In the light of the massive destruction and scores of lives lost in the aftermath of Super Typhoon Yolanda (international name: Haiyan), the Community Based Health Program, through its national organization Council for Health and Development (CHD), is foregoing the celebration of its 40th anniversary on November 12-14, 2013 at the UP College of Medicine, University of the Philippines Manila.
In lieu of the festivities originally lined up for the CBHP@40 Fair and the scheduled 4th National Colloquium for Community Health Practitioners and Advocates, the CHD is re-coursing its efforts in generating all-out efforts to help the survivors and affected families of ST Yolanda. Resources gathered from friends and sponsors to the CBHP@40 Fair shall likewise be re-coursed to the relief efforts to be made for ST Yolanda victims.
ST Yolanda, equivalent to a category five hurricane, made landfall before dawn of November 8 bringing gusts that reached 379 kph (235 mph), waves as high as 15 m (45 ft), and up to 400 mm (15.75 inches) of rain in several places.
As of press time, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) reports 255 individuals were reported dead (Red Cross count is 1,200 as of November 10), 71 injured and 38 still missing. A total of 2,095,262 families or 9,679,059 persons were affected in 7,251 barangays in 471 municipalities and 51 cities in 41 provinces of Regions IV-A, IV-B, V, VI, VII, VIII, X, XI, and CARAGA. Out of the total population affected, 101,762 families or 477,735 persons were displaced.
Flood waters are still reported to be 10 feet high brought about by storm surge in Tacloban City and Palo City in Leyte, Visayas. Tacloban City Mayor Alfred Romualdez said that it is possible that the death toll could reach 10,000 people. ST Yolanda raged across Leyte and Samar and turned roads into rivers. The local government unit of Samar reported 370 dead and 2,000 missing in their province alone as of November 10. Cebu also had its share of destruction; it is the second largest city with a population of 2.5 million.
CHD together with Samahan Operasyong Sagip (SOS) is appealing for donations and volunteers to the affected populations of ST Yolanda. Relief delivery is the immediate response to extend aid to all survivors in the Visayas. Donations in cash or in kind (preferably food items that are not easily perishable, medicines, first aid materials, sleeping mats/plastic, toiletries, etc.) may be coursed to:
For cash donations, please send it through:
Account name: Samahang Operasyong Sagip, Inc.
Metro Bank
Savings Account # 636-3-63608747-6
Swift Code: MBTCPHMM
Metrobank-Examiner Quezon Avenue Branch,
1517 Ave Maria Bldg, Quezon City, Philippines
Donations in-kind may be brought to:
Council for Health and Development
#8 Mines Street, Brgy. Vasra, Visayas Avenue
Quezon City, Philippines
Volunteers may contact:
(+632)929-8109 or 921-0586 / chdmancom@gmail.com / sos.ondoy@gmail.com
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