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MANILA, Philippines – Hundreds of families celebrated Christmas in evacuation centers as Typhoon Ursula (Phanfone) barreled through several provinces in Visayas after first making landfall in Eastern Samar on Tuesday, December 24.
According to the latest report of the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC), the death toll due to the typhoon climbed to 28 as of 6 am on Friday, December 27. At least 13 deaths were recorded in Iloilo where 6 members of one family were found dead after strong floodwaters swept them away in Batad town.
Leyte, Capiz, and the towns of Medellin and Daanbantayan declared a state of calamity in the aftermath of Ursula.
Pope Francis offered his prayers to Filipinos affected by Ursula after on Thursday, December 26.
In a press statement, development agency Oxfam said that many of the communities along Ursula’s path were still reeling from the impact of Typhoon Tisoy (Kammuri) and were in dire need of support.
People’s Disaster Risk Reduction Network (PDDRN) Executive Director Esteban Masagca said that early assessments of their staff and volunteers indicated that coastal villages urgently need emergency shelter materials, beddings, potable water, and food.
“Families are urgently requesting emergency shelter-grade materials because the storm completely destroyed their homes along the coast. Families need beddings and mosquito nets, especially as dengue continues to be a major threat in the communities…. It truly saddens us that thousands of families will enter the new year without food, or even homes,” Masagca added.
Here is a list of relief operations for the communities affected by Typhoon Ursula:
Citizens’ Disaster Response Center
The Citizens’ Disaster Response Center (CDRC), a non-governmental organization that promotes community-based disaster management in the Philippines, is organizing relief operations for those affected by Ursula.
Due to logistical concerns, CDRC said that they preferred cash donations over relief goods. Donations may be sent via PayPal (info@cdrc-phil.com) or bank with the following details:
- Peso account
- Account Name: Citizens’ Disaster Response Center
- Bank: Metrobank, Examiner Branch, Quezon City, Philippines
- Account No. 636-3-63600741-3
- Dollar account
- Account Name: Citizens’ Disaster Response Center
- Bank: Metrobank, Examiner Branch, Quezon City, Philippines
- Account No. 636-2-63600158-3
- Swift Code: MBTCPHMM
For those interested to donate relief goods, donors may drop off donations at 72-A Times St, West Triangle Homes, Quezon City. You may set a drop-off appointment with CDRC at +63 2 8929 98 20.
Rock Ed Philippines is accepting donations for its ground partners who are conducting relief operations in Capiz. Proceeds will be given to those affected by the typhoon in the province until December 29.
The organization is accepting cash donations via bank:
- Bank of the Philippine Islands account number: 3080-0073-44
- Bank account name: ROCK ED PHILIPPINES
Balik-Biliran network
Balik-Biliran network, a task force led by Serge Matugas Jr and organized for relief operations for those affected in Biliran, is accepting cash and relief goods in the form of clothes, blankets, rice, canned goods, noodles, bottled water, and toiletries.
There are two drop-off locations:
- Biliran: Mary Wella Villordon’s residence located at Garcia St, Naval, Biliran, beside Naval Central School
- Cebu: Please contact Sheriza Mae Uy at 09177193368.
Donors may deposit cash donations via any of the following bank accounts:
- BPI
- Account name: Jean Marie Bernardes
- Account number: 1309162958
- Bank address: BPI Jones, Jones Ave., Cebu City
- BDO
- Bank address: BDO Cebu City Branch, North Reclamation Area, Cebu City
- Account name: Eleanor C. Bernil
- Account number: 002920195081
- GCASH
- Gcash Name: Darl Octa Henessa Santos
- Gcash Number: 09173206783
Iloilo Girl Scout Council
The Iloilo Girl Scout Council is accepting donations for those affected by Typhoon Ursula in Northern Iloilo.
Donations in kind may be sent to the Iloilo Girl Scout Council, Magsaysay Village, La Paz, Iloilo City.
In response to the devastation brought by Typhoon Ursula to the Mindoro provinces, Keep Hope Alive in partnership with Youth for Peace Movement (Mindoro) will conduct a fundraising and relief operation activity for those affected.
They are accepting cash and relief goods in the form of canned goods, clothing, drinking water, medicines, food, hygiene kits, blankets, and other useful basic needs. Proceeds from the relief operations will be distributed to different communities heavily affected by the typhoon.
Interested donors may check their Facebook page for more details.
UP Hingyap, a student organization based in the University of the Philippines Visayas Tacloban College, is accepting any kind of donations for the victims of Typhoon Tisoy and Typhoon Ursula. Proceeds will be given to affected residents of Brgy. Lagundi, Allen, Northern Samar on Sunday, December 29, 2019.
For more information, send a a private message to the student organization on their Facebook page.
Climb Against Cancer
Climb Against Cancer, a non-profit organization of volunteer mountaineers, is accepting donations for the victims of Typhoon Ursula in Capiz until Friday, January 10. They will be conducting relief goods operation in Roxas City on Monday, January 13.
They accept cash and school supplies, such as notebooks, pad papers, pencils, crayons, and short plastic envelopes.
Interested donors may contact the founder of Climb Against Cancer, Nini Sacro, at 09163162879, or send a message to her personal Facebook account.
– Rappler.com
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