AsiAid Charity Concert for Philippine Mudslide Victims

[ugnayan]

AsiAid Charity Concert for Philippine Mudslide Victims

Four international professional bands already agreed with us for charity concert in response to the Philippine disaster in Leyte. We have done benefit shows in the past for other countries and now we would like to do it for our own country….with your help—mga kabayan sa Timog Forum!

The performers are actually scheduled for Tokyo Rock Festival (http://www.tokyomentary.com/tokyorockfest2.htm (http://www.tokyomentary.com/tokyorockfest2.htm)) but now would like to donate their time and talents! (Get a copy of Metropolis magazine on March 3 for details.) As we have already indicated to send support to Philippine National Red Cross, you can do the same by contacting them here: http://www.redcross.org.ph/index.cfm?pagename=h elp (http://www.redcross.org.ph/index.cfm?pagename=h elp)

Performers & countries represented:
Vago—Spain and Italy
Kat—New Zealand
The Shrine—Philippines, USA and Japan
21blades--Japan

Splash Live House in Roppongi, Tokyo
Saturday, 11 March 2006
7:00 PM

(Poster coming soon!)

For details, please contact the organizers: joeycm@hotmail.com (joeycm@hotmail.com) ugnayan@hotmail.com (ugnayan@hotmail.com )

You can check our past charity concerts:
AsiAid Charity Concert for Tsunami Victims in South Asia http://www.tokyomentary.com/asiaid.htm (http://www.tokyomentary.com/asiaid.htm)


KatrinAid Benefit Show for Hurricane Victims
http://www.tokyomentary.com/katrinaid.htm (http://www.tokyomentary.com/katrinaid.htm)

Other volunteer involvement:
Kobe Earthquake Volunteers (1995)
Tokyo Metropolitan Government Volunteer Disaster Information Center
Tachikawa MultiCultural

[Tonyang]

This is a very good move, Ugnayan. Do you have direct contacts in Leyte as in folks who will distribute goods among affected families of the disaster? What particular goods do you suggest to contribute? Please carry on!

[ugnayan]

Maraming salamat sa reply mo, Ka Tonyang! Marami kaming contacts sa Leyte at mayroon pa kaming mission group coordinators at church leaders doon pero kaming Japan-based charity concert organizers ay palaging nagpapadala sa Red Cross like for the Tsunami Victims we sent our support through Japan Red Cross and for the Katrina Victims we sent the raised funds through American Red Cross. We trust naman na pagbutihin ni Senator Richard Gordon ang pamumuno nya sa Philippine Red Cross.

Kilala mo kaming charity concert organizers:) at kakasulat lang sa akin ng kasama ko na 7-11 pm ang show! Hanga ako sa pagbibigay supurta ng mga international bands sa atin. Sana this time magkitakita tayo at gawin nating EB with a cause sa March 11...alang-ala sa mga kababayan natin na nasalanta sa Leyte.

Nabasa ko sa ibang thread na naghahanap ka ng lugar para sa kontribusyon sa Leyte victims...sana maayos na this month ang tirahan ko/mission center para pwedeng gawin na tambakan dito. Salamat sa mga sulat mo noon tungkol dito.

[Tonyang]

Please keep us posted, Ugnayan. Baka makatulong sa networking at sana'y malaman din namin ang exact add ng inyong mission centers sa Leyte.

Nakausap ko kanina isang domestic helper na taga Anahawan So. Leyte na napakalapit sa Ginsa-ogon na apektadong lugar. Hinihintay ko rin ang contact na isang simbahan - St. Bernard So. Leyte raw.

Baka sa forum na ito rin ay may mga taga-Leyte na magiging katrabaho natin para masigurado na ang mga makukulektang damit at mga gamit ay makararating sa mga dapat makatanggap.

Good luck sa inyong concert, Ugnayan, at balitaan tayo.

[ugnayan]

Glad to receive another message from you, Tonyang! Ang bilis mong sumulat at sumagot. Sige magbalitaan tayo! I'll send a PM once maayos na ang contacts namin sa Leyte.

Mainam nga naman kung mayroon tayong makausap na taga-St. Bernard, Leyte na nakatira dito sa Japan. Let me know kung may kakilala ka. Sa network mo ay may "goods drive" ba kayo? May mga NPOs akong pwedeng makausap para i-channel sa inyo kung meron.

God bless you, kabayan!:tiphat: :halo:

[ugnayan]

Mayroon ba sa TF ang gustong mag-volunteer sa AsiAid concert? Kailangan po ng maraming ushers! Salamat po sa mga sasagot.:wavey:

[DAI]

Hi Ugnayan,

I'm Dai, new in this thread, worried about the people in Leyte, keep with your good work. Please let me know where i can send some used clothing and other goods.

