Money Matters
Posted by Michelle Moquin on November 12th, 2013
Good morning!
First of all, let me apologize for missing to say Happy Veteran’s Day yesterday!
Secondly, I try to reserve Tuesdays for “finance” aka: Money Matters. It seems that helping those that have been affected by the typhoon in the Philippines, is close enough. In this case money does really matter…If you can help out, please do. Thank you!
Here’s a write from Maddow’s blog.
A man walks home with his son Monday Nov. 11, 2013, following Friday’s devastating typhoon that lashed Hernani township, in eastern Samar province, in the central Philippines. BULLIT MARQUEZ/AP
Where to send help for Typhoon Haiyan survivors
NBC News with reporting by the AP and Reuters, has compiled a thorough and diverse list of aid groups working to help people in the wake of Typhoon Haiyan’s devastation.
I’ll list them here, but click through for descriptions of each. Some offer food, some clothing, some medical assistance, some have assembled people locators for families trying to get in touch with each other. Some have the simple text message donation systems with which we’ve now become familiar, and others have more detailed means of donating.
- The American Red Cross
- The Philippine Red Cross
- UNICEF
- World Food Programme (WFP) - Also, UN World Food Programme
- The International Rescue Committee (IRC)
- Save the Children
- Catholic Relief Services
- World Vision
- Habitat for Humanity
- Operation USA
- National Alliance for Filipino Concerns (NAFCON)
- The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee
- Mercy Corps
- ChildFund International
- International Medical Corps
- The Salvation Army
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November 13th, 2013 at 4:31 pm
That’s okay Michelle I know we were in your heart.
November 13th, 2013 at 4:43 pm
I was in the Philippines when the typhoon struck. It was incredible. The water was so high that I thought it would reach my hotel room. When we were allowed to leave the hotel, bodies were floating everywhere. Some were stuck to objects and bloated and stinking to the heavens.
I was so glad to get a lift to Guam. It was a nightmare.
November 13th, 2013 at 4:45 pm
If you haven’t seen a natural disaster, then you are so lucky. The smell of rotting bodies was so overwhelming that people were vomiting in the streets.
November 13th, 2013 at 4:49 pm
‘m a Filipino. Thank you wonderful people for your help and donations. But please, please, I beg you not to give the monetary donations to our politicians.
November 13th, 2013 at 4:50 pm
The Philippine government and the rich people living in those mansions in Manila doesnt even bother to help at all. On top of that the international community that tries to enter the country to help are stopped at customs unless they pay taxes and customs fees!!!!!!
This is the worst system I have ever seen. The Philippine politicians and its police, and military are now being judged around the world.
It is shameful how 10000 and counting dead bodies are rotting while the rich folks in Manila eat and shop at the sky scraper malls.
November 13th, 2013 at 4:51 pm
This story is similar to hurricane katrina in the US and the earthquake in Haiti. Politicians and the wealthy are always ready capitalize on the misfortune of the downtrodden.
November 13th, 2013 at 4:51 pm
Eric, easy to criticized, but I think you knew of very little information, as of the moment the more affluent people in the Philippines have volunteered their time and effort to personally pack the goods for victims, the Philippines you knew before is not the Philippines now
November 13th, 2013 at 4:52 pm
THEY ARE PATHETIC. I HAVE BEEN POSTING FOR 7 DAYS NOW , AS I AM LIVING HERE IN THE PHILIPPINES ASKING WHY THEY DON’T USE THEIR HELICOPTERS TO DELIVER AID??? THEY DON”T CARE ABOUT THE POOR IN THIS COUNTRY!!
November 13th, 2013 at 4:52 pm
The president does not seem too concerned about the situation.
November 13th, 2013 at 4:54 pm
Eric, I come from Kenya, where the mall was recently bombed by terrorists and then robbed by the military, we had it pretty bad, the govt did not even raise a finger to assist out and instead they let the red cross come in for such a small disaster. (Usually the redcross is supposed to come in for real big disasters such as this one). Then the president allows the looters of the mall to get away.
We were embarrased on an international level, most of us had to cover our faces and walk around lest people ask us where we were from. ………… it really hurt.
November 13th, 2013 at 4:54 pm
Eric, “the rich people living in those mansions in Manila doesnt even bother to help at all.” you should be more specific.
November 13th, 2013 at 4:56 pm
Kunal, This is of course a national issue but its strikes deeper to the core, its a societal problem in which humans are engrained in, for some weird reason we are steeped in historical divisions we set for ourselves in society whether it be religion, financial standing or race.
In many countries in the history of the world and to this day you are treated depending your color, position financially, or religious beliefs and its no different today.
From Hurricane Katrina to the Earthquake in Haiti to the Mall shooting in Kenya to the dior situation today in the phillipines, the better off higher up in every single nation are to quick to form political alliances with each other, quick to respond to situations in which someone is smoking a natural herb but to incompetent to gather the individuals who contribute to their societies in the form of taxes, the help they need when push comes to shove.
