Guys,
I'm part of the Marine community here in Manila. The AMOSUP cadet
training ship is to go down with relief goods.
My donation is 5 Solar powered juice boxxs.
I have been told people are being charged P30 to charge their cell phones!
Rgds
John
On 11-Nov-13 5:40 PM, Marvin Pascual wrote:
To whom it may concern:
I have been thinking for the past few days after the recent disaster
struck my hometown, San Joaquin, Palo, Leyte, Philippines: As an IT
professional, what kind of help can I do?
I have worked with several manufacturers and vendors of different
networking equipment, which most of them are telco-grade, and most
notably are best for large-scale visitor based networks. I have
personally seen the capabilities of these networking equipments not
just by reading the list of features but also have understood it
deeply by working with it.
I just realized that the number one problem that I and the rest of the
Filipinos around the world who have relatives in the affected areas is
facing right now, is to know the status of our loved ones. I cannot
sleep, eat, or do whatever activities I normally do everyday because I
am worried about my mother <http://is.gd/bq5mNh> and for the rest of
my relatives in my hometown and in Barangay Canramos, Tanauan, Leyte,
Philippines.
For the past few days that I have been monitoring the posts in
Facebook, video clips uploaded to YouTube and the broadcast media, I
haven't seen a single photo depicting the places that I just mentioned.
Now, I am appealing to all the hackers, hobbyists and IT professionals
to offer at least their toys (e.g. Droids, Raspberry Pis, Arduinos,
etc.) to the affected areas of the super typhoon Haiyan or locally
called Yolanda. Your gadgets can make a lot of difference and may even
save lives by capturing photos and/or videos and then upload them to
the web or to the different social networking sites. This way, the
people especially those Filipinos who came from these areas will see
the actual situations.
I heard that there are certain areas in Tacloban City who have mobile
Internet stations that can help us upload these videos and/or photos
to the web.
If you have solar powered devices that can self sustain, solar powered
generators or better yet provide lights at night is also a big help.
We cannot just rely on the local media, NGOs and the different
government agencies. We can also do our part.
To the companies I worked with and even to their competitors, this is
about saving lives of those who are directly affected by the recent
disaster and the Filipinos around the world who are worried about the
situation of their loved ones back home. If you can lend us your
network equipment to provide wireless connectivity and communication,
it'll be a very big help to us.
By the time you read this message, there is a high probability that I
am already on my way to my hometown. Since there is no electricity,
telephone lines and cellular communications, I may not be contactable
in the next couple of days or even weeks. Rest assured that I shall
try my best to give you an update when there is an opportunity for me
to do so.
You may be wondering to where and how are you going to send your
gadgets. And probably your next question would be on who will operate
it. My honest answer is I don't have an idea yet. For the former
question, I tried calling Red Cross but the person who answered my
phone call said that they only accept cash donations. For the latter
question, as long as it is a plug and play device with simple
instructions on how to properly operate it, I don't think it will be
hard to look for volunteers on the ground.
Here are some links that might help:
- #ReliefPH: http://is.gd/L2xL9H
- Organizations accepting donations: http://is.gd/XS9zCT
- Crisis and Relief Map: http://is.gd/8p3Rjk
Thank you very much.
In service to humanity,
Marvin Pascual
[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> | +639499157074
http://is.gd/bq5mNh | #Haiyan #YolandaPH
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