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Tuesday, November 19, 2013
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HelpPH: Global Donation Campaign for Relief, Reconstruction, Rehab launched
Mobile phone users all over the world can donate via text for relief, shelter, continuing education, livelihood programs
[November 15, 2013/ MANILA] - In response to the needs of communities devastated by Super Typhoon Haiyan/ Yolanda in the Philippines, the Philippine Disaster Recovery Foundation (PDRF) has launched HelpPH (help.ph), a global campaign for donations via mobile load to help fund programs for relief and reconstruction in partnership with international organizations, Philippine NGOs, government agencies and private companies.
Mobile phone users from over 40 countries can now directly donate to HelpPh (www.helpphilippines.ph) by sending airtime load to PDRF through BayadLoad, a mobile money service of Smart Communications, Inc. (Smart) approved by the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (the Philippine Central Bank) for this purpose.
To contribute to HelpPh, mobile phone subscribers overseas must key-in +63-999-7-000-000 (12-digits) as the beneficiary mobile number and then send their donation using the airtime top-up procedure of their specific mobile network operator. The maximum amount per day is US$10. This fund-raising program will continue until December 31, 2013.
“The unprecedented scale of the devastation inflicted by Typhoon Haiyan/Yolanda requires a global response. Through HelpPh, we are providing people all over the world the means to send help to those in greatest need through a few clicks on their mobile phones,” said PDRF chairman Manuel V. Pangilinan.
The United Nations recently initiated a global effort to raise US$310 million for the Philippines in the aftermath of Typhoon Haiyan/Yolanda. One proven channel for international donations is through mobile phones.
According to a CNN Money report, a donation via text campaign raised US$25 million four days after Japan was hit by a massive earthquake and tsunami in March 2011, while a donation drive for the victims in the 2010 Haiti earthquake generated over US$150 Million.
Through Philippine and international partners, funds gathered will be directly channeled to immediate relief efforts and later, to long-term recovery programs in areas of the greatest need.
For this purpose, PDRF is firming up cooperative arrangements with organizations like the Philippine Red Cross, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Caritas Manila, Philippine Business for Social Progress, Gawad Kalinga, the United States Agency for International Development and the GSMA, the global association of the mobile phone industry.
Immediate relief operations will be prioritized for remote areas not reached by mainstream relief distribution. Corporate members will be tapped to provide transport, logistics and communications support to enabletimely coordination of relief efforts by government and relief agencies.
This includes “information as relief” to provide affected communities with news and information through mobile phones, the Internet, social media and satellite TV, as well as medical relief through on-the-ground missions, telemedicine and psycho-social therapy.
Initial partners for this effort include Alagang Kapatid Foundation, Caritas Manila, PLDT-Smart Foundation, Maynilad Water Services, Philippine Red Cross and TV5 network.
For shelter and resettlement, PDRF will work with various partners including Gawad Kalinga, Habitat for Humanity, One MERALCO Foundation and Philippine Contractors Association (PCA).
To provide education for displaced school children, PDRF will help implement innovative learning programs, including mobile learningsystems, in cooperation with the Department of Education, the Central Visayas Institute Foundation and the GSMA.
To sustain the recovery efforts, PDRF and its partners will promote livelihood through emergency employment programs, labor-intensive projects, technical-vocational skills training and enterprise development.
Meanwhile, the microfinance sector will be tapped to help create sustainable livelihood that would give affected families a chance to start anew. Initial partners are the Philippine Business for Social Progress, ASA Philippines, CARD MRI, Microcredit Council of the Philippines and Land Bank of the Philippines. PDRF is also holding discussions with the United Nations-International Labor Organization and Oxfam to pursue collaborative efforts in these areas.
Through its mobile money subsidiary, Smart has partnered with four leading global mobile airtime transfer companies that include Transfer To, Tranglo, www.ezetop.com, and Aryty, which together cover more than 250 partner mobile network operators in 90 countries, serving 5.9 billion mobile subscribers, 60 percent of whom, or about 3.6 billion, are prepaid users.
