Please consider supporting relief and recovery efforts in the Philippines in the wake of Super Typho

oreoman said:
Happy to see everyone contributing! Thanks in behalf of my countrymen!
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Hopefully it doesnt get stopped in transit. My mom's cousin is a prominent lawyer in Manila, both originally from Tacloban. Apparently, they are not allowing food, supplies, etc. He had three 30ft. trucks filled with supplies and was stopped. Just a shame that theres so much help and supplies coming from all over the world, but the question is whether it will get there at all.

Most of my relatives in Tacloban are flying out of there, they said the stench of all the dead bodies is horrible. Dont know how I would be if I had to go thru with what they had to go thru.

Thanks again to my fellow Niketalkers for donating!
 
my homie recently flew from California to Philippines to volunteer as an RN. He posted the following on his FB:

"I just wanted to note that the devastation here in and around Tacloban is definitely real. Devastation is actually an understatement. And whatever you hear from the news, life is not nearing anything normal. Please donate if you can. Monetary is best. We are desperate for volunteer doctors. To make the situation more clear, I am currently working in a hospital with the parts of the ceiling blown off, no air conditioning, no monitors, no pulse ox and only rudimentary medications at our disposable. When it rains outside it rains inside. Our only source of light is a single lamp and my headlamp. We only have 1 MD, one other experienced Rn other than me, and a couple new grads. The only staff that remain from the hospital are two local Filipinos who survived the disaster. Despite these desperate conditions we are averaging 60-70 patients a day. This includes traumas, mva, severe asthma/ bronchospasms(with no access to nebulizers) near pediatric intubation, hemodynamic instability. These people desperately need our help, and will continue to do so for months. At my Philippine Red Cross base, people are working continuously, some with out sleep. I spotted a volunteer who literally fell asleep in the restroom. These are just a glimpse into my experience here and may mean nothing to those back home. But maybe it will help others get a better understanding of what is truly going overseas."
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pianoman52 said:
my homie recently flew from California to Philippines to volunteer as an RN. He posted the following on his FB:
"I just wanted to note that the devastation here in and around Tacloban is definitely real. Devastation is actually an understatement. And whatever you hear from the news, life is not nearing anything normal. Please donate if you can. Monetary is best. We are desperate for volunteer doctors. To make the situation more clear, I am currently working in a hospital with the parts of the ceiling blown off, no air conditioning, no monitors, no pulse ox and only rudimentary medications at our disposable. When it rains outside it rains inside. Our only source of light is a single lamp and my headlamp. We only have 1 MD, one other experienced Rn other than me, and a couple new grads. The only staff that remain from the hospital are two local Filipinos who survived the disaster. Despite these desperate conditions we are averaging 60-70 patients a day. This includes traumas, mva, severe asthma/ bronchospasms(with no access to nebulizers) near pediatric intubation, hemodynamic instability. These people desperately need our help, and will continue to do so for months. At my Philippine Red Cross base, people are working continuously, some with out sleep. I spotted a volunteer who literally fell asleep in the restroom. These are just a glimpse into my experience here and may mean nothing to those back home. But maybe it will help others get a better understanding of what is truly going overseas."
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  thanks for sharing..... wow man. 
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Just donated Meth, not even sure how I initially missed this thread.

My prayers are with all those effected by this devasting tragedy.
 
So many times in our lives we forget about the people less fortunate then us. My main goal in life is to fight world hunger. But a situation like this typhoon has my full attention. Just Donated. And so happy that the sneaker community is stepping up to make a difference.  NT give yourself a round of applause. 
 
Cmon guys. We only got 8 more days until the 11th. lets get as much as we can donated so that the amount matched by NT is the most it can be.
THERE IS NO WAY THIS THREAD SHOULD BE ON THE THIRD PAGE when we are arguing about Kanye and Jay-Z everyday. :tongue:

We are so close to $5000. Dont give up now. If we get a little closer I will go ahead and make my 4th donation even if we havent made it to $5000 yet.
We can do it.
 
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