Tulong-Tulong Tayo: Here's Where You Can Send Donations For Taal Victims

More than 30,000 individuals were displaced from their homes when the Taal volcano erupted on January 12, 2020, with residents of the island and surrounding areas in Batangas and Cavite fleeing to evacuation centers (Click here for a list of affected barangays). And according to the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council, they are still eyeing a total of around 300,000 people for evacuation.

It is time to do our part and help our kababayans. According to Philippine Red Cross Chairman and Senator Richard Gordon, their agency is already open to receiving relief goods including:

• Face masks
• Towels
• Bottled water
• Sleeping mats and blankets
• Easy-open canned goods
• Cup noodles
• Biscuits
• 3-in-1 coffee sachets
• Cleaning materials
• Hygiene kits (toothbrush and toothpaste, soap, sanitary napkins, and diapers)
• Clean and decent clothing

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Where to send your donations to Taal victims

Should you wish to donate, here is a list of local government units and organizations arranging relief drives for the Taal victims:

Philippine Red Cross Cavite Chapter

Provincial Government of Batangas

Caritas Manila

Department of Social Welfare and Development

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GMA Kapuso Foundation

Rotaract Club of Manila (San Pedro East and Taal-Lemery SH

Southern Tagalog Serve the People Corps

Schools in Metro Manila and Calabarzon have also stepped up to help:

Ateneo de Manila University

De La Salle University

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Polytechnic University of the Philippines

St. Scholastica’s College-Manila

University of the Philippines

University of Santo Tomas

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The animals that were left behind are also in need of rescue and care! For donations, these organizations can help.

PETA Asia

Philippine Animal Welfare Society (PAWS)

CARA Welfare Philippines

Want to help? Click here for a list of organizations where the whole family can do volunteer work.

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