Its not an international problem that each nation must ponder upon and conclusively arrive an opinion to. It is a Global matter of ethics and a revolution that must take part in every single nation on earth who calls themselves god loving and equality driven, in which the individuals within it realize there is a hierarchical system in which we are the bottom half and its proven time and again when the shit hits the fan.
November 13th, 2013 at 4:57 pm
Eric you are wrong. Those rich folks in Manila are right now donating their time in repacking goods in the various DSWD sites in Manila not to mention money as well.
Just because they are not in the site itself doesn’t mean they are not doing anything. SEcond, that taxes and fees were already recanted and reported as untrue. They were held up because the roads are impassable due to debris and fallen trees
November 13th, 2013 at 4:58 pm
Michael#6:
Not really, the US military was there the day before Katrina hit land with equipment, food and water ready to help out the gulf cost, out of places such as Camp Shelby MS. but Louisiana Governor Kathleen Blanco did not request help from the president until a day after Katrina hit and until the governor ask for help state law and federal laws prevent the military and the president from doing anything.
November 13th, 2013 at 4:58 pm
Kunal, Sure, noted the way they just went into the mall like a bull in china shop and had no regard for the hostages using rocket propelled grenade launchers to bring the roof down, and then just like the airport incident helped themselves to whatever, this only serves to play into the hands of Kenyas enemies
November 13th, 2013 at 5:00 pm
Michael-#6, you are a liar. The Rebublican-led U.S. government at the time wanted New Orleans to drown. They withheld assistance intentionally to break the backs of Democratic leaders in Louisiana. It was corruption at its most disgusting. Bush will burn in hell for what he did to South Louisiana.
November 13th, 2013 at 5:00 pm
New Orleans was almost like all other disasters except that thousands of poor and others could not get out. The leaders assumed they got out and then nobody wanted to take blame for not getting them out.
November 13th, 2013 at 5:01 pm
Incredible that you can say such a thing for 3 days no help touched the worst off in the terrible communities, i am willing to bet you however that the higher better off people in rich communities were evacuated far quicker than the African Americans and poor Caucasians huddled in mass on various bridges in New Orleans.
If you noticed at all Its not a race thing as much as it is an economic thing, there were sick Caucasian dying intermingled with African Americans scattered across the Louisiana homeland not given treatment ( in time) and this is a discusting trait humans have, care about our kind only, the other ones on the bottom of the ladder can simply be kicked off.
November 13th, 2013 at 5:02 pm
Politicians in the Philippines have rewrote the book on government corruption by ignoring the fate of these poor survivors, sending in soldiers to shoot them for trying to get their own food & water (since the stores are not open), and preventing other countries’ aid from even getting to them.
We were lucky during Katrina that we were in the US, and I can appreciate that even more now — even with all the issues before, during and after.
November 13th, 2013 at 5:04 pm
Peter#7;
So youre saying international news media (i.e. CNN, MSNB, Al Jazeera, BBC) are not telling the truth about how the Philippine government is nowhere in those devastated sites where bodies are rotting?
If Anderson Cooper and the entire US news crew can smell the rotting bodies and the catastrophic outcome with no water, food and shelter where are the local supporters you mention?
Why aren’t they in the picture? ABS-CBN, GMA, the Aquinos, San Miguel, UP University, Makati hospital doctors etc. Where the heck are they? I think you are clouded by insurmountable denial.
November 13th, 2013 at 5:06 pm
Wayne#9, the Philippine president is one the wealthiest family in the country. His entire estate and his entire family owns half of Tarlac City. While these poor people suffer and die his family and his mansions are intact.
People are saying he is not corrupt..well in the past decades Philippine politicians have already been marked as the most corrupt country in SE Asia. What made him rich and what made him powerful today is all because of corruption as well.
November 13th, 2013 at 5:07 pm
Eric#20;
How can you go to the site, when the airport just become fully operational just today, the place was devastated by the typhoon, no commercial planes. Issue is how to access the people in need, roads and infrastructure were heavily damaged.
November 13th, 2013 at 5:08 pm
I think their government is working against the relief operations by not showing up (except to shoot looters), having no emergency plans(!), not fixing the roads, and not having decent housing in the first place!
November 13th, 2013 at 5:09 pm
Peter#22, How can CNN news crew and other international news agency go to the site? Ask yourself that..
November 13th, 2013 at 5:09 pm
The CNN crew could either walk or take a motorcycle good enough to carry 1-3 persons.
On the other hand, massive sending of relief goods will need a much wider road (which they find difficulty to do since all roads are blocked, electricity for better communication with the center of operations and all of those stuff needed.
SEriously everything is working against the relief operations right now but so far little by little they are now reaching those sites.
