YOLANDA RUN: Buhay at Bahay, Itindig Muli!
A partnership of government and non-government organizations, this fund-raising event is a first step to rolling out a project to help rebuild lives and reconstruct homes and communities in the provinces that Yolanda had devastated.
The three-kilometer run/walk for a cause around the Quezon Memorial Circle will be held on Sunday, Nov. 24, starting 5:30 am.
After the massive relief and rescue operations for those who suffered the wrath of super typhoon Yolanda, the more massive and more difficult tasks of rebuilding lives and communities beckon, a project that will require all citizens and civil servants to stay with the story of Yolanda’s victims.
The Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism (PCIJ) is supporting this worthy project in part to help focus attention on the plight of journalists, media workers, and media agencies that had also been displaced by Yolanda.
Members of the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP) have verified that at least four media workers had died; at least six others are still unaccounted for or remain missing, and a number of media agencies had been rendered inoperable in the affected provinces.
The co-organizers of this project are:
* The National Anti-Poverty Commission (NAPC) whose mandate in law is to encourage people’s participation and empowerment;
* The Alliance of Seven, which is composed of local government units in Metro Manila cities/towns that had been ravaged by typhoon Ondoy (Marikina, Quezon City, Pasig, Antipolo, San Mateo, Montalban, and Cainta);
* Habitat for Humanity, a non-government agency with a track record of rebuilding homes and communities with vigor and expertise;
* Operation Compassion Philippines, a non-government agency that attends to orphans and communities displaced by calamities and disasters; and
* Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism.
Join YOLANDA RUN!
To register:
* Visit #YolandaRun #YolandaPH #RebuildPH
* Call National Anti-Poverty Commission
3rd Floor ATI Bldg, Elliptical Road,
Quezon City Tel: 4265028
9 am to 6 pm (November 18-23, 2013)* Call Operation Compassion – Philippines
88 Maningning St., Teachers’ Village, Quezon City
Contact: Susan Cucio Tel: 4331818
Room-M6 Yrreverre Square.
888 Mindanao Ave, Quezon City, Philippines
Contact: Ronald Cucio | Tel: 483-5589Participants are strongly encouraged to register before 24 November 2013.
