Typhoon Ondoy Helplines: Who You Gonna Call?

Posted by RJ Marmol on Sep 27, 2009 in Causes, Local News, News |

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This entry is part 1 of 10 in the series "The Great Flood"

NOTE: This post will undergo continuous editing immediately after posting as new and additional information becomes available.

Rescue operations for victims of Typhoon "Ondoy" ; People tired of waiting for rescue decide to brave neck-deep flood waters. ; Kids and elderly, helpless in disaster.; Celebrities like Cristine Reyes not spared (sits on the roof of her house waiting for rescue). ; Twitter trends deluged with "NDCC", "Ondoy", "Dick Gordon" and "LRT" topics as Filipinos everywhere tweet frantically.; Facebook becomes more than a social network site for sharing personal photos and becomes an efficient way to exchange critical relief operations information replacing clogged phone networks.

Friends from cyberspace were able to compile and consolidate helpline numbers aggregated from Twitter, Facebook and Tumblr. Others were able to write a blog about it so instead of putting everything here, I will just send you to their blogs. Please refer to list of helpful blogs below:

Important/Emergency Numbers:

NDCC (National Disaster Coordinating Council)

911 1873 / 912 5668 / 911 1406 / 912 2665

For SOS (calls for rescue):

EMAIL all messages relating to relief, rescue efforts to: ndcchelpdesk[at]gmail[dot]com

Ways To Help Typhoon Ondoy/Ketsana Victims: Online and Offline

How You Can Help — MLQ3‘s post on how to help, who to coordinate with, where to drop your donations, plus bonus compilation of photos shared by everybody online.

List of Verified Relief Centers / Drop Off Centers for Donations — a compilation of verified relief centers. Wherever you are in the country, Luzon, Visayas or Mindanao, you can help. But if you are within Luzon and near these areas, so much better, maybe you can actually go there and help in the packing of goods or help out any way you can.

OndoyManila – Typhoon Ondoy/Ketsana Mapping Team is a group of volunteers from around the globe, spearheaded by Serge Gregorio, currently disseminating important and urgent information to help the victims of Typhoon Ondoy/Ketsana with the use of Google Maps, in real-time.

Rescue InfoHub Central – An online spreadsheet which is citizen-edited, real-time, which houses information on where to donate, missing/found persons, SOS: calls for rescue and emergency numbers.

NDCC HOTLINES FOR MISSING PERSON:

(Please report missing persons specific to the area).

Marikina: coordinate with Mon Santiago at 0920-9389914

Quezon City: coordinate with Teresa Amarillo at 0921-6555262

Pasig City: send text to 0918-9356318

Cainta: 0917-5606241.

Ondoy Google Maps Situationer – another citizen-powered/edited online map, group posting updates on the situation caused by Typhoon Ondoy in Metro Manila, Philippines based on what they gather from various sources, such as radio, tv, internet, etc.

Red Cross Donations via SMS - Texters all over the Philippines can donate via their mobile phone. We are the world’s texting capital. Let your texts save our fellowmen affected by typhoon Ondoy…

How To Donate To Red Cross (Ondoy Victims) through SMS/Text:

1. Just text RED<space>AMOUNT

2. Send to 2899 (Globe) or 4483 (Smart).

For Globe, you can donate in these amounts P5, P25, P50, P100, P300.