God Bless You,

Dai

[docomo]

Hi Ugnayan,

I'm Dai, new in this thread, worried about the people in Leyte, keep with your good work. Please let me know where i can send some used clothing and other goods.

God Bless You,

Dai

Welcome to Timog Forum DAI .. nice start for a starter ... :)


@ugnayan

... clothing and other goods magandang idea ito... mga blankets .. konting cash dahil for sure maraming pag gagamitan.. like medicine , food and water .. ok po ba ito? san namin pwede ipadala .. kahit sa konting paraan makatulong man lang :)

[ugnayan]

Maraming salamat sa mga unang nagreply sa aming panawagan para sa pagtulong sa mudslide victims sa Leyte. God bless your heart, Dai & Docomo! :grouphug: Samahan nyo kami sa paghikayat pa sa iba....

Here's a letter from the Philippine Red Cross in response to our AsiAid Charity Concert for Philippine Mudslide Victims:

20 February 2006


Dear Mr. Manalang and Sister Venus Hannah:

On behalf of the Philippine National Red Cross (PNRC), I would like to thank you for your response to our most recent tragedy. Indeed, it is great to have learned that there are people like you who are willing to extend their help amidst other personal and social obligations. Because of you and FCMN International Mission Center, we are pleased, hopeful and confident that we will function accordingly in aiding the mudslide victims of Southern Leyte with the following Red Cross actions:

1. Retrieval of dead and Rescue of survivors
2. Manage the staging area and render medical help to injured
3. Tracing service
4. Provide psychosocial support (stress debriefing)
5. Relief Assistance
6. Medical Assistance

A rain-soaked mountainside disintegrated in an unstoppable wall of mud last Friday, burying hundreds of houses and an elementary school in the village of Guinsaugon. A total of 2,700 individuals, consisting of 540 families, have been affected. As of the moment, the death toll is 72. There have been 57 survivors, 281 houses damaged and 1,557 evacuees at four operation centers. To date, the Disaster Management Team and other volunteers of PNRC still continue to search for and rescue more than 946 people missing under. In this light, we are open to both monetary and in-kind donations with the following details and procedures:

1. For our Peso Account:

Bank: Metro Bank, Port Area Branch
Account Name: The Philippine National Red Cross
Account #: SA-3-041-63122-8

Bank: BPI, UN Branch
Account Name: The Philippine National Red Cross
Account #: SA 8114-00309-4
For our Dollar account:

Bank: Metro Bank Port Area Branch
Account name: The Philippine National Red Cross
Account #: SA 2-151-00218-2

SWIFT CODE: MBTC PHMM
*Please fax your deposit slip to (63-2) 5270575 / 5255654 / 4040979 for us to acknowledge your donations accordingly.

2. In-kind Donations

May we get the details on what exactly you plan to send here. Is it worth the shipment? Our concern for you is that the shipment fee might be costlier than the goods themselves which is why we encourage monetary contributions. We prefer purchasing of goods locally not just to save you from handling fees but also to help the economy of the local area/s affected. However, should you deem that your in-kind donations are of a great necessity and worth the shipment cost, we do appreciate all of the items and we will allocate them to the many beneficiaries.

In connection to this, you may donate the following medicines:
a. Amoxicillin (125 mg / 5 ml for kids; 500 mg capsule for adults)
b. Paracetamol (for fever, flu)
c. Mefanamic Acid (for pain)
d. Hydrite Tablet (for diarrhea)

Bottled water, sleeping mats and ready-to-eat foods are necessities as well.
Please send your donations to:

The Philippine National Red Cross
C/o Mr. Victor A. Liozo, the Secretary General
or Ms. Gwen Pang, the Director of Fund Generation
National Headquarters, Bonifacio Drive
Anda Circle, Port Area, Manila
Philippines

Please address directly to Red Cross, not to the aforementioned individual recipients, for you to not be charged with tax.

For more information, please reach me in my mobile number, +639178277421 or my landline, 5255654. You may look for Ms. Bellie Bartolome on my behalf. You mail email me too at gwenpang@redcross.or g.ph.

We are looking forward to your utmost support in serving the humanity especially in times like this.

Sincerely,

GWENDOLYN T. PANG

Director, Fund Generation
& Executive Asst. to the Chairman

[ugnayan]

Red Cross appeals for help in Leyte landslide

First posted 05:07pm (Mla time) Feb 20, 2006
By Veronica Uy
INQ7.net


ABOUT 200 people were believed killed and 1,500 others were missing when a landslide buried an entire village in Southern Leyte.

