There is not doubt about the destruction caused by Typhoon Haiyan and the effect it has left on the lives of the people. While the people of Leyte has received International and National help, there are areas and towns in Northern Cebu who are also suffering.
A good friend of mine based in New York has decided to initiate a fund raiser wherein our small company here in the Philippines would be the conduit in identifying and providing relief to certain communities and families.
With this proposed method, an international fund raising entity or individual can partner with us to channel any donations for a certain project. Our company through it's counterpart funds will shell out the manpower, local logistical cost to implement the project with full transparency. That way the donated funds can funnel to the recipient in an unadulterated manner and without having to charge domestic overhead to the donated money. How does that sound to you?
This is the location of the area that we are sending our micro-help.
Cebu City is termed the "Queen City of the South", it is the City where I was raised and where I completed schooling. Daan Bantayan is at the Northern tip of the Cebu Province can be reached at an estimate 4-5 hour drive.
Here is the link which my friend, Melba Yongco-Tan has set-up to receive donations.
For our first project:
OPLAN PUSONG BATO starts now:
If you do not recognize the picture, it is a photo of the ancient Mayan civilization method of drawing water. Just kidding. This is a manual water pump linked to an underground artesian well which has been damaged as a result of the typhoon.
Here is the same well, with the Barangay Captain of Sitio Libertad, Barangay Bagay in Daan Baantayan town. He gave us an estimate that to revive this well, the labor and materials will cost us around Php 15,000.00. (approx $ 341 US).
This is the only artesian well in the area, so the people in Libertad do not have a supply of water for their needs. There is a Japanese NGO working in the area giving out clean water but I guess that is a temporary solution.
I think you readers would agree with me that this is a more permanent solution to the problem. Using our UNcommon sense, fixing this problem will have huge impact.
So are we just gonna hand out the money to this Official so that this well will get fixed? Definitely not, you see the Philippine government is improving a lot, but the mind-set to be graft free and corrupt free, like the prosperity of the country, has yet to trickle down to the lowest levels of government.
Our course of action is to purchase the materials needed (listed) by local artesian builders ourselves and do an on-site inspection of the work that is entailed through completion. All related costs and expenditures will be posted on this website for full transparency.
Now, if you have not been able to donate to our cause, here is the link again, Click HERE to make a difference.
A good friend of mine based in New York has decided to initiate a fund raiser wherein our small company here in the Philippines would be the conduit in identifying and providing relief to certain communities and families.
With this proposed method, an international fund raising entity or individual can partner with us to channel any donations for a certain project. Our company through it's counterpart funds will shell out the manpower, local logistical cost to implement the project with full transparency. That way the donated funds can funnel to the recipient in an unadulterated manner and without having to charge domestic overhead to the donated money. How does that sound to you?
This is the location of the area that we are sending our micro-help.
Here is the link which my friend, Melba Yongco-Tan has set-up to receive donations.
For our first project:
OPLAN PUSONG BATO starts now:
If you do not recognize the picture, it is a photo of the ancient Mayan civilization method of drawing water. Just kidding. This is a manual water pump linked to an underground artesian well which has been damaged as a result of the typhoon.
Here is the same well, with the Barangay Captain of Sitio Libertad, Barangay Bagay in Daan Baantayan town. He gave us an estimate that to revive this well, the labor and materials will cost us around Php 15,000.00. (approx $ 341 US).
This is the only artesian well in the area, so the people in Libertad do not have a supply of water for their needs. There is a Japanese NGO working in the area giving out clean water but I guess that is a temporary solution.
I think you readers would agree with me that this is a more permanent solution to the problem. Using our UNcommon sense, fixing this problem will have huge impact.
So are we just gonna hand out the money to this Official so that this well will get fixed? Definitely not, you see the Philippine government is improving a lot, but the mind-set to be graft free and corrupt free, like the prosperity of the country, has yet to trickle down to the lowest levels of government.
Our course of action is to purchase the materials needed (listed) by local artesian builders ourselves and do an on-site inspection of the work that is entailed through completion. All related costs and expenditures will be posted on this website for full transparency.
Now, if you have not been able to donate to our cause, here is the link again, Click HERE to make a difference.
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