Stream of Ry

If you (or your friends) have been looking for places to volunteer, these are the places to go to (and not to go to) volunteer. The organizations under the overstaffed section would most likely shun you away.

The list is updated from the 6 PM post.

Via tsiakhyie, through JohnCray.

SEVERELY UNDERSTAFFED

• Miriam College
• Fatima University (Can’t find details on this)
  • No contact number/s found. Assume that you can just go there and volunteer.
• PNRC Intramuros
• Marikina Sports Complex
  • @khymierz: Updates!: volunteers needed at MARIKINA SPORTS COMPLEX.. lots of kamotes and bigas to pack but no volunteers thanx! please text 09175013242!
• Eusebio Gym Pasig
  • No contact number/s found. Assume that you can just go there and volunteer.
  • Apparently they really need volunteers here.

UNDERSTAFFED

• Akbayan
• GK Operation Walang Iwanan
  • @mlq3: Operation GK Walang Iwanan Headquarters at RFM Gym along Pioneer St., Mandaluyong City (contact person : Raul Dizon 0917-888-8109)
• Worldvision
• DSWD-NCR Quiapo
  • DSWD NCR – +632 734 8634 to 35 and +63915 291 3722
  • DSWD National Resource Operations Center – +632 852 8081 and +632 734 8622.
• San Beda Alabang
• Blue Leaf Events Pavilion
  • Starting Tuesday, 29 September 2009, the Philippine National Red Cross will be accepting relief goods and donations for the victims of Typhoon Ondoy from 8am to 8pm at The Blue Leaf Events Pavilion, 100 Park Ave. McKinley Hill Vill. Fort Bonifacio, Taguig City.
• Whitespace
  • Jiggy Aquino-Cruz, grandson of former President Corazon Aquino, encouraged people to drop off relief goods at WhiteSpace, 2314 Pasong Tamo Ext., beside Makati Faith Christian School.

OVERSTAFFED

• UP Sagip Isko
• Balay Expo Cubao (a.k.a NoyMar Relief Ops or Tulong Bayan)
• Ateneo
• Megatent Ortigas

4pm UNDERSTAFFED Akbayan, RFM Gym pioneer, Worldvision, DSWD-NCR Quiapo, San Beda alabang, Blue Leaf Pavilion, Whitespace

RT tsiakhyie: 630pm OVERSTAFFED- UP, Balay Expo Cubao, Ateneo, Megatent Ortigas

RT tsiakhyie 630pm SEVERELY UNDERSTAFFED – Miriam College, Fatima Univ, PNRC intramuros, Marikina Sports Complex, Eusebio Gym pasig URGENT

Hundreds lost their lives, billions worth of property lost, and the sheer amount of grief the typhoon Ondoy (international name: Ketsana) caused us will continue to worsen as the days go by. Augmented with the unimaginable insensitivity of some people, it can break you at times. It did, every single time I tried writing a blog post during the storm proper.

Despite all this, we Filipinos, as a people, learned something important. That we are capable of change in our own capacity. Just look at how netizens became both real and virtual life-savers, how we were able to assemble a large decentralized relief effort with minimal government support, how a large numbers of volunteers were more than willing to help*, I hope that we realize what we are capable of. I know, every person that helped in whatever form they were able to are at peace with themselves. I know I am. There is no more feeling of frustration and helplessness. I don’t feel my arms too, though, but that’s okay.

Read the rest of this entry »