The farming village of Guinsaugon on Leyte island, 670 kilometers (420 miles) southeast of Manila, was virtually wiped out, with only a few jumbles of corrugated steel sheeting left to show that the community of some 2,500
people ever existed.

As of this posting, 33 bodies were recovered and 53 people were rescued from the rubble of a landslide. But officials said rescue operations were called off at nightfall for fear of another landslide.

The Philippine National Red Cross (PNRC) is appealing for help.

PNRC fund raising director Gwen Pang said the Red Cross is now accepting donations in cash, medicines, clothes, and blankets.

“We prefer cash to canned goods,” she said.

”The medicines we need now are those for fever, flu, coughs, and colds, although later we might need medicines for skin diseases,” Pang said.

Those who wish to send donations may contact the following Red Cross hotlines:

+63 920 9527268

+63 917 8068513

+63 2 5270864 (telephone and fax)

+63 2 5270000 (trunkline)

You may also visit PNRC’s website at http://www.redcross.org.ph

Source: http://news.inq7.net/top/index.php?index=1&story_id=66814

[ugnayan]

To anyone who would like to support the mudslide victims in Leyte, you can directly send your support here:

Rev. Samuel Maunes Pacha
United Church of Christ in the Philippines
Director, Pacific Missions and Ministries (PAMMI)
Coordinator, Intercessors for Japan
Bangcas A, Hinunangan, Southern Leyte
Philippines

E-mail: samuelph2000@yahoo.c om
Mobile Phone: +639104218973

Philippine National Bank
ATM Bank Account #: 668-552213-4
Maasin City Branch
Southern Leyte, Philippines

The church and mission group's February 2006 Prayerline sent to us in Japan was received on February 17. One of the prayer requests: "Pray for pastors and Christian leaders to encourage more local farmers to plant rubber trees in about 300-500 hectares of land. Pray for the need of funds to conduct lectures and stewardship seminars to 60-137 barangays in the Pacific towns from St. Bernard to Silago.

We received this prayer concern the very day a baranggay in St. Bernard was buried with mud due to avalanche. May we can continue to support the mission endeavor of this group in conducting seminars to the local farmers in Leyte.

[ugnayan]

We also have AsiAid paid whole-page advertisement at Metropolis, a Tokyo-based magazine distributed in different embassies, foreign companies, Japanese companies catering to foreigners, hotels, restaurants, airlines, sportsclubs, train stations, etc.

If you would like your company, group or church to be included in the ad as sponsor/s of the charity concert, just PM me ASAP. Get this issue on March 3 & 10. Hope to see many of you during the benefit show on March 11! Pass along this information!

1676

http://www.tokyomentary.com/tokyorockfest2.htm

[ugnayan]

We are seriously raising funds for the Philippine Mudslide Victims that we printed a lot of AsiAid posters and tickets. We even paid a whole-page advertisement at Metropolis for 2 issues (March 3 & 10) to encourage people to support our cause.

If you would like to help--sponsor the event, buy or sell tickets--please keep in touch as soon as possible. Many Japanese and foreigners I talked to are encouraged to know that we Filipinos in Japan are doing something for the recent tragedy in our own country...Yes, we can do something!

All proceeds to Philippine National Red Cross.

[ugnayan]

Our AsiAid Charity Concert advertisement at Metropolis, Japan’s no. 1 free English Magazine, is already out! It’s in page 21. We would appreciate your help in spreading this benefit show or even giving a copy of the magazine to your friends. Distribution Points: http://metropolis.japantoda y.com/common/crisscross/distribution.asp

Ginagawa natin ito bilang tulong sa mga kababayan natin na nasalanta sa Guinsaugon, Southern Leyte at patotoo rin sa mga Hapon at foreigner na tayong mga Filipino sa Japan ay may nagawang pagtulong din.

Click here for online version: http://metropolis.japantoda y.com/default.asp
The ad: http://metropolis.japantoda y.com/tokyo/recent/listings.asp#concert s

"Tokyo Rock Festival Vol. 2"
Charity benefit concert with Kat, Vago, The Shrine and 21Blades. Benefits the Philippine Red Cross. Mar 11, 7pm, ¥2,000, Splash Roppongi. Tel: 03-5786-3868. http://www.tokyomentary.com/tokyorockfest2.htm

[ugnayan]

As of today, only Adechan from TF who bought 2 tickets for AsiAid Charity Concert for Leyte/Philippine Red Cross. Mayroon pa po ba from TF na gustong tumulong o sumuporta sa cause na ito?

