Memoirs of a Domesticated MD: help victims of typhoon Sendong

It's really sad that this tragedy had to happen just a few days before Christmas. My heart aches every time I see photographs of the victims, especially the children. I can't imagine how terrifying it might have been to suddenly wake up in the middle of the night and be washed away in muddy flood waters and to be separated from the people you love. I can't imagine how painful it must have been for parents to loose their children, to feel so helpless against the power of nature. The victims did not just drown, their bodies were slammed by debris of floating logs, appliances, cars. They struggled to be alive, and there were a few lucky ones who did, but the memory of that fateful would forever haunt them. Hopefully in time they would learn to move on from this painful memory.

The flood has subsided, but the effect of the tragedy is evident and words cannot describe the destruction that typhoon Sendong has caused in Iligan City, CDO and other areas affected in Mindanao. The victims need all the help we could give, water, food, clothing and other basic necessities. So I would like to applea to everyone who could read this blog to please extend any help you could give. Let us share our blessings to those affected by this tragedy and let's help them feel that it is still Christmas, that despite what happened there is still a reason to celebrate the birth of Jesus. Any donation you could give whether cash or kind will go a long way. So please let us do our share...

***DONATIONS (MONEY)***

SMART

Smart Money: Donors to Typhoon #Sendong may help through Smart Money acct. no. 5577-5130-6822-1104 at any BDO, Hapinoy or Cebuana Lhuillier outlets.

Text: Smart subscribers may donate to #Sendong victims via text. Send RED to 4143. Valid donation amounts 10, 25, 50, 100

GLOBE

Gcash: For GCASH, donate through Red Cross by texting DONATE MPIN REDCROSS and send to 2882.

Text: Text RED and send it to 2899. You may donate in these denominations: 5, 25, 50, 100, 300, 500 and 1000.

RED CROSS

Details in their website

SAGIP KAPAMILYA

1. BDO Peso Account

Account name: ABS-CBN Foundation Inc.-Sagip Kapamilya
Account Number: 39301-14199
Swift Code: BNORPHMM

2. BDO Dollar Account

Account name: ABS-CBN Foundation Inc.-Sagip Kapamilya
Account Number: 39300-81622
Swift Code: BNORPHMM

3. PNB Peso Account

Account name: ABS-CBN Foundation Inc.-Sagip Kapamilya
Account Number: 419-539-5000-13
Swift Code: PNBMPHMM

4. BPI Peso Account

Account name: ABS-CBN Foundation Inc.-Sagip Kapamilya
Account Number: 3051-1127-75
Branch: West Triangle, Quezon City
Swift Code: BOPIPHMM

5. BPI Dollar Account

Account name: ABS-CBN Foundation Inc.-Sagip Kapamilya
Account Number: 3054-0270-35
Branch: West Triangle, Quezon City
Swift Code: BOPIPHMM

GMA KAPUSO FOUNDATION

1) METROBANK

Peso Savings

Account Name: GMA Kapuso Foundation, Inc.
Account Number: 3-098-51034-7

Dollar Savings

Account Name:GMA Kapuso Foundation, Inc.
Account Number:2-098-00244-2
Code: MBTC PH MM

2) UNITED COCONUT PLANTERS BANK (UCPB)

Peso Savings

Account Name: GMA Kapuso Foundation, Inc.
Account Number:115-184777-2 or 160-111277-7

Dollar Savings

Account Name: GMA Kapuso Foundation, Inc.
Account Number: 01-115-301177-9 or 01-160-300427-6

3) CEBUANA LHUILLIER

GAWAD KALINGA

1) Through Bank Deposit

Gawad Kalinga Philippine Peso Current Account
# 3101 0977 56 BPI EDSA Greenhills

Gawad Kalinga US$ Savings Account
# 3104 0162 34 BPI EDSA Greenhills
Swift code: BOPIPHMM

2) Donate online: http://gk1world.com/DonationPage.aspx?page=form&section=sendong

Before you go to bed tonight, please offer a prayer for those killed in the flash flood that hit Northern Mindanao, and to their families as well... many of our brothers and sisters are left homeless and worse have lost their loved ones. Let us try to help out in any way that we can.