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please help the philippines :(

Hi Tumblr, I’m Patricia from the Philippines and my country really needs your help.

Like most of the world, we are currently on quarantine and lockdown. Unlike most first world countries though, my countrymen are dying of hunger due to many reasons: 1) losing their only means of livelihood 2) most people below the poverty line only have enough savings to feed their family for 4-5 days. And we have been on lockdown for almost 30 days now. The lockdown will continue until the end of April (or even longer) which leaves millions of Filipinos stranded in their homes with no help. Those who try to leave home to find help are threatened to be shot dead by our President. Our government, despite having received emergency powers and relief funds from other countries and the World Bank, continue to squander our funds with corruption and inefficient governance. Meanwhile, street vendors, public transport drivers, construction workers, and millions of other hungry Filipinos are deprived of relief goods due to their rural, far-flung location—the entire informal sector has essentially been left to go hungry. Only the privileged can “work from home”, so where does that leave the rest of the population? On the streets.

In response to this, organizations and the private sector has come together to help feed hungry communities and provide aid to frontliners who have been forced to buy their own PPEs and equipment due to lack of hospital funds. However, since it’s been a month of donation drives and fundraisers, donor fatigue has been settling in and most of our funds are running dry. This is why I’m writing to you today. I sincerely hope I can ask help from the internet to send help to where we are. Our frontliners, farmers, daily wage workers, and poor families desperately need your help.

Below are links to the Fundraisers I’m working on with descriptions of who it’ll be donated to. And I swear, every dollar would go a LONG WAY. Imagine $1 is 50 Philippine Pesos. Food packages cost around $10-$20 depending on the contents. You can feed a family of five for around 4-5 days with that much. Imagine how much you could help :( I know these are tough times for everybody, so don’t feel pressured to donate what you cannot afford! I’m really just trying to get the word out there and maybe it can reach a generous soul or two.

This fundraiser will be sending relief care packages to farmers in the provinces of Benguet, Ifugao, and Nueva Vizcaya. Because of the transport ban, they have been struggling to sell their produce and no longer have a source of income for basic needs. :(

This fundraiser feeds the families of Novaliches, Quezon City with food packages to help them survive the remainder of the lockdown and transport ban.

This initiative helps raise funds for public transportation drivers who have lost their means of income because public transportation has been banned by the government. This includes public transpo drivers and ride-hailing app drivers who have lost their jobs.

This initiative is raising funds to feed frontliners who are working day and night to help fight COVID-19.

My paypal link is http://paypal.me/policrapio and you may include in the message area which specific beneficiary you’d like to help. If you can’t afford to help, that’s totally fine! If you could simply reblog and help share this post so it may reach more people who may be able to help, then you would have helped so much already <3

If these causes don’t align with how you want to help, there are so many more Philippine donation drives in need of support. You can find them here and here. If you have any questions feel free to message!!!!

TLDR: My heart is aching for our country and we really need help. Please donate if you can :(

ewanicorns

UPDATE: My amazing government continues to hinder us from surviving this lockdown by requiring donation drives to secure permits which requires days of processing and other fees :( Hence, local calls for donations are being suspended while we sort this out. We need international help now more than ever :(

ewanicorns

Thank you so so much to everyone who has donated so far! <3 Your help really goes a long way!! <3

Please keep sharing this like wildfire! Your reblog can change a life!!

umbreeon

#face #[hEAVY BREATHING]

violetfoxglove:

It would rain when I decided to go for a walk.

Then stay inside. It's much, much better indoors.

#violet #ignore gif text pls!

coradylan:

Well, it looks like you’re upset about something, but that’s as specific as I can get since I don’t really know you.

Looks like you answered your own question.

I don't know you either, so we're...we're even.

#cora

juneeverbrook-blog

Oh, I don’t need it, that’s okay. I was just um…just looking for someone, actually.

david-elliot

Ah...okay then. Looking for someone? .....Who? Maybe...maybe I've seen them pass by.