We would appreciate your prayers for the success of the benefit show on Saturday, March 11, from 7PM-11PM. YMCA-Saitama is helping us coordinate Japanese volunteers for this event.

Hope to see some TF people during the AsiAid Charity Concert. Para sa kababayan natin na nasalanta sa Leyte po ito. Salamat po!:wave:

[Tonyang]

Subukan kong pumunta rito Ugnayan... kung maayos ko sked ko at gusto ko ring i-video ito sana. Good luck sa inyo nina Joey at nakatanggap din ako ng balita sa list.

Tanong ko lang Ugnayan kung 100% ng proceeds pupunta sa PNRC at anu-anong activities ang ginagawa ng PNRC ngayon para sa mga taga-Leyte. Interesado akong malaman ang post-event activities nila. May mga parish na sumusulat at nagri-request na tulong para sa livelihood para makapag-umpisa sila ng pangkabuhayan.

Subukan ding makapag-launch ng isa pang concert with children naman dito para sa Kalinga Leyte rin at scholarship programs. Baka bandang June o July ito...kakausapin ko pa ang mga nanay sa Meguro at Saitama para mag-present ang mga anak nila.

[adechan]

Sa mga makakahabol pa punta na po kayo lalo na iyang mga nasa Tokyo lang.

Ang alam ko po itong concert na ito ay already planned na before the mud slide happened, eh bigla pong nangyari nga itong mudslide .... biruin ninyo po ang babait din nang mga grupong ito (to think na most of them are foreigners and ilan lang po sa kanila ang pilipino), ang dali nilang nag disisyon na ibigay lahat nang income dito para itulong.




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Ugnayan, sowwe dalawa lang ang nakuha ko sa iyo the last time. I tried to give the infos sa mga kakilala ko dito, nga lang lahat ang problema ay hindi kayang magbiyahe nang gabi .....

and thank you very much for joining me sa elementary school, they like the songs you shared to them ....

Praying for the event tonight ....

In Him

[ugnayan]

Just to report to you what happened during the AsiAid Charity Concert on March 11: http://www.phpp.ph/photographies/event/GuinsaugonAid_060311/

Take note that all the professional performers, photographer & videographer are foreigners except one, Joey Manalang (www.tokyomentary.co m). They donated their time and talent to express their heartfelt sympathy & deepest concern to our Filipino countrymen in Guinsaugon, Southern Leyte.

Thank you to Adechan who was the only one from TF who supported us. I hope & pray next time, we can act together as one Filipino Family in Japan. Proceeds of the AsiAid Charity Concert: Philippine National Red Cross

God bless!

[ugnayan]

Just to report to you what happened during the AsiAid Charity Concert on March 11, 2006 : http://www.phpp.ph/photographies/event/GuinsaugonAid_060311/

Take note that all the professional performers, photographer & videographer are foreigners except one, Joey Manalang (www.tokyomentary.co m). They donated their time and talent to express their heartfelt sympathy & deepest concern to our Filipino countrymen in Guinsaugon, Southern Leyte.

Thank you to Adechan who was the only one from TF who supported us. I hope & pray next time, we can act together as one Filipino Family in Japan. Proceeds of the AsiAid Charity Concert: Philippine National Red Cross

Below are pictures of the Japanese volunteers arranged by my school, YMCA-Saitama. These young people have joined the Philippine Work Camp 2005 where they built toilets in Pangasinan for free. They raised their own airfare and board & lodging fees. They always look forward to meeting a lot of Filipinos in Japan!

[Tonyang]

Congrats, Ugnayan! Tuloy-tuloy lang tayo at makikita rin ng mga kababayan ang consistency para ipagpatuloy ang ating mga misyon sa buhay. Ganyan din iyung nangyari sa Shigemi Concert noong Feb... mas maraming Hapon ang dumating kaysa sa mga Pinoy. Mukhang di yata natin maaasahan ang mga kapwa natin sa mga ganitong pagkakataon. I hope mali ako. Knowing na ang tutulungan ay nasa bansa natin. Iyung ibang lahi pa ang sumusuporta sa atin. Pasensiya na at hindi ako nakarating dahil nakalinya iyung mga trabaho natin noong araw na iyon. God bless you, Joey, Adechan and your group for the wonderful contributions you are doing to help the less fortunate ones in our country. Balitaan lang ninyo ako at sana magkaroon tayo ng isang activity together din.