These operators are in countries such as Australia, Bahrain, Belgium, Brunei, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, United Kingdom,Greece, Hong Kong, India, Iran, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Kuwait, Macau, Malaysia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Oman, Qatar, South Korea, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, and the Vatican City, among others.
PDRF was organized in 2009 following the devastation caused by Typhoon Ketsana/Ondoy and is made up of major private sector companies and leading NGOs.
It is one of the three identified institutional conduits approved by the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (Central Bank of the Philippines) together with the Department of Social Welfare and Development and the Philippine Red Cross. To learn more about this, please visit help.ph.
Monday, November 18, 2013
Not Mulling on a Rehash
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Celebrities join together and use their influence via social media to enjoin their followers and fans to help in any way they can to give comfort to the disaster victims. These stars take on the role as volunteers and advocates of assistance to the unfortunate victims.
The recent and most destructive catastrophe to ever hit the country has once again demonstrated this oneness and incomparable spirit. In the Philippines, ordinary citizens, as well as celebrities have devised every conceivable way to raise funds for relief operations. Some celebrities opted to sell and auction off their branded clothes, shoes, bags and other stuff.
Some big star endorsers asked for donations in kind from the companies whose products they endorse. In more ways, these companies offer almost everything, usually more than their endorsers ask for. As a show of gratitude, the endorser/star post pictures of all these donations in her social media accounts.
A few big celebrities went the extra mile and really leveled up. They gave cash donations in unbelievably huge amounts which were not normally done. Contrary to common belief, the generosity of these stars is beyond question. For how else do you qualify the character of someone who happily and wholeheartedly gives in the millions, without conditions?
This was exactly the tone and topic of conversation between a Major Star MS and her Colleagues and Friends CF. Being a big celebrity of her network, MS was asked (or teased?) why she would only be doing a small bazaar when she can very well do much more like donate some cash. CF further added that MS’ cash donation may not necessarily be in the millions like what the others did.
The CF were amused, but no longer surprised when MS answered them pointblank, " You know what, I do not have to do that. Why will I give cash when they have already done it? Besides, cash donations from many parts of the world are already overflowing , I do not think I still have to add to that!"
" Self-deception is nature; hypocrisy is art. " ~ Mason Cooley
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College Basketball Player Caught Stealing Maricar de Mesa's Purse at Prive
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Spotted: Marian Rivera, Rochelle Pangilinan and Carla Abellana on Relief Operation
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Sunday, November 17, 2013
Wrong Moves
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CP, a veteran of showbiz controversies recently hinted at giving more focus on his businesses after a major personal decision was reached. The last decade of his showbiz career had been more than fruitful in terms of material gain. He has every reason to be very confident , says he worked hard and believes he has bottomless bragging rights.
CP is presently engaged in realty business. His ambitious residential project in a big city had begun construction years ago, was aggressively promoted and has quite attracted several buyers. Its grand opening was attended by a select few notably from showbiz and politics.
It was an awesome launch, a showcase of the opulence, an image its owners would want it to project. However, not a few observers are in wonder why only those of the commercial spaces have undergone completion, but the residential units where many Investors IN infused in their hard-earned moneys scream of attention. Allegedly, it was all talk - nothing was happening after all the years. Reportedly, some IN are apprehensive if the turnover schedule will be met as promised.
However, some people understand where those IN fears are coming from.
They would not want to speculate, but many have seen CP allegedly encurring real huge losses at the casinos, both here and abroad. For someone who has no such history, these sightings of CP can be quite alarming for IN, as in how can business and gambling mix? One will have to give way somehow.
Essentially, one good thing that separates the old from the “nouveou riche” is the way they behave towards their money.
Nonetheless, IN still want to give CP the benefit of the doubt, although some of them belatedly realized that his alleged business acumen has yet to be proven. Disturbing as it seems, IN and other stakeholders would want to project a positive attitude and conquer their fears.
“ I spent a lot of money on booze, birds and fast cars. The rest I just squandered. ” ~ George Best
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Lakers' Kobe Bryant Presents a $150,000 (P6,546,000) Check Donation to Philippine Red Cross
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