By Jacqueline Lee | Senior Program Associate
It has been 3.5 years since Typhoon Haiyan (known locally as Yolanda) hit the Philippines, and your donations have made a huge difference in life of people throughout the country. Your support has sent typhoon-affected students to college, provided food and water to survivors in remote areas, and rebuilt much-needed sanitation systems wiped away by the storm. To support the students being sent to college, Water, Agroforestry, Nutrition and Development Foundation (WAND) is also providing small livelihood opportunities so the families can help pay for school expenses.
In November 2015, donors like you came together to make a long-term impact for communities in the Philippines affected by Typhoon Haiyan. From November 2015 until March 2016, GlobalGiving matched donations at 100% to Typhoon Haiyan recovery projects, doubling donors’ impact. This resulted in more than 200 people raising close to $100,000 for long-term recovery!
Because you have been committed to supporting relief and recovery work not only at the onset of the storm, but years after to insure long-term impact for a stronger and more resilient Philippines, we would like to invite you to a special event: From The Front Lines: GlobalGiving Disaster Response Panel.
Your support has made it possible for GlobalGiving’s nonprofit partners to provide immediate and long-term relief for communities impacted by past disasters, like Typhoon Haiyan, and recent disasters, like the earthquakes in Japan and Ecuador, the Nepal earthquakes, the Ebola outbreak, and the Syrian refugee crisis. At this event you’ll have the opportunity to hear from the organizations you have supported and disaster responders’ first-hand experiences.
Please RSVP by May 16th. Click here to learn more and RSVP.
From The Front Lines: GlobalGiving Disaster Response Panel
Date: Wednesday, May 18, 2016
Time: 06:00 pm EDT (Find this time in your city).
Location: You can join in person at GlobalGiving’s DC office, or watch online.
Thank you for your previous and ongoing support. We look forward to seeing you on May 18th!
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When a disaster strikes, recovery efforts led by people who live and work in affected communities are often overlooked and underfunded. GlobalGiving is changing this reality. Since 2004, we've been shifting decision-making power to crises-affected communities through trust-based grantmaking and support.
We make it easy, quick, and safe to support people on the ground who understand needs in their communities better than anyone else.
They were there long before the news cameras arrived, and they’ll be there long after the cameras leave. They know how to make their communities more resilient to future disasters, and they’re already hard at work. GlobalGiving puts donations and grants directly into their hands. Because the status quo—which gives the vast majority of funding to a few large organizations—doesn’t make sense.
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