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In the wake of Typhoon Haiyan, Foundation Beyond Belief’s Humanist Crisis Response program is collecting donations in support of CITIZENS’ DISASTER RESPONSE CENTER, a community-based relief organization in the Philippines that is working to provide food, water, medicine, shelter kits, sleeping kits, and hygiene kits. As of Wednesday morning, the FBB community has raised more than $40,000 for CDRC’s relief efforts. 100 percent of all donations will be forwarded to CDRC throughout the course of the drive. Click here to contribute.

The news from the Philippines continues to be grim:

• Officials are reporting looting and anarchy as desperate survivors search for food in the wreckage.
• Families continue to search for the bodies of loved ones beneath the rubble.
• Satellite images of the hardest-hit areas taken before and after Haiyan show widespread destruction.
• CDRC’s Flickr page is full of photos from devastated regions of the Philippines.

Please consider making a donation to support CDRC’s efforts in the Philippines.

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In December, Typhoon Bopha, a category 5 super typhoon, struck Palau and the Philippine island of Mindanao, causing hundreds of deaths and leaving thousands homeless. Now, more than a month after the storm hit, communities are still struggling to recover from the devastation.

According to the International Committee of the Red Cross:

In a matter of hours, some communities in Eastern Mindanao were literally blown away by Typhoon Bopha (locally known as Pablo). . . . More than 90 percent of the area is a scene of utter destruction in four of the worst-hit municipalities; many people have seen their entire livelihood wiped out in one fell swoop. In response, the ICRC is stepping up its operations by dispatching more food and other essential supplies. 

Please consider sending a donation to ICRC to help these communities recover and rebuild.