Call to help Red Cross

For those with the resources to help, these guys could really use some
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AN URGENT CALL FOR SUPPORT!
To the FRIENDS of the PHILIPPINE NATIONAL RED CROSS


Dear Friends,

The magnitude of the damage brought by typhoon
Milenyo is worse than we at the Philippine
National Red Cross originally expected.

Based on the reports of our local chapters and
assessment teams deployed to hardest-hit areas of
Sorsogon, Laguna, Albay, Camarines Sur and
Quezon, there are at least 70,000 families who
lost their homes and 189,000 whose homes have
been severely damaged because of the typhoon.

With no means of livelihood, and with only a few
possession in their hands, the affected families
urgently need our assistance. These people,
identified by the PNRC to be among the poorest of
the poor, are unfortunately still mired in deep suffering and poverty.

This gross indifference is simply unacceptable
given the grave affliction that continues to
beset our voiceless countrymen. To give you a
picture of how staggering the damage is, it will
take at the very least PhP 420 million to cover
the emergency needs alone of the 70,000
homeless. This amount will only cover the cost
of standard relief packages that will tide them
over for a week, and non-food items including
hygiene kits, blankets, mosquito nets, and charcoal stove, among others.

As the premier humanitarian organization in the
country, the PNRC aims to provide relief
assistance to 25,000 beneficiaries – or 1/3 of
the 70,000 most vulnerable. This would require
us to shell out more than PhP 150 million, and to
date, we have only been able to raise PhP 11
million. In view of the available funds we have
started the implementation of a less than basic
operation in favor of only 5,500 of the very
poorest of poor families. More funds are urgently
needed to support the targeted 25,000 beneficiaries.

We cannot do it alone, we need your HELP!

Your generous contribution will mean a lot… to
them… to us… and to all Filipinos.

Call 527-0000 or visit
<www.redcross.org.ph.>http://www.redcross.org.ph/>www.redcross.org.ph.
The Philippine National Red Cross is ready to receive your donation.

For further information, you may contact:
* Ms. Gwendolyn T. Pang, Director of Fund Generation Department,
phone: + 63 2 527-0000 loc. 159 / + 63 2 525-5654 ,
email: gwenpang@redcross.org.ph
* Ms. Charina C. Bogñalbal, OIC of Membership and Fund Drive Unit
phone: 527-0000 loc. 151
mobile phone: +63 917 806 8523
email:
fundgen@redcross.org.ph
* Mr. Richard M. Villena, OIC of Corporate Partnership Unit
phone: 527-0000 loc. 114
mobile phone: +63 917 882 5776
email: richard.villena@yahoo.com
* Fund Generation Department

Ms. Thelma Aguilus : Telefax +63 2 404-0979
Ms. Edna Andales : Telefax +63 2 527-0575


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