STEEMPH in Action: #HelpMarawi A Fundraising Concert

in #steemph7 years ago (edited)

359,000 people fill evacuation centers located in Lanao Del Sur, Lanao del Norte, and Cotabato City after armed conflict between government and terrorist forces hit the Islamic city in of Marawi in Southern Philippines on May 27.

It has been 2 and a half months since these families have had their homes, including public infrastructures such as schools damaged by the siege. The Philippine Red Cross has been providing food, household items, clean drinking water and portalets to these displaced families. They need help to fund these distribution.

photo by Erwin Mascarinas of an International Red Cross vehicle transporting locals out of Marawi [1]


Photo by Ted Aljibe/AFP of soldiers rescuing civilians, May 31, 2017 [2]


Evacuation Center in Lanao Del Sur, June 23, 2017 [3]


International Red Cross extends help to evacuees in Lanao del Sur, July 5, 2017 [4]


What are we doing to help?

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SteemPH representatives, @luvabi and @jeanelleybee with witnesses @cloh76 and @surpassinggoogle, and fellow steemian @southparkqueen on Thursday night attended a benefit concert sponsored by the Philippine Red Cross with popular local bands all getting together for the same cause - to #HelpMarawi.

The night started by meeting with Red Cross Secretary General Atty. Oscar Palabyab and discussing a partnership to establish continuous donations for Philippine Red Cross and explaining @steemph's MISSION to build a stronger STEEMIT community by helping enhance communities outside of STEEMIT. We informed him this check is a symbolism of our future partnership and continuous support from @steemph.

This is the first of MANY donations that we will be able to give back to the community by blogging here on STEEMIT.

We also had the opportunity to talk to Red Cross Youth Manager, Ryan Jay Jopia, wherein we explained about blogging in STEEMIT and about engaging the Red Cross and its' youth volunteer to come to the platform and spread awareness about being a Red Cross Youth volunteer.

The Red Cross Youth is a dedicated service program of the Philippine Red Cross for young individuals aged 7-25 years old. Its mission is to harness the youth’s energy and idealism and provide opportunities to engage into humanitarian action and leadership roles. [6]

Ryan informed that we can discuss about Philippines Red Cross and the possibility of cryptocurrency donations.

He expressed interest in having @steemph and witnesses- @surpassinggoogle and @cloh76 join their upcoming National Youth Assembly in Cebu where 93 Youth Chapter Heads will be in attendance from all parts of the Philippines.


[L-R] Nathan, @jeanelleybee, @surpassinggoogle, @cloh76, @luvabi, Ryan, Roel, @southparkqueen

It was indeed a fruitful day!

Thanks to the hard work by @tjpezlo and Lulubelle Nora, Technical Officer for Program Development and Management for Red Cross' Youth Department. It was great meeting everyone and @steemph is looking forward to our future collaborations together!


Thank you for the invitation Lulubelle, and for making it happen @tjpezlo!


How can you help?

For every donation of P850(~17 SBD), a family will receive rice, noodles, assorted canned goods, and coffee for three days. For just over P1,000(~20 SBD), a family will be given comfort in the form of blankets, sleeping mats, and clean water.[Source]

You can help by upvoting and resteeming this post or through the following bank accounts owned by the Philippine Red Cross.
SBD earned in this post will be donated by @steemph to Philippine Red Cross.


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Watch this space for more updates on #HelpMarawi




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I think this is a very good project to help the people!

Thank you so much @nesz! We will be doing our best!

- Your SteemPH Family

Good job man :DD

Thank you so much @crypto.hype
we will be doing our best!

- Your SteemPH Family

Wow ! Such a great , feel good positive post !! Bravo for the great initiative all of you have done , its great to see for these people in the Philippines !! and of course the red cross !! We currently have many people forced from their homes due to the never ending wild fires burning all over British Columbia Canada ! 17 new ones each day !! In my town of Kelowna we are over run with homelessness as theres a 0 % vacancy rate which is also causing skyrocketing rental increases !! We pay 1,100.00 per month for a very old 2 bedroom apartment ! And we have to pay it or also live on the streets , so myself and my two sons now 27 and 30 are forced to share the rent 3 ways !!! So sorry I cant donate at the moment as we have a lot of problems here in my own Province ! But I will up vote 100% and resteemed for you ! Good luck !! 💙💙💙💙💙💙🆗🆒

Hmmm i can think of a lot of ways that u can support us Karen..it's not just monetary but in every capacity that any steemian can.
I hope you have done your shopping.
Thanks for the support!

Yes for sure !! I already commented on it , and helped by up voting and resteeming ! 👍🙏💙

Cool Karen..that's more than the @steemph Family expected from you and the rest. We believe that we won't be successful without the other steemians' support. Thanks a lot.

Awesome ! Your very welcome my friend !!👍👍👍✌💕

Always can count on you :)
Cheerio to that retirement fund of yours Karen, all the best!

Awe thanks ! 💕💕💕✌👍

That sounds very promising..good on you! Cheers Karen.

@steemph making it happen!! The goals and intentions are great-stepping up to help alleviate a striving community.

Upvoted and resteemed!

Great job people.

Thank you so much for your support @arrliinn ❤ It means a lot to us.

- Your SteemPH Family

I'd really love to suppory however I can @bearone! @steemph

Its nice to see that people are so caring, and most of all that steemit is contributing to the biggest problem our world is facing now

Thanks for your wonderful comment. Steemit is a good place to find all sorts of people who care and who really has golden hearts, people who do not discriminate and will love you for who you are not looking at race, color, stature, etc. Even @steemph is a good mix of unique individuals who have tons of differences but lots of things in common too, especially good hearts and helpfulness.

- Your SteemPH Family

Good hearts and helpfulness indeed! And much much more.

And LOVE lots and lots of love

I am willing to help on this! Thank you for helping our fellow filipino people!
looking forward on this @steemph
Sana marami pa kayong matulungan na mga kababayan nating pilipino

Sinabe mo yan ha, nakalista ka na sa blockchain lolsss. Yes, we will need all the manpower that we can get. A lot are in the works right now and there will be some stuff we need to do so that we will know our volunteer locations and where they can help out.
Please watch this space.

@steemph Family

Congrats @steemph.
Sana po madami pa kayo matulungan cheers.
Very great job po @steemph. "Mabuhay"

Thanks a lot @ashlyncurvey, we hope that we will be able to deliver. Expectations and enthusiasms are high in achieving our goals and more. A lot of support will be needed to achieve this, in whatever capacity.
Mabuhay tayong lahat!

Wala pong anuman ma'am @immarojas👍🇵🇭.
Mabuhay👏👏👏

Wooaaahhh! I'm so excited for the next thing for #steemph. Together let's make the world better community. I wish I could join next time :) I'll be happy to help.

Thank you so much for your enthusiasm @grazz! We definitely need your help!

- Your SteemPH Family

A great cause indeed. I will transfer the SBD funds from my Marawi post after the 7 day cycle for you to include in the @Steemph donation to the Red Cross.

Thanks a lot for your support @cloh76...from @steemph Family.

Impressive. Let me know if you guys will visit mindanao.

Watch this space Juvy, a visit to Mindanao is a must. Thanks for your support.