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Donations For Typhoon Yolanda Victims

Clothes Donation

I know there are many clothes donation drives going on, but of all the donation drives I have seen (read), I think this is the best one. Electrolux will wash and sort the clothes, towels and blankets before turning over to ABSCBN Sagip Kapamilya

Bloggers For Yolanda Victims:

Bloggers for Relief PH: Project Hygiene Kit A conscious effort by the Davao Bloggers Society to join the relief operations by raising a total of P100,000.00 to finance and produce 1,000 hygiene packs for the victims. Each kit will contain toiletries and other essentials good for one week’s use by one person. Hygiene kits were chosen to be donated as this is something that is not yet prioritized by many donors. One hygiene pack costs P100 or $2.50.

Fundraising Giveaway Event for the Typhoon Haiyan Survivors #BloggersUnite #ReliefPH

Typhoon Yolanda Relief Effort for Medicines and Vitamins

Paypal donations

Mercy Corps – Help Typhoon Haiyan Survivors Typhoon Haiyan left a trail of massive devastation across the Philippines on November 8, 2013. Survivors are in urgent need of clean water, food and shelter. Mercy Corps’ emergency responders are assessing needs and working with partners on the ground to reach survivors.

Save the Children: Emergency Response Save the Children’s emergency responders put the survival, protection, and well-being of children first. Your donation to the Save the Children will help address all the crises to which they respond, such as those affected by Typhoon Haiyan.

Team Rubicon Team Rubicon (TR) unites the skills and experiences of military veterans with first responders and disaster professionals to rapidly deploy emergency response teams into disaster zones. In response to Typhoon Haiyan, TR is deploying surgeons, medics, and rescue specialists to provide aid to the Philippines.

Philippine Red Cross (click the donate to paypal button)

World Food Programme (click the paypal donate button)

Donations For the Kids (and teachers)

Classroom Chairs

Donate for the Teachers

1000 BearHugs >> Heartwarming toy drive campaign to bring bears and plushies to children displaced by conflict or disaster. We collect new and clean pre-loved stuffed toys. Drop off points

Mobile Donations:

Habitat for Humanity Philippines:

Donations through G-Cash, just text DONATEAMOUNT(MPIN)HABITAT and send to 2882.

Red Cross Philippines:
SMS
Text RED<space>AMOUNT to 2899 (Globe) or 4143 (Smart)

G-Cash
Text DONATE<space>AMOUNT<space>4-digit M-PIN<space>REDCROSS to 2882

Let’s Talk About REAL Talk

Most people agree that our friends and family are the most important part of our lives. But the way we interact with our loved ones has changed, thanks to technological advances such as texting, skyping, online messaging and social networking. Even the way we find new people has drastically changed, thanks to advances such as online dating and social media.

It used to be that when you wanted to catch up with a friend, you’d pop round her house or call her on the phone. Nowadays, you’re just as likely to ping her on Facebook or drop her a tweet. But are you really connecting with your friends? Is a smiley face emoticon the same as seeing your smile for real?

Only around 7% of our communication is conveyed by the words we use and the rest is in our body language, facial expressions, and gestures. So it’s clear that we are missing a lot when we rely too heavily on online messaging and neglect the real time communication that everyone enjoys. Hugs, smiles, and just spending time in another person’s company are all fundamental human needs.

On the other hand, texting and messaging can have a positive influence on relationships of all kinds. Many people have met the love of their life online, and when you look at the facts about online dating, it is nowhere near a scary or mysterious concept as it used to be. I am a witness to an online love affair. My high school best friend met her partner through online and it worked really well with them, now they are happily married for 5 years!

Before mobile phones, organising a night out or meal with friends and family was a lot of effort – nowadays, it’s much easier to send a text around or set up a Facebook invite to get everyone together. It’s much more convenient if you want to change plans at the last minute, too.

Keeping in touch is easier too. If your loved ones are far away, you can still keep up with their daily lives through social media, email, messaging, texting and video calls. Staying close with people even when you’re miles apart is a wonderful gift that technology has given us.

Of course, it’s important to keep a balance between time spent online and time spent with your friends in person. As long as you use it wisely, technology can be a way to enhance and deepen your most important relationships and stay close with those you love.