Ondoy Flood Victims

Organized by Xavier School Alumni NYC
To Our Friends Abroad...
The recent storm Ondoy had brought great loss and devastation to the Filipino people. We ask that we be one in giving in this time of need. This site has been set-up to facilitate PayPal contributions for the victims of Ondoy.

To contribute, please click on the "ChipIn!" button to the right of this page ->

Proceeds from this fund will go directly to relief efforts led by the XAVIER SCHOOL community in San Juan, Metro Manila. As the need for assistance is very urgent, the collection will end on Oct 9, Friday.

"Thank you for setting up the PayPal site for those who would like to donate to the victims of Typhoon Ondoy. This provides our alumni yet another alternative to send their donations."
- Fr. Johnny Go, SJ, School Director, Xavier School

"In this time of emergency, the call for the Xavier Community is solidarity and involvement. As persons for others, we cannot stand by as indifferent witnesses" - XSWeb

Luceat Lux!

*Photo courtesy of JAY DIRECTO/AFP/Getty Images
Ondoy
"Over the weekend, Manila was hit with its heaviest rainfall in more than 40 years. More than 80 percent of the capital was under water at one point Sunday. The deluge caused by Tropical Storm Ondoy (Ketsana), which has since strengthened into a typhoon, engulfed whole houses and buses. At least 140 people have died, the National Disaster Coordinating Council said. Manila, on the island of Luzon, and the nearby province of Rizal bore the brunt of the storm. People huddled on rooftops Sunday waiting on army helicopters to pluck them to safety. Others used ropes to wade through waist-deep muddy waters. Power and water supply failed in some areas. Roads were rendered impassable, making rescue efforts challenging. Rescue crews were handing out food rations. "Right now the challenge is to find out how many people have actually died and how many people we have to take care of in terms of people who've been displaced," said Richard Gordon, the chairman of the Philippines National Red Cross. "We're really talking about maybe hundreds of thousands of people," with about 280,000 to 300,000 displaced in the island of Luzon alone, he said.Though the Philippines is no stranger to floods, Saturday's downpours approached a record, with a month's worth of rain falling within six hours." - CNN, 28 Sep 2009
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