Charity Support & News
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Supporting the economically needy and cultivating opportunity!
RFCA will endeavour to support Filipino charity organizations and causes in Australia and the Philippines. One of our main ongoing focuses will be helping children and young adults by improving their standard of living and education. Another focus would be disaster relief aid. |
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As RFCA identifies noble charity causes over time we will discuss details of this during our radio broadcasts and include details of the programs below.
Your donations will be utilized for the benefit of the less fortunate and those seeking better opportunities to enrich the quality of their lives. RFCA is helping make the Philippines, Australia and our 'Global Village' a better and more equitable place. |
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Charities based in Australia or around the world supporting the Philippines are welcome to advertise their worthy cause with RFA.
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Bahay Aruga (House of Care)
New Beds, Medicines, Clothes, Toys Food and Drinks
for Needy Filipino Children 2015/2016
HELP MAKE A DIFFERENCE TO THOSE LESS FORTUNATE!
For details/ queries regarding donations please contact Belle:
Ph: 0406108604 or email [email protected].
Ph: 0406108604 or email [email protected].
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Tony Meloto, Founder of Gawad Kalinga (Give Care)
Community Development Foundation,
Touring Australia 27th May to 4th June 2015
(Sydney, Canberra, Melbourne and Perth)
Sydney advertising flyer below. For information on more cities please contact Marisa Vedar, Deputy Chairperson, Gawad Kalinga Australia (GKA): [email protected] +61 425 831 673
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Typhoon Donation and Missing Persons' Information:
For details click Philippine Embassy
document below
| typhoon_yolanda-donation-and-missing-person-information-embassy-letter.pdf |
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Philippine Embassy in Canberra Condolence Book
(18-22 Novmber 2013) Roses for donations in Canberra's Shopping Malls 22nd to 24th November 2013Her Excellency, Belen F. Anota, Philippine Embassy of Australia, Appreciation Letter regarding donations and support. |
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TYPHOON YOLANDA NEWS AS IT HAPPENED
Super Typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda) 8-9th November 2013
Slams into the Philippines at 310 kph:
Massive Devastation in Tacloban City which also
suffered a massive ocean storm surge.
Above: A baby provided with a headphone set to protect the ears whilst being transported in a military helicopter.
Below: Young and Old - Eyes of innocence, despair, hope, patience, courage and faith.
Below: Young and Old - Eyes of innocence, despair, hope, patience, courage and faith.
Above: Well armed Philippine military soldiers, one wearing what seems to be a bullet proof vest with extra ammunition, stands guard on top of trucked aid supplies amidst reports of armed bandits raiding aid convoys.
Below: "I love Tacloban" sign amongst the ruins.
Below: Map of Tacloban city showing the devastated areas of the city.
Above: Face of grief from Tacloban city as one of the residents tells her story.
Below: Children playing amongst downed electricity wires.
Below: Children playing amongst downed electricity wires.
Above: Philippine troops assisting on the streets in the aid effort to feed the people,
clear the debris and maintain law and order.
Below left: USS Aircraft Carrier George Washington ordered by US Secretary of Defence Chuck Hagel to make best speed to the Philippines. The US Military will produce drinking water from sea water through desalination.
Below right: People transporting water in cars and trolleys. Clean water is a
precious commodity for the residents of devasted Tacloban.
clear the debris and maintain law and order.
Below left: USS Aircraft Carrier George Washington ordered by US Secretary of Defence Chuck Hagel to make best speed to the Philippines. The US Military will produce drinking water from sea water through desalination.
Below right: People transporting water in cars and trolleys. Clean water is a
precious commodity for the residents of devasted Tacloban.
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Map above: Cross section of Tacloban City indicating normal and height of storm sea levels.
Photo below: A woman mourns her dead son at a chapel.
Photo below: A woman mourns her dead son at a chapel.
Above: New life and joy amongst the destruction: New born baby, Bea Joy, and
mother Emily Ortega, 21, in the ruins of Tacloban City. Bea Joy is named
after her grandmother who has gone missing after the Typhoon.
