Hey everyone, for those of you that haven't heard, a near-record setting typhoon has affected over a million people in the Philippines. It is being said this typhoon dumped more water on them than Katrina did on NOLA.

I have been trying to find sites where I can donate in USD instead of PHP for emergency funds, and here are two I came across:

You can donate through TXTPower's various methods here: http://www.txtpower.org/


Or, here is an American charity that is providing emergency relief to the Philippines as well: http://ur.lc/b0j

For reference, $1.00 American ~ 47 Philippine pesos





MANILA, Philippines � The number of fatalities caused by typhoon �Ondoy� is now at 240, the National Disaster Coordinating Council announced (NDCC) today (Sept. 29).

In its 6 a.m. update today, NDCC said the National Capital Region had the most number of deaths with 101. Region IV-A is at second with 99 fatalities, followed by Region III and the Cordillera Administrative Region with 37 and three deaths, respectively.

Thirty-seven persons were reported missing, the NDCC added.

Meanwhile, NDCC placed the total cost of damage from the storm at P2,339,620,884.

The government agency said �Ondoy� destroyed P1,517,096 and P882,524,884 worth of properties in the infrastructure and agriculture sectors, respectively.

Some 319,881 families or 1,872,036 persons were affected by the storm, the NDCC added





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btw here is the link to the article I posted: http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleId=509631&publicationSubCategoryId=200

https://secure2.convio.net/ccadra/site/Donation2?df_id=1740&1740.donation=form1&JServSessionIdr002=92jlaf83o4.app1a

is another site through ADRA.org