#june #omg he'd be so excited to let her help around or do anything related to it basically #ignore gif text pls!!

coleelliot:

Um, I think the better question is who were you talking to?

Oh, uh, I wasn't. I couldn't reach them. But it's fine, doesn't matter now.

#colette

rhett-noh:

What is it raining assholes today? I said no, now go away.

Oh....oh. Ouch. I apologize then for asking you if this hat was yours. Didn't know that made me an asshole.

#rhett

aurora-martelx:

[She waves her hand in dismissal, chuckling slightly]

I don’t mind, I just thought I’d do my good deed for the day and see if you were alright.

Thanks, I guess...but it really wasn't necessary. You can...go now.

#aurora

aurora-martelx:

[…]

No, no. I just.. saw you and you looked like you were about to turn into the Hulk.

I-I did? Well...sorry about that then. I'll try not to disturb the peace next time.

#aurora

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Gone with the Wind // Jade & David

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jade-cameron:

She chuckled softly, her giggles rising into the wind as she shook her head. David Elliot had done it; he had come up with the perfect way to distract Jade for his nervous voice bubbled between her ears in a way that made it hard for her sight not to cling to the energy of it. Smiling she turned her head in the direction of the man’s voice, her useless eyes searching the darkness before her as if she were dissecting David’s features “We can’t have that now can we?” shaking her head again she sighed “Sanity in these parts is so fleeting I can’t allow you to lose yours but I fear that you won’t find the rumour mill too exciting this week.” With a shrug she kicked at the ground again, pushing herself slightly in the swing, the letter in her hand all but forgotten for the time being as Jade attempted to organize her thoughts. What should she tell him she wondered, her bottom lip held tight between her teeth as she thought.

“Despite everything that has happened Mr. Elliot Bentley see’s you as the quiet father, so I wouldn’t worry too much…” she frowned slightly at her words for although they were truthful the glazed over version of the past hurt Jade. She knew what had happened to Craig and the Elliot family prior to his accident but that was only one of the many things Bentley’s population liked to discuss about the Elliot family. “You and your family are well respected in this town.”

Was Jade laughing? Had he said something funny? He took it as a good sign, nonetheless. That meant she wasn't so bored with his company just yet. David's shoulders sagged as she basically told him that she wouldn't spill a thing. "Oh...okay then," he said, trying not to let the disappointment seep into his tone. He wasn't normally one to care what people thought about him, but the prospect of learning what people said about him was very tempting, indeed. He opened his mouth to protest and insist that she tell him, but he decided otherwise. That would be rude.

When he heard Jade's voice again, he perked up and looked at the woman, waiting for more. Quiet father...well respected...David breathed a sigh of relief. That was better than he had expected. He smiled gratefully to her. "Thank you." Unconsciously, he lightly kicked the ground, causing him to shortly swing. He hadn't realized how much he had missed being on the swings. He purposely kicked harder, pushing himself more off the ground until he was in full swing. Literally. "I've missed this," he said, thoroughly amused as he swung up and down, front and back.

#gone with the wind

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I'll Rise Like The Break Of Dawn // David and Alexia

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alexiamalone:

She could sense he didn’t find much of anything funny, but she chose to ignore it. Most people didn’t understand her sense of humor and that was fine by her. She’d long since grown used to it. “I hear yoga is supposed to bring inner calm. Lots of people could use that, I think. But you always seem calm. Well, besides now when you’re kind of the opposite of calm.” Pausing, she thought over her opinion of the man in front of him. “More calm than your situation anyway.”

"You don't say," he muttered as he took of his jacket and threw it to the side. It was ruined and would need plenty of washing for it to return to its pristine state. He scratched at the back of his neck, saying, "Guess yoga's not for me." He let out a defeated sigh and narrowed his eyes at the girl. "What are you doing here, anyway?"