Baguio City is now one of the areas here in North Philippines that typhoon Pepeng is battering. There is already an evacuation site in the city proper housing around 80 families. Still a lot in Benguet, especially the vegetable farmers are also devastated. The same with the fisherfolks in the poor fishing villages of Sto. Tomas, La Union. Given this, in the immediate, I would like to buy school supplies for affected schoolchildren. They are very much in need now of school bags, pencils, pad papers, notebooks, crayons, to name a few. Extra money could also buy some pieces of plywood and GI sheets for those whose houses have been destroyed. If more people could help, the vegetable farmers of Benguet are in need of farm inputs and seed capital to prepare for the next cropping season. They were not able to harvest the crops they have planted, hence they again incurred deficits from their small capitals. The same goes with the fisherfolks of La Union who were forced to stay home due to the two consecutive typhoons. Their families are already in urgent need of foods and basic necessities.
I am very much willing to involve youth and student volunteers from our youth organization. Other sectors who are not affected could also get engaged in immediate disaster response activities.
We will also be calling for donations for school supplies from those who are not affected. Also, we could buy in wholesale for small items identified above. We will be able to stretch the available donation through this. Volunteers will be joining and could contribute their time and effort for free, hence, the amount would really all be devoted for supplies and house repair materials.
Amount Requested: $100