08/12/2013
Volunteers and Organizations Helping Leyte Survivors
Burublig Para Ha Tanauan (Help For Tanauan)
https://www.facebook.com/tanauananon
This group was organized by former residents of Tanauan, Leyte whose purpose is to send relief goods to the surviving population of Tanauan. Tanauan was one of the hardest hit by Typhoon Yolanda being in the directy path of the storm and suffered the greatest percentage of casualties from the devastation from among the areas hit by the typhoon. For more information, visit the group's page: https://www.facebook.com/tanauananon
Impact Summary: In addition to its collection of relief goods, the group has been able to raise ###,### PHP. As of December 8, the group has delivered 50 tons of relief goods to 3,000 households in 54 barangays in Tanauan.
Doctors Without Borders/ Médecins Sans Frontières
https://www.facebook.com/ #!/msf.english
Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) provides medical care where it is needed most in nearly 70 countries.
Impact Summary: Currently providing medical care in Tanauan.
ISOH/IMPACT
http://www.yolanda-haiyan-disaster-relief.org/
Yolanda/Haiyan Disaster Relief is a charity drive whose purpose is to help meet the needs of the victims of the the typhoon. All funds and material goods received are collected under ISOH/IMPACT and will be directed toward the area-specific relief efforts of ISOH/IMPACT. It will be concentrated mainly on providing medicine and other medical supplies to local teams of doctors and nurses, as well as help provide food, water, clothing, toiletries and shelter. For more information, visit http://isohimpact.org
Impact Summary: As of last update, the group is still in the process of collecting resources to be sent to the survivors.
Mammoth Medical Missions, Inc.
https://www.facebook.com/MammothMedicalMissions
Mammoth Medical Missions, Inc. is a California-based volunteer organization. It provides medical and humanitarian aid to underserved rural and mountain communities worldwide, as well as mass casualty training and rapid response to large-scale disaster and mass casualty events at home and around the globe. A team of medical specialists was one of the first teams to arrive in one of the hardest hit places by Typhoon Yolanda. For more information about this group, please visit http://www.mammothmedicalmissions.org/donate/
Here's their story for what they did in Tanauan, Leyte:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/12/06/mammoth-medical-mission_n_4399376.html
Impact Summary: Provided urgent medical care right after the typhoon.
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Volunteers/Field Interviewers Needed
United Nations Fund for Population Activities (UNFPA) is in need of field interviewers Samar and Leyte. Contact Pete Ryan Avila if interested. Mobile number: 09151380782. Basic Requirements: College grad, male or female and willing.