#hayian

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£810 - Honestly this fandom is amazing, The people donating are amazing, the people following and reblogging are amazing, you people are just fucking amazing. 

We are 2% away from reaching out second target! 

Which is absolutely amazing and I cannot thank all of you enough for caring and sharing what you have. But we're not there yet, people are still being buried, people are still living on street, in need for shelter and aid. Please, if you can spare anything don't hesitate and donate to The Philippines. 

Due to the onslaught on Typhoon Yolanda/Hayian in the Philippines at the fateful day of Nov. 9, 2013, the Central, Eastern and Western Visayas have faced the ravaging super typhoon from the Pacific Ocean giving a devastating imprint on the Visayan soil. 

What has imprinted has left a lasting mark not only of how the aftermath has revealed damaged life and property but it paints a picture of the true Filipino. His spirit, his bravery, his desperation and his will to survive. The countless images, stories of survival, loss and grieving of those people have made a global impact in itself. Humanity is speaking and humanity speaks for solidarity. A spirit that was awaken and is burning as time pass.

I am deeply moved by the way a single human being reacts to such call.

It is human nature, an instinct, to survive. It is courage to fight and brave the storm or to surrender to its winds and be blown. How a man reacts will define his future and his survival. His life is ultimately on his hands. Imagine yourself at the eye of the storm with strong winds and the water sucking you down. Imagine yourself clinging onto dear life, fighting for air and mustering your every power to stay alive. Imagine yourself fighting for your family and loved ones more than your own. With the reality of finding what is a remnant of the life you once lived and the people you knew behind the debris and dirt, how countless family members and friends that the storm has taken away, the memories you've had and will never have again and seeing that everything around you is completely gone. His willingness to live for himself and for others is a kind of bravery that one should never underestimate. I always believe that the human spirit is an undeniable force that is stronger than anything he faces.

Anderson Cooper, a CNN journalist, being an eyewitness of the Filipino strength has vividly depicted a viewpoint of what it is to survive in the middle of the disaster.

As he states, "I would actually say that a week long, in every report, we have shown how strong the Filipino People are. The Filipino people of Tacloban, Samar and Cebu and all these places were so many died were strong not just to survive the storm but they are strong to have survived the aftermath of the storm. They have survived for a week now often with very little food, with very little water, with very little medical attention. Can you imagine the strength it takes to be living in a shack, to be living and sleeping on the streets next to the body of your dead children. Can you imagine that strength? I can't. I've seen that strength day in and day out here in the Philippines and we honor them."

Behind the tragedy a wonderful thing has emerged and every minute a hero is born. When faced with adversity and witness it happening in front of your eyes, a single act of compassion and empathy will make your heart weep in despair with those who are suffering. There is a certain whim and a driving energy that has inspired a wave of kindness and generosity to anyone who was touched. The Filipino people showed the world the resilience of our race and the heart that keeps this strength alive. We want them to be alive. We want to end the suffering. That was our common plight and what everyone is screaming for. 

Our strength as a nation will be the driving force. We need to act as one, help each other. Channel that spirit of compassion and act now for those who are continually suffering, hungry, sick and grieving. We all want what is best for everybody. We felt their pain and their needs as the days come and the situations becomes more dyer and desperate. Don't stop clamoring for the victims. Demand the government for what is due to their people. Be the people's voice and be their hand. What you can do will save a life or two probably a whole community. Help in small ways or big ways you can. Every small act of kindness will inspire another and this will multiply in hundreds as time pass. We are the nation of the brave and the people that was stricken by the typhoon see us as their only strength now. Own that responsibility and that accountability for their survival and their life. Those brave men, women and children has managed to save their life through the storm. Now, it is our time to save them.

We are all heroes. We are all fighting the same war. We are all fighting for someone else's life. We, as a nation and as a human being. We are responsible for each and everyone. 

This is a call for Solidarity and of hope. 

"The giant has landed". Antonov AN 225 from Ukraine just landed in Mactan Airport, Cebu. Lifting Koncar, a 140 TON of POWER GENERATOR to help restore power to Yolanda-hit areas. Russia, Ukraine and Croatia just signed up to deliver a 140-ton power generator to augment electricity requirements. SOURCE 

The United States is sending the USS George Washington aircraft carrier and other ships to bolster relief efforts in the Philippines. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel had ordered the nuclear-power aircraft carrier and other ships "to make best speed for the Republic of the Philippines." Beyond serving a staging platform for flights, the carrier's water distilling plants can produce 400,000 gallons (1.5 million liters) of fresh water PER DAY. SOURCE 

The first UK-funded plane carrying aid for victims of the super typhoon that devastated the Philippines has arrived in the country. The aircraft arrived in Cebu carrying 8,000 shelter kits - which includes plastic sheeting, rope and rope tensioners. Each kit will help keep a family of five sheltered from the weather. The UK has contributed £15 million (PHP 1B) in aid to the Philippines. SOURCE 

The UK will send a Royal Navy warship to help deal with the storm disaster in the Philippines, Prime Minister David Cameron has announced. He said HMS Daring would travel "at full speed" from Singapore and an RAF C-17 transporter plane will be sent. SOURCE

Germany flew out 70 tonnes of aid to the Philippines on Wednesday to help the 11 million people affected by typhoon Haiyan. Transportable water treatment plants were among the equipment destined for the crisis-hit country. The German government upped its aid to the Philippines on Tuesday to €1 million (PHP 50M), after giving an initial €500,000 at the weekend. The money will go to German charities working at the scene of hurricane Haiyan.

Japan to send "Self-Defense Forces" to Philippines to help with relief efforts after a super typhoon killed thousands, with 40 people set to leave as soon as possible. "We hope to make every effort to get the aid to the people who need it as soon as possible," he told a news conference, adding that the number of troops will be increased if the situation on the ground warrants it. Chief cabinet secretary Yoshihide Suga said. He also said Tokyo would provide $10 million in emergency aid.

Timing of the dispatch was being coordinated with the Philippines, but the troops were ready, Suga added. A team of 25 people, mainly medical workers, left for the Philippines on Monday. 

Mobile water filtration system. Known as the Reverse Osmosis Filtration Set, Type 2, the combination truck/water purification system can treat 70 metric tons of fresh water, or alternatively 30 tons of seawater, in a day. 

Providing food to victims is an immediate concern following a natural disaster, and for that purpose the JGSDF has developed the Field Cooking Unit 1 – Mark 22.

Completed in 2012, the newest version of the JGSDF’s mobile kitchen is capable of preparing enough food to feed 200 people in just 45 minutes of cooking time.  MORE HERE