All posts by Heart2Heart
Over the weekend during the typhoon and a few days after, I was sick and could not mobilize to do anything. But I was online and watching what everyone was doing and posting and I tried to compile what I saw and put it here:
Previous entry: Help for Yolanda Typhoon Victims November 11, 2013
It is amazing how everyone wants to help and just keeps giving. Some people do not even think, they just give blindly. We are such an obedient people 🙂 Though I noticed that there were some individuals who are wary about giving donations because of the fact that they may go elsewhere and not to where it was intended to go to. Aside from that, it was frustrating to note that on day 5 of the typhoon, people were still hungry and dying for food despite the news that people have sent thousands of relief packs to the disaster areas. Heart2Heart has had sleepless nights thinking about all of this. I am an ordinary citizen of the Philippines and as of this day, I am still not clear as to a centralized plan during a disaster, who is really in charge and who should we follow during a disaster and what the overall plan is in terms of helping EVERYONE who is victimized?
So instead of complaining, I tried as best as I can to come up with a quick and dirty plan as to how maybe we can organize the relief efforts. Subject to editing and fine tuning. I am sharing it here hoping someone will believe in my plan and maybe implement it. My objective here is to come up with some sort of system for coordinating and organizing the relief efforts. And maybe more people will be able to give more towards a common goal. As LBC foundation said it
I wish we also had an overall plan so everyone knows where we are going and what we need to move forward. Here is also a very good PLAN which my cousin, Marie, sent me. It is the only one I have seen and looks like the best format for me. It is good because it has numbers that can be measured. It is clear as to how many people have to be helped and the amount that is needed.
Click below on a great plan made by the United Nations ( UN ) Ocha.
20131112-philippines-haiyan-action-plan-copy.pdf
[email_link]
Of course we asked Jose to take us to the fresh market of San Sebastian
Wow! Everything in this stall was bacalao!
A bar where you can have pintxos 🙂
Plenty fresh seafood
Percebe! Dad is eyeing this! 🙂
Tita Ina got so excited to see this!!! Cuchinllos!!!!
Cheese from the region! YUM! It reminded me of parmesan
In Europe you see almost all the ladies in the supermarket with these shopping carts which they use to transport their groceries since many just walk or commute
[email_link]
Smart Infinity unveils exclusive offers starting today!!! Listen to Smart Infinity Head, Julie Carceller as she explains the plans!
[wp_youtube]bak2RuDUenU[/wp_youtube]
FROM THE NETWORK THAT PUTS SMART IN SMARTPHONES
Sign up TODAY and get these very very good deals!!!! ONLY TODAY so hurry!!!
iPhone 5s and 5c Plans
[email_link]
San Sebastian is a very small and quaint town. When we arrived, Jose took us for a quick tour before dinner. We drove a few miles from the hotel and took this elevator to take us up
To this view!
And from this view you can see the border of France!! San Sebastian is very near France already so it would have been nice to do a France and Spain tour 🙂 But anyway, for future it would be good to have both in the itinerary
There was an old parador which was turned into a hotel
And going further inside is this!! It was so nice!!! So peaceful and so beautiful. These are little homes
A small plaza
And this is what I like about Europe – their old buildings with so much character
Love the small narrow streets
More homes
The next day we toured the city again and wow!
Some guys catching something by the shore
Sculpture by the mountains and water!
We took a tram to the highest point in San Sebastian
How beautiful is that? A view of the city of San Sebastian
[email_link]
Maago Ang pasko is the country’s longest running toy and book collection drive. The nationwide drive has collected already over 2 million toys. Maaga ang Pasko has been committed to spreading smiles and Christmas cheer for thousands of children with gifts of books and toys from kind hearted indviduals and families alike. The campaign has grown to be a traditon that Jolly Family Toy Scouts from all over the country look forward to each year. You cannot imagine what one toy can do to a child and how valuable it is for them especially during Christmas
[wp_youtube]WTmz6RHAdNE&list=UUyk1UBhROhDTgFzh6Ls-jRA[/wp_youtube]
Christmas comes early at Jollibee! Ang aga! This was my first gift under my Christmas tree this year!
Heart2Heart is like Jollibee!! I prepared all my christmas gifts last month, October, and released them starting November 1.
I am sure this year will be more meaningful especially with the recent devastations in the country. What makes the campaign different this year is the launch of the Maaga ang Pasko microsite. Starting November 11, families whether here or abroad can donate a toy and book online through the Maaga and Pasko microsite with the help of campaign partners. You can now reach out to Global Filipino communities in the USA, Middle East, Hong Kong and Singapore via Maaga ang Pasko donation boxes that will be placed in Jollibee branches in these markets. Click below to go to the website
[email_link]
Recent Comments