 100% of their ricefields submerged under the floods.
Health concerns: Cases of diarrhea were detected in all localities in Eastern Samar
due to the contamination of water sources.
To ensure reliability of the report, the Social Action Center of the Diocese of Borongan confirms these numbers through the parishes for reliability.
With disaster relief only trickling in, we need all the help we could get.
Please send your donations through Ayala Foundation's Relief ops via:
G-Cash:
Type DONATE_amount_mpin_AYALAFOUNDATION and send to 2882.
ie. DONATE 50 1234 AYALAFOUNDATION
BPI Direct Deposit:
Ayala Foundation - Social Development
Account # 0011-1490-22
Fax your deposit slips to (02) 813-4488, Attn: Ayala Young Leaders
In-kind Donations: Only the ff. items will be accepted:
medicine, rice, canned goods and water.
(Drop off point still under coordination)
For more information, please contact Ayala Foundation at 752-1065 or 752-1084.
Look for Ralph Morales or Tin Feliciano.
Thank you very much.
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thanks for re-posting this one, xio =] all hands on decks for our country, whether it be working for better governance or extending real-time relevant help to those in current need. God bless you!
Ederic, we've been searching. And searching. And searching. And searching. And searcing. Some of us get, um, too busy searching and we get tired that we begin to neglect looking for, say, subtler adjectives? **huge smiley** But that's just me. **wink**
Mr Ian, yep, pro patria!
Mr Ian, yep, pro patria!
While we should indeed turn our attention to the victims of natural disasters, we should also not relent in our search for truth.
The protests actions that you describe as "too many" just show that the people exercise their constitutionally protected rights.
There wouldn't be "too many protests" and the government wouldn't look "uglier" if only the people in the current administration do what is right and just.