Typhoon Haiyan leaves the Philippines reeling

Photo: Noel Celis (AFP/Getty)

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.