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Operation Sunshine: What to Donate for Typhoon Yolanda Victims

2:50 PM

With all the support and monetary help that we are getting from other countries, let us not think that our help are not needed anymore in Visayas. We all have that responsibility to extend a hand to our countrymen.


Let me just say that we are so used to giving old clothes whenever there are relief operations like this, but please let's not limit ourselves to old clothes. They also need a few things that you might be forgetting. Here's a list that you can include to your donations.

1. Food
Let's try not to give instant noodles because hot water is needed in preparing this. Try instant food in a can like sardines, corned beef, and even meat loafs! Pick the cans that are easy to open so they don't have to think where to get a can opener. Give a pack of rice that could last a family for at least one day. Three kilograms would be great!

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2. Water
Make that clean drinking water. You can send small water bottles. I suggest you buy from the water refilling stations because they sell it at a cheaper price. You can even do a little chit chat with the owner of the shop and maybe encourage them to donate some. ;)

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3. Medicine
According to the news, kids are more susceptible to disease in situations like this. So you can include a lot of fever, cough, and colds medicine for kids. Put in some paracetamol and diarrhea meds for adults, too. 

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4. Blankets
Imagine losing your home and everything that you own. Offer our kababayans blankets that they can use to warm their bodies at night!
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5. Toiletries
Our kababayans need these few items to keep themselves clean. You can include bath soaps, toothpaste and toothbrush, sanitary napkins, razors, and deodorants. You can also throw in a nail clipper and comb is you still have budget! 


6. Hugs
And because not everyone of us can fly to the affected areas to hug everyone who needs it, I have a million dollar idea to put an letter of encouragement in every pack of relief goods that we will be making. Sounds great? This will even be a great project for kids!



If you would like to help, you can check your local government unit or NGOs if they are doing a donation drive. If you are in the Antipolo area, my family and I are doing a donation drive that we call Operation Sunshine. Please click the photo below to go to the Facebook page. It's bayanihan time!


Joy grew up in the small town of Angono, Rizal and the eldest among four siblings. She is a blogger and housewife who loves to experiment in the kitchen. She cooks great sinigang and pinakbet. She is graduate of Journalism from the University of Rizal System and was the associate editor of the school paper, The Petroglyphs. She tried graduate school and studied Literature and Language but realized it wasn’t for her. She still dreams to go back to school and take a masters degree in Journalism. Or maybe something about digital copywriting and marketing. She met Jeff on Twitter, and they married in 420 (April 20) of 2012. She now lives with her husband in Paranaque.

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