How to Help the Typhoon Sendong Victims

 When Hatyai City was hit by flood , we're informed and partially emotionally ready...but when it actually happened (around 10:30 PM) and reached 3 meters high (no one expected the water to rise more than a meter) I'm in panic. I never felt such kind of fear that brought chill to my spine. I prayed soooo hard liked I've never done before. I didn't sleep until I'm sure that the water stopped rising. After 3 days, the water started to recede. Imagine the mess it made- our place is strewn with mud, garbage and debris...and no water! 

The flood that covered Hatyai City last November 3, 2011

I'm really touched with our Thai neighbors. They're soo concerned about us that everybody's giving fresh milk to Hyzyd. Some gave us bottles of mineral water. They gave us two packs of relief goods -rice, canned goods, noodles, oil and soy sauce.  I'm impressed of how fast the government send help to the victims. I even saw the previous Prime Minister near our area. He personally visited Hatyai City and helped on giving relief goods. Thanks God for our friends who visited us and hand us food and diaper.

Since then, every time I heard about floods, I whispered prayers to the victims. I've been in their shoes! I'm really put into grief when I learned that Typhoon Washi (locally known as Sendong) caused flash flood that swiped off lots of houses, belongings and the worst, lives in Cagayan de Oro City and Iligan. They've experienced much worst than what I experienced. It came like a thief in the night when everybody's soundly sleeping. They were helpless when it happened. I think, we can help them.

Here’s how :

Visit  Philippine Red Cross and you can donate online (credit card, paypal, online banking, megalink, Bancnet, GCash


SMS
Text REDAMOUNT to 2899 (Globe) or 4143 (Smart)

G-Cash
Text DONATEAMOUNT4-digit M-PINREDCROSS to 2882

You can donate the following denominations:
Globe: 5, 25, 100, 300, 500 or 1000
Smart: 10, 25, 50, 100, 300, 500 or 1000
And did you know that you can send your old clothes and other useful materials for the victims of Typhoon Sendong to ANY LBC and JRS BRANCH AND THEY’LL SEND IT TO CDO/ILIGAN FOR FREE? 

Your help (even in small ways) could save lives. Give LOVE (through your monetary assistance, time and effort) on CHRISTMAS. This is the best Christmas gift we could offer to the people of Cagayan de Oro and Iligan City. On the other hand, we at Pinay Mommies Community (PMC) accepts donation to help the victims buy food, clothing and drinking water. We can't help all the victims but at least we could make a difference and bring hope to some of the victims . You can send your donations via paypal addressed to admin@pinaymommies.com and place "PMC Cares" on your subject. 

You can visit Pinay Mommy Online for other options to help CDO and Iligan City victims.