Caritas Manila continues relief efforts for flood victims

This is a Swabeng Press Release. ^_^

For almost a week now, Caritas Manila continues with its relief efforts for the thousands of victims of flooding in Metro Manila.

Caritas Manila’s Damayan, the relief assistance and emergency program of the Church as of August 15, 2012 has provided relief assistance to 20, 444 families in the parishes under the Archdiocese of Manila and Dioceses of Caloocan,Cubao, Pasig, Antipolo, and Malolos.

Caritas Manila so far has raised Php 2,892,635 In-Cash donations and Php. 534,618 In-Kind donations from individuals, organizations and parishes for the flood victims.

Metro Manila and other parts of Luzon will still continue to experience intermittent rains according to the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC).

For Donations in kind, please call Caritas Manila at telephone numbers 5620020 up to 25 local 22 to 24.(please see attached list)

For Cash Donations, you may deposit to:

Account Name: Caritas Manila, Inc.

Peso Bank Savings Account:

BPI  S/A 3063-5357-01

BDO S/A 5600-45905

Metrobank S/A 175-3-17506954-3

UnionBank C/A 00-030-001227-5

Dollar Savings Account:

Account Name: Caritas Manila, Inc.

BPI Dollar Account: 003064-0033-55

PNB Dollar Account: 252-703687-1

For questions and comments please feel free to contact our Mr. Joseph G. Navarro, PR, Communication and Events Officer at numbers 5620020 loc. 13 or 0916-396-9123

KONY 2012 Update: Now what???

Since the last time almost all netizens posted and shared Kony 2012 so far I haven't seen any follow-up blogs about this event until I received an email from The Invisible Children.

It is hard to deny that the initial campaign was a success. In fact, I got some figures (taken from Google) to show that social media is an important tool. 

Taken from Google

We took the first step in making him famous. Now its time to make a call to your leaders and urge them this September at the UN General Assembly to collaborate on how to end the LRA crisis and commit the resources to make it happen.

Give them a call

We still have 167 days to go so let's make an impact and save our future generation. To know more about this event, you may check it here.

Earth Hour 2012: I will ___ if you ___

Taken from Google

I will make sure to contribute to mother earth if you stop making yourself look useful when you're not. 

Taken from Google

This would be my slogan for The Earth Hour this year. Anyway, much as I wanted to fully support this campaign, I felt like its a scripted one because after Earth Hour, things do go back to normal for most people who pretend to help our planet. 

People with real concern for the environment should do more beyond the earth hour. Keeping things off or unplugged when not in use would really help. ^_^

Read more here, here and here for you to be more informed.