Pictures below: Haunting landscapes of Tacloban City, social dislocation, typhoon maps and aid effort.
mother Emily Ortega, 21, in the ruins of Tacloban City. Bea Joy is named
after her grandmother who has gone missing after the Typhoon.
Pictures below: Haunting landscapes of Tacloban City, social dislocation, typhoon maps and aid effort.
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News as it developed:
1) NEW BORN MIRACLES:
In a chapel of the only remaining hospital in the destroyed city of Tacloban, there are many little miracles taking place. There are new born babies everywhere and more on the way. Dr Frederic Joseph Asanza says: "Storm or no storm, babies come." There are currently 74 babies being nursed by their mothers in the upstairs chapel of the hostpital which is currently being powered by one portable generator. There are no statistics on the many more who cannot give birth in the only surviving hospital.
2) US Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel has ordered the aircraft carrier USS George Washington and other Navy ships to make best speed for the Philippines.
3) President Benigno Aquino told CNN on Tuesday that the death toll from the massive typhoon that hit the Philippines is closer to 2,000 or 2,500, not the previously main stream
global media reported figure of 10,000.
4) NEW LIFE AND JOY: Baby, Bea Joy born amongst the destruction of Tacloban city [pictured above with her mother].
5) As many as 10,000 people are believed to have died in the city of Tacloban alone. Information trickling out the devasted city is that giant ocean waves have washed away homes, schools and airport buildings.
6) In Washington, the Pentagon announced that US Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel had responded to a request from the Philippines for military assistance to support the Typhoon aid response.
It said:
"The initial focus includes surface maritime search and rescue, medium-heavy helicopter
lift support, airborne maritime search and rescue, fixed wing lift support and logistics enablers."
7) A United Nations Disater Assessment Coordination Team (UNDAC) have been shocked by the level of total devastation in Tacloban City where cyclone Yolanda first struck. The only transportation around this city is either by foot or helicopter. Not even motorcycles can navigate the roads.
8) The GMA Network quotes Sebastian Rhodes Stampa, head of the UNDAC team, who reported that there is an unprecedented level of destruction.
"The last time I saw something of this scale was in the aftermath of the Indian Ocean Tsunami. This is destruction on a massive scale. There are cars thrown like tumble weed and the streets are strewn with debris."
9) Red Cross reporting that 6.5 million people could be affected.
10) A Red Cross official told CNN on Saturday that 1200 people had died in the Philippines in the devastation wrought by the storm.
11) Following the disaster Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop said Tony Abbot's government will
provide an initial $390,500 in emergency relief supplies to assist affected communities.
12) Philippines Energy Secretary Jericho Petilla said he thought hundreds had died in the coastal town of Palo and surrounding villages that he visited on the devastated island of Leyte.
13) Captain John Andrews, deputy director general of the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines, said more than 100 bodies were lying in the street in Tacloban.
14) Disaster relief officials were concerned for isolated communities in Leyte and Samar provinces on the far east of the country. One of those communities was Guiuan, a fishing town of about 40,000 people that was the first to be hit after Haiyan swept in from the Pacific Ocean. More than 18 hours later, there had been no communication with anyone in the town.
15) Communication was also cut to Tacloban, the capital of Leyte with more than 200,000 people. An ABS-CBN television crew also broadcast dramatic footage from Tacloban as Yolanda hit, showing flash floods that had turned the city's streets into rivers. But the network said it had not heard from the crew since.
16) Eduardo Del Rosario, head of the national disaster relief agency, says 720,000 people have been evacuated from homes in coastal communities and areas prone to floods or landslides in 22 provinces.
Super Typhoon Haiyan (also called Yolanda by the Philippines) in the North West Pacific is reported by the weather bureau and media around the world to be the most powerful storm on earth in the last 30 years. Typhoons are also called Hurricanes in the North East Pacific or Cyclones in the southern hemisphere. Weather Channel lead meteorologist Michael Palmer is quoted by NBC news as saying: "It is the most powerful storm ever to make landfall." Supporting this statement about the planet's biggest storm to cross land, Time World quotes Dr Jeff Masters as saying the typhoon made landfall at 310 kph, making it the strongest typhoon to reach land in recorded history.
