(L to R) Rafael Amarille, KCL Property Manager and Dr Cen Amores, MAFT Chair and relief project coordinator pose while a staff of Plus Cargo oversees the loading of the ayuda for Typhoon Odette victims. (Photo taken by Ruben Amores)
More relief goods were delivered to the victims of typhoon Odette in the Philippines following the dispatch of $4,500 cash assistance to the victims in Visayas and Mindanao.
In response to the continuing appeal from the victims of the devastations caused by the typhoon in many areas of the Visayas, Southern Luzon and Northern Mindanao for more assistance, Dr Cen Amores, project coordinator, promptly contacted her established cohorts - Filipino and multicultural community organisations, small businesses, churches and like-minded individuals to appeal for more relief goods assistance.
In partnership with Dr Ed and Violy Escultura, current and immediate past president of APCO respectively, Ruben and Dr Cen Amores, Kapit-bahayan Coop current and founding president, ASCON president and MATF Chairperson, respectively, volunteered their respective residences as drop off points. In less than two weeks, seven big boxes of relief goods were picked up bound for Mindanao, by Plus Cargo, offering very generous discount as usual.
Local partners who volunteered to provide logistical support to ensure an orderly and timely distribution of relief goods are: Pastora Alfreda S. Bernales of the Assemblies of God Church, Sta Monica, Siargao Island, Surigao del Norte and Community Leader, Jennifer Serdan Codo of Barangay Taft, Surigao City, Surigao del Norte.
The following are the generous donors and selfless volunteers:
Organisational Donors
- Alliance of Philippine Community Organisations Inc
- Auburn Small Community Organisation network (ASCON) Inc
- Clothesline Inc
- Crowe Production
- Fil-Oz Liverpool and Districts Inc
- Grace Church
- Kapit-bahayan Cooperative Ltd
- Multicultural Assistance Task Force
- Salon de Anne
- Vietnamese Women Seniors Group
Individual Donors and Community Volunteers
- Aida Morden
- Barnard Luz
- Cora Bojarski
- Cora Veasley
- Churlya Wurfel
- Dr Ed and Violy Escultura
- Edna Crowe
- Edna Cubillo
- Grace Condon
- Joe Caballero
- Josephine Tada
- Juliet Vella
- Lilian and Ric Luciano
- Marilen and Reggie Tolentino
- Reonell Luz
- Ruben and Dr Cen Amores
- The Family of the late George Torres
- Willie and Abigail Plan
- Zeny Piosik
The Filipino bayanihan spirit lives on, with kababayans continously supporting those who need help.