Filipinos helping Filipinos in a Fun Way

Huge help coming from Filipinos in Kent, England! 

This is another good news!!! =)

Filipinos are naturally artistic people, they come up with innovative ways to raise funds to help fellow Pinoys in need particularly in times of crisis.

According to abs-cbnNEWS, Filipinos in Kent recently held a basketball tournament to help those who were affected by typhoons Ondoy and Pepeng in the Philippines.  The basketball tournament was not an ordinary game because every basket that a team makes is equivalent to one pound or 8 pesos that will be donated to typhoon victims in the Philippines.  The organizers were able to gather 506 pounds or about P80,000 in the four games during the opening day, and the same mechanics applied during the championship game.

To read more about the report from Danny Buenafe [ABS-CBN Europe News Bureau chief], click here.
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Philippine News: Helping Each Other B-)

It's really great to hear people helping each other.  We see volunteers in TV who are actual victims themselves helping to repack goods or assist in any way they can.  There are also thousands of overseas Filipino workers and even people from different countries who have Filipino friends, wife, etc., that offer help and give donations.  And according to ABS-CBN, thousands of overseas Filipino workers based in Dubai joined a fund-raising event that generated roughly P4 million for typhoon victims in the Philippines.  =)

Here's another good news from Philippine Star,

The Philippine Embassy in London and members of the Filipino-UK community have sent the first batch of collected donated relief goods to the Philippines for those affected by typhoon 'Ondoy' (Ketsana) last Oct. 8, according to the Department of Foreign Affairs.

The embassy has been serving as a collection point for relief goods donated from within the UK since the storm hit the Philippines. Other individuals and organizations also volunteered their offices and residences as donation drop-off areas.

Subsequent shipments are scheduled on Oct. 15 and 20.

The DFA added that the embassy has been utilizing the tremendous support of concerned groups and individuals who have generously contributed their time and resources towards helping those most in need.

Banking and financial companies such as Allied Bank, I-Remit, PNB, Metro Remit, LCC Trans-Sending and CBN Grupo informed the Embassy that they were waiving remittance charges for donations to several relief agencies.

The Embassy has been regularly issuing advisories through e-mails and its website (www.philembassy-uk.org) to help centralize information on ways to help those affected by the tropical storm.

SOURCE: philstar

Also, to read more good news go to Dubai's 'Walk for a Cause'