This part of the Philippines in the Central Visayas also suffered a devastating earth quake last month.
Millions of people have already fled in search of safety ahead of this category-five super typhoon, which is the highest category rating for a storm. The super typhoon has caused mudslides, flash flooding and a
storm surge with waves of up to 30 feet. Two deaths have so far been confirmed by the
National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council.
1) NEW BORN MIRACLES:
In a chapel of the only remaining hospital in the destroyed city of Tacloban, there are many little miracles taking place. There are new born babies everywhere and more on the way. Dr Frederic Joseph Asanza says: "Storm or no storm, babies come." There are currently 74 babies being nursed by their mothers in the upstairs chapel of the hostpital which is currently being powered by one portable generator. There are no statistics on the many more who cannot give birth in the only surviving hospital.
2) US Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel has ordered the aircraft carrier USS George Washington and other Navy ships to make best speed for the Philippines.
3) President Benigno Aquino told CNN on Tuesday that the death toll from the massive typhoon that hit the Philippines is closer to 2,000 or 2,500, not the previously main stream
global media reported figure of 10,000.
4) NEW LIFE AND JOY: Baby, Bea Joy born amongst the destruction of Tacloban city [pictured above with her mother].
5) As many as 10,000 people are believed to have died in the city of Tacloban alone. Information trickling out the devasted city is that giant ocean waves have washed away homes, schools and airport buildings.
6) In Washington, the Pentagon announced that US Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel had responded to a request from the Philippines for military assistance to support the Typhoon aid response.
It said:
"The initial focus includes surface maritime search and rescue, medium-heavy helicopter
lift support, airborne maritime search and rescue, fixed wing lift support and logistics enablers."
7) A United Nations Disater Assessment Coordination Team (UNDAC) have been shocked by the level of total devastation in Tacloban City where cyclone Yolanda first struck. The only transportation around this city is either by foot or helicopter. Not even motorcycles can navigate the roads.
8) The GMA Network quotes Sebastian Rhodes Stampa, head of the UNDAC team, who reported that there is an unprecedented level of destruction.
"The last time I saw something of this scale was in the aftermath of the Indian Ocean Tsunami. This is destruction on a massive scale. There are cars thrown like tumble weed and the streets are strewn with debris."
9) Red Cross reporting that 6.5 million people could be affected.
10) A Red Cross official told CNN on Saturday that 1200 people had died in the Philippines in the devastation wrought by the storm.
11) Following the disaster Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop said Tony Abbot's government will
provide an initial $390,500 in emergency relief supplies to assist affected communities.
12) Philippines Energy Secretary Jericho Petilla said he thought hundreds had died in the coastal town of Palo and surrounding villages that he visited on the devastated island of Leyte.
13) Captain John Andrews, deputy director general of the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines, said more than 100 bodies were lying in the street in Tacloban.
14) Disaster relief officials were concerned for isolated communities in Leyte and Samar provinces on the far east of the country. One of those communities was Guiuan, a fishing town of about 40,000 people that was the first to be hit after Haiyan swept in from the Pacific Ocean. More than 18 hours later, there had been no communication with anyone in the town.
15) Communication was also cut to Tacloban, the capital of Leyte with more than 200,000 people. An ABS-CBN television crew also broadcast dramatic footage from Tacloban as Yolanda hit, showing flash floods that had turned the city's streets into rivers. But the network said it had not heard from the crew since.
16) Eduardo Del Rosario, head of the national disaster relief agency, says 720,000 people have been evacuated from homes in coastal communities and areas prone to floods or landslides in 22 provinces.
