The recent massive flooding in Luzon affected some 2.7 million people and caused the deaths of nearly 70 others.
Many Filipinos abroad were moved by the devastation brought about by days of continuous heavy rain and wanted to help.
GMA News Online has compiled a list of different organizations that accept donations for calamity victims.
Some of those organizations provided GMA News Online with information on how Filipinos abroad can send their donations:
Ateneo de Manila University (ADMU)
Quezon City
Website: www.admu.edu.ph
Jason Haw, ADMU student volunteer, said the official Facebook page of ADMU contained details of how monetary donations can be sent to the university.
Donations in Philippine currency may be made via the bills payment facility of the Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI).
For donations in US dollars, a wire transfer can be made via China Bank with the following details:
Beneficiary Customer: Ateneo de Manila University;
US$ S/A Account No. 101-732651-4
Beneficiary Bank: 803-3278-269; China Banking Corporation; Manila, Philippines; Swift Address: CHBKPHMM
Donations made via wire transfer may be verified with Jeanette Salvania vpsd@admu.edu.ph, (632) 426-6001 local 4054. Official receipts will be in Philippine pesos.
University of Santo Tomas (UST)
Manila
Website: www.ust.edu.ph
Agree Gonzales, UST Central Student Council Vice President, said UST does not accept cash donations.
He said overseas donors may help by sending money to their families in the Philippines who in turn can purchase canned goods and supplies and drop them off at UST in Manila.
Donations in kind can be delivered at these drop-off points:
CSC office
Tan Yan Kee Student Center Lobby
Local Student Council Office
Gawad Kalinga (GK)
Website: www.gk1world.com
Donna Unsad, Community Organizer, NW Luzon/CAR Area Coordinating Team, told GMA News Online that it would be best to send in cash donations which will be used to buy food for the flood victims.
Donations can be sent through:
Gawad Kalinga US$ Savings Account # 3104 0162 34 BPI EDSA Greenhills (Swift code: BOPIPHMM)
Or for other online donations, please visit the GK’s official donation website.
LBC
Website: www.lbcexpress.com
Paul Bacay, Customer Service Agent, LBC Hotline, said LBC branches worldwide are accepting donations in cash or in kind for the flood victims.
For cash donations, there will be no fee but for donations in kind, the sender has to shoulder the shipping cost.
LBC will be turning over the donations to the Philippine Red Cross.
GMA Kapuso Foundation
Quezon City
Website: www.gmanetwork.com/kapusofoundation/
Jeffrey Balde, GMA Kapuso Foundation Executive Director, told GMA News Online Friday, that the foundation prefers monetary donations from overseas donors.
“Ang maganda sa cash, kung ano yung wala kami ang bibili,” he said.
The Kapuso Foundation accepts cash donations through:
UNITED COCONUT PLANTERS BANK (UCPB)
Bohol & Tomas Morato Branch
Dollar Savings
Account Name : GMA Kapuso Foundation, Inc.
Account Number : 01-115-301177-9
: 01-160-300427-6
Code : UCPB PH MM
PHILIPPINE NATIONAL BANK (PNB)
Timog Branch
Dollar savings
Account Name : GMA Kapuso Foundation, Inc.
Account Number : 121-0032000-25
Code : PNB MPH MM
BANCO DE ORO (BDO)
Timog Branch
Dollar Savings
Account Name : GMA Kapuso Foundation, Inc.
Account Number : 469-0072135
Code : BNORPHMM
Other details can be found in the official site of the Kapuso Foundation.
For donations in kind
In a Twitter conversation with a concerned citizen, Bureau of Customs Commissioner Ruffy Biazon clarified that overseas donors who send in relief goods should indicate the Department of Finance (DOF) as the consignee.
Genesis Samonte: “If foreigners want to donate medicine to the DOH, how do they go about customs requirements? @ruffybiazon”
Ruffy Biazon: “@genesismay They should indicate DOH as a consignee and apply for exemption from DOH. Do it PRIOR to importing.”
Biazon later corrected himself, saying: “@genesismay correction, apply for exemption from DOF, not DOH”
Devastating deluge
Due to the heavy rains brought about by the monsoon enhanced by tropical cyclone "Haikui" earlier this week, Metro Manila and nearby provinces in Luzon were affected by massive flooding.
The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) said the death toll as of August 11 (5:30 a.m) was at 66.
Some 598,622 families (or 2,684,843 people) in 16 provinces were affected.
Of these, 95,189 families (or 440,909 people) are being served in 937 evacuation centers.
The damage to property was estimated at P157,581,611.50.
Source: GMANews
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