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The following is an update on our typhoon relief in the Philippines. It´s a pretty amazing story of how a 22 year old Filipina struggled to survive the flood and rebuild her family´s life.

Please note that I left out the names of my friends who sent me this update. I have also used ¨Maggie¨ as [...]

Thank you to everyone who is helping us with our Philippines typhoon relief fund.

Little by little we’re getting up there. We’re now at $3,398 in donations… on our way to $4,000 by the end of next week.

As of today, we’ve sent $3,000 over so far:

$1,000 – These funds went to Ortigas Center, Manila relief ops at [...]

My friend Emma just got back from Manila. Here was an update she sent me from her perspective of things over there:

Emma (blonde) with Riza (all the way to the left) and James (all the way to the right)

“I first came to the Philippines exactly a year ago. This is now my third [...]

I’ve heard stories of entire neighborhoods disappearing from mudslides triggered by the typhoon rain in remote areas of the Philippines.

Riza and James are two of my friends living in Pampanga, Philippines. They're overwhelmed with the amount of help needed for the typhoon/mudslide victims. Right now, they're raising money to help fund a life-saving operation [...]

**First Relief Update**

The first call center that I helped launch for Dell over in the Philippines was  with an outsource partner called Ambergris — located in Ortigas Center, Manila.

Only days after Typhoon Ketsana hit the Philippines, TIP team members tirelessly prepare relief goods for their affected teammates.

A year before I left Dell, Ambergris got bought [...]

Good news today: The United States Department of Agriculture just announced it will send nearly $9 million worth of rice and dry milk to the Philippines.

This donation should help provide food and drink to 438,000 “Ondoy” and “Pepeng” flood victims for 60 days.

The U.S. Agriculture Secretary said:

The food aid I am announcing today will [...]

With Vero in Boracay Island, Philippines

Here are a couple quick updates for today…

1. We hit $500 in relief for the Philippines typhoon victims. I wired the money to Manila. My good friend Harold will organize distributing it based on the most immediate need for it. I talked to Harold today… he said he will [...]