• Balikbayan-Europe-The Netherlands
  
• Phil. Frauen gruppe im Hochsauerland Olsberg-Germany
  
• Children’s Rehabilitation Center (CRC)
  

From Balikbayan-Europe-The Netherlands

FREE DONATIONS SHIPMENT TO PHILIPPINES WITH BALIKBAYAN-EUROPE

Balikbayan Europe is helping the Philippine people by sending boxes with goods for the victims of Ondoy Typhoon in cooperation with Philippine National Red Cross (PNRC) Rizal Chapter.

You can send or bring clothes, blankets, canned goods, pots and pans and more in any size box or bag and bring it to Balikbayan Europe warehouse in Terwolde and we are sending it for free to Philippines.

Give what you can and we take care of the rest.

Mga kababayan huwag po kayong mag atubiling tumawag sa amin kung may gusto po kayong tanungin.

Telephone nos.
Erliza-0031-617925369
Hans- 0031-681463888
Email us:lizaapero@yahoo.com
warehouse; Twelloseweg 77Q,
7396BM Terwolde

From Phil. Frauen gruppe im Hochsauerland
Olsberg-Germany

Nangingilabut ang nangyari sa ating bansa, at kaming mga Frauengruppe ay nagkaisa na tumulung.Kami ay nagtitinda ng mga pagkain natin [pansit at lumpia] for fund raising sa mga City fiestas ,at sa mga festivities sa mga simbahan.maski papaano mayroon din kaming maitulong.
At nagkataon na kami ay nakapagload ng isang container na may mga gamit at sigurado akong magagamit ng ating mga kababayan.At sana itong container naito ay mailabas kaagad sa custom na hindi magka-problema.At sa pagdadasal namin [ tayong lahat na makakabasa nito maski saglit lang ipagdasal natin ang ating mga kababayan.]alam natin makakatayo na naman ang mga kababayan natin.
Tayo ay mga Filipino!!!
Ang gruppo namin ay 22 years ng tumtulong sa ating mga kakabayan.
At ngayon lalo pa kaming magsumikap na mag-fund raising at mag-solicit sa mga Germans na mga kaibigan namin dito.
Salamat, danke, God Bless us all.

Contact:
Marietta Esteban- Richter
Email: m.esteban-richter@gmx.de

From Children’s Rehabilitation Center (CRC)

URGENT APPEAL FOR SUPPORT FOR THE VICTIMS OF TROPICAL STORM “ONDOY”

Posted on request by Dr. Angie Gonzales
September 29, 2009

September 26, 2009, around 10am, tropical storm “Ondoy” landed in Luzon and hit 25 provinces. Heavy rains continued to pour causing the rivers to overflow at about noon, severely flooding the urban poor communities surrounding it.

One of the areas affected was Sitio Olandes, Bgy. Industrial Valley Complex in Marikina City which is located near the banks of the Marikina River . Sitio Olandes is home to about 3000 families and the Olandes Batibot Early Learning Center (OBELC), a network organization of the Children’s Rehabilitation Center .

As floodwaters rose up to their roofs in a matter of 3 hours, women and children were crying for help on their roofs, waiting desperately to be rescued. OBELC was submerged in flood waters causing damage to the center, including books, school supplies and other things used for their daily operations.

Our network organizations, from other urban poor communities of Quezon City and City of Manila , are also affected. In Sitio Talanay, Barangay Batasan Hills in Quezon City , the houses were washed away by the raging waters. The day care center, an extension of the Busilak Learning Center (BLC) program in Sitio Veterans, Quezon City , experienced severe damage similar to the OBELC.

The same effects of “Ondoy” were also experienced in Bgy. Tatalon, an urban poor community in Quezon City perennially flooded during storms. The houses were also washed away by the fierce flood currents. The residents, who still have their houses also stayed on the 2^nd or 3^rd floor or on the roofs to avoid the rising flood waters.

In Vitas, Tondo,in the City of Manila , one of the areas organized by the Samahan ng Maralitang Kababaihang Nagkakaisa (SAMAKANA) or the Association of United Urban Poor Women, the residents, especially women and children were also severely affected by “Ondoy’s” wrath.

Tropical storm “Ondoy” left serious damage on properties and even deaths in some parts of Luzon . The areas that were hit the hardest are the cities of Marikina , Quezon, Manila , Pasig and some areas of Rizal like San Mateo , Cainta, Taytay and Antipolo.

With these numbers of families affected by the storm and the floods, Children's Rehabilitation Center (CRC) is trying to extend its help by providing immediate assistance like relief goods and financial support. This is necessary as efforts of the local and National government are inadequate and slow, especially with the large number of victims needing immediate assistance.

Through the help of our fellow child rights advocates and other child focused organizations, a rescue operation in Sitio Olandes, Bgy.Industrial Valley Complex, Marikina City was conducted last September 27. CRC is currently part of a Task Force overseeing immediate relief for the families of OBELC. About 4 families are temporarily housed in the office where they were immediately evacuated.

The victims call for:

1. Immediate assistance for basic needs like food, drinking water, clothes and shelter.

2. Donations of books, school supplies and equipment to the OBELC and BLC for their operations.

Relief goods and materials may be dropped off in our office, #90 J. Bugallon, Barangay Bagumbuhay, Project 4, Quezon City . You can contact us at (+632) 913-9244 or 439-1053 and look for Malou or Sarah. For financial donations, you can deposit at:

Account name: Children’s Rehabilitation Center
Bank name: Bank of the Philippine Island – Kamias-Anonas Branch

Account number: SA 3323-2050-85
Please notify us of your deposit for your official receipt.
Email: childrehabphilippines@yahoo.com.ph