After watching images of the devastation caused by Super Typhoon Yolanda on TV and online, Lynza Gonzalez from Houston, Texas, worried about her sisters and brothers whom she has not heard from since Yolanda struck Friday, November 8. Gonzalez is desperate to travel back to the Philippines to find out the fate of her family, but in the meantime all she can do is seek comfort with the Houston Filipino community in organizing relief efforts. Overseas Filipino communities across the globe are organizing fundraisers, medical teams, and other relief initiatives to support the victims of Typhoon Yolanda. From the US, to the UK, Spain, and Australia, Filipinos have gathered once again, just weeks after organizing similar fundraisers for the victims of the Central Visayas Earthquake. “When you’re far away and you see everything that’s happening in the Philippines flooding your Twitter and Facebook newsfeeds, the first thing you feel is helplessness. But then come the posts about relief efforts, and then you ask yourself, ‘what can I do from here?'” said Alex Gemperle, a student from the University of Navarra.
Rappler has compiled a list of worldwide Filipino community typhoon aid events, you can see the list here.
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