Super Typhoon Haiyan (also called Yolanda by the Philippines) in the North West Pacific is reported by the weather bureau and media around the world to be the most powerful storm on earth in the last 30 years. Typhoons are also called Hurricanes in the North East Pacific or Cyclones in the southern hemisphere. Weather Channel lead meteorologist Michael Palmer is quoted by NBC news as saying: "It is the most powerful storm ever to make landfall." Supporting this statement about the planet's biggest storm to cross land, Time World quotes Dr Jeff Masters as saying the typhoon made landfall at 310 kph, making it the strongest typhoon to reach land in recorded history.
This part of the Philippines in the Central Visayas also suffered a devastating earth quake last month.
Millions of people have already fled in search of safety ahead of this category-five super typhoon, which is the highest category rating for a storm. The super typhoon has caused mudslides, flash flooding and a
storm surge with waves of up to 30 feet. Two deaths have so far been confirmed by the
National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council.
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YOUR HELP AND SUPPORT NEEDED!
Close to 200 people dead and approximately 600 injured
Magnitude 7.2 quake centred near Bohol.
Financial Assistance Advisory
for the victims of the 15 October earthquake 2013
in Bohol and Cebu, Philippines
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Heading statistics source: National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC),
ABS-CBNnews.com, 19th October 2013.
The Philippine Embassy of Australia wishes to inform people that financial assistance for victims of the earthquake can be sent through the following organisations:
National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Centre (NDRRMC)
Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD)
Philippine Red Cross (PRC)
Full address, contact and bank account details for transferring assistance money can be found in the official embassy letter (no.454) attachment below.
ABS-CBNnews.com, 19th October 2013.
The Philippine Embassy of Australia wishes to inform people that financial assistance for victims of the earthquake can be sent through the following organisations:
National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Centre (NDRRMC)
Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD)
Philippine Red Cross (PRC)
Full address, contact and bank account details for transferring assistance money can be found in the official embassy letter (no.454) attachment below.
| bohol-and-cebu-earthquake-appeal-embassy-letter-october2013.pdf |
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School Feeding Program
Kabankalan, Negros Occidental, Philippines
Recognised by the Department of Education,
Kabankalan City Division
Supported by: Hon. Philippine Consul General to the Northern Territory (NT) of Australia, Januario (John) Rivas
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The Kabankalan School feeding program in Kabankalan City, Negros Occiendental, Philippines is proudly supported by the Hon. Philippine Consul General of the Northern Territory (NT) of Australia, Januario (John) Rivas, pictured on the left.
The feeding Program alleviates hunger and improves the nutritional status of students from Grades 1 to VI and improves their school attendance and performance. It provides opportunities for students to stay at school and complete their eduction. It thus enables many to take advantage of the opportunity to break from the vicious cycle of poverty by using it as a solid stepping stone to further education, which in turn can improve their lives and the lives of their family and community members. |
Please refer to the impressive list of documents which provide substantial detail for this great charity cause.
| adopt-a-school_feeding_program.pptx |
| impact_of_feeding_program_in_kabankalan_primary_public_schools.docx |
| report_on_the_impact_of_financial_support_to_the_feeding_program_of_hes.docx |
| letter-dept-education-kabankalan_feeding_program.pdf |
| letter-coordinator-trustee-kabankalan_feeding_program.pdf |
| letter-teacher_in_charge-kabankalan_feeding_program.pdf |
If you wish to donate to this worthy School Feeding Program cause please refer to the following contact information:
Hon. Philippine Consul General, NT, John Rivas.
PO BOX 42457, Casuarina, NT, Australia, 0811,
Telephone: +61-(0)8-89273926 Mobile: +61-(0)417081546;
Email: [email protected]
(A detailed profile and life story of the Hon. Consul General can be found on the
RFCA "Interview Archive" and"Australia Wide Profiles and News" page for 2013.)
Hon. Philippine Consul General, NT, John Rivas.
PO BOX 42457, Casuarina, NT, Australia, 0811,
Telephone: +61-(0)8-89273926 Mobile: +61-(0)417081546;
Email: [email protected]
(A detailed profile and life story of the Hon. Consul General can be found on the
RFCA "Interview Archive" and"Australia Wide Profiles and News" page for 2013.)