November 13th, 2013 at 5:10 pm
Agree but they could do a few MRE airdrops of food and water
November 13th, 2013 at 5:12 pm
Peter, True but then they have to consider also the chaos happening there right now especially when NPA has been reported to threaten stealing the relief goods.
November 13th, 2013 at 5:13 pm
A few relatively unburdened people can go where large convoys of government or NGO trucks cannot. Hello? It’s all about LOGISTICS.
November 13th, 2013 at 5:14 pm
Because they rode with the Military’s C130 planes and asked help from other TV stations if they could get to other towns. i am referring to the CNN crew who walked going to the airport until they saw an ABS CBN crew. There are motorcycles available as well. As for the news, it will always be sensationalized.
Do you even know the extent of the damage done by this typhoon? Have you been there, like right now? Do you know the condition of all the towns for you to say that its sort of like easy to just give out relief goods? What do you want to happen?
Danding Cojuangco packing noodles and carrying boxes of water? Do you want the Ayalas to go house to house and ask for donations? Do you want Lucio Tan to drive a truck with relief goods and be the one to distribute it? Sir, you obviously have so much hatred on well off people that you are using this situation to vent off your anger, insecurities in my perspective.
They do not need to tell the whole world what they have done to help the victims, no grandstanding, no photo ops before handing 1 sack of whatever.
Nobody wanted this to happen. Even owners of known companies have lost their employees in the affected areas. They have lost businesses too. That is why people are helping each other, other countries are helping us.
You cannot have everything be ok a day after a massive storm, that’s not how it works, unless we do have the Avengers, the Justice League and the X-men to help us.
And lastly we don’t have skyscraper malls, 5 storeys is the highest. So think very very very hard and analyze every situation before you rant.
November 13th, 2013 at 5:14 pm
I agree, Just as in Iraq CNN news crew stayed in their hotel rooms to report news on the war.
November 13th, 2013 at 5:15 pm
Because Anderson and a couple of camera men can jump in a jeep and drive to an area that was hit. I would bet if they had to drive in with a truck loaded with a couple tons of supplies they would still be sitting at the airport.
Sensational media running around interviewing people dont help. They just use resources like food fuel and water that could be be used to help people
November 13th, 2013 at 5:15 pm
that’s just stupid observation or opinion if you may call it.
As someone who
can’t handle the crisis of a leaky faucet I’m never going to criticize anyone
trying to assist in a massive catastrophe.
The real problem
is not politics, economics or the rest. It is the simple fact that we humans
are not nearly good enough to fix this kind of thing fast. We saw this with
Katrina, the US as a first world country had the same predicament.
November 13th, 2013 at 5:16 pm
Many forms of help, are not getting any publicity. Just because you are not seeing it in the news, it does not mean they did not give any help.
Don’t rely too much on the media for your information.
November 13th, 2013 at 5:16 pm
Philippine media like ABS-CBN and GMA are controlled by the Aquinos. They will do anything they can to protect the name of Aquino. Anyway, Cooper is right. Where is help from Philippine govt? CNN, pleaseeeeeeee tell the whole world how incompetent Aquino and how biased the Philippine medias are.
November 13th, 2013 at 5:17 pm
The people of the Philippines are very repressed people that live under the power of tyrants. The people are victims.
November 13th, 2013 at 5:18 pm
Eric, how can you say the current president is corrupt..any proofs, well anyway enough with the blaming and just help with the relief effort
November 13th, 2013 at 5:19 pm
Eric, more reason why you should go back to your country.
November 13th, 2013 at 5:19 pm
fillipinno, chinese, thai, malaysians are all out to get you when you land in their country. I stay away from these countries.
November 13th, 2013 at 5:21 pm
Toolus#37, Im sorry but I am an American citizen and was born here. Although my ancestors are from that country I still love the people.
And a US Army veteran served in three wars unlilke you of course a civilian with no knowledge and no loyalty to his own people and government. You might want to rethink what you just said.
November 13th, 2013 at 5:21 pm
We are suppose to be practicing and selling the free speech thing but here of late we seem to have a lot of fingers in our pie.
November 13th, 2013 at 5:22 pm
Hush ya bumba pls go back to europe
November 13th, 2013 at 5:23 pm
The custom rumor is just a hoax, the German volunteers themselves denied that accusation, everybody is doing what they can. The thing here is that national gov’t supposed to work with local gov’t units for augmentation of relief and rescue operation.
But since everyone on local gov’t level are all victims and survivors, its not functioning in full, provincial staff, police and army with their families are all victims, the roads are filled with debris maybe up to 4ft. high in some areas, most vehicles were destroyed by storm surge, logistic is an enormous challenge.
I’m also wondering what’s going on, where’s the relief, but as long as you’re not in the ground yourself and not part of the gov’t operation, it’s hard to see the real picture. And by the way Eric, people can still help and donate without interrupting their normal life. Christmas season is coming, you can’t stop people from shopping and dining.