BAY AREA AIDING TYPHOON HAIYAN RELIEF
BAY AREA AIDING TYPHOON HAIYAN RELIEF
Any Bay Area residents looking to help the victims of the Philippines Typhoon,
Please contact The Red Cross at (510) 595-4414 or (408) 577-2054 if the inquiry is about a non-U.S. citizen. The U.S. State Department’s Office of Overseas Citizens Services is handling inquiries for U.S. citizens and can be reached at (888) 407-4747.
The American Red Cross will assisting in the relief efforts by helping Bay Area residents try to find missing family members in the Philippines. The Red Cross is accepting monetary donations specifically for typhoon victims on its website at www.redcross.org/donate/index.jsp?donateStep=2&itemId=prod4650031.
Here are the available contact information and websites aiding in relief:
U.S. Department of State http://www.state.gov/index.htm
U.S. Embassy in the Philippines http://manila.usembassy.gov/
United Nations http://www.un.org/en/
U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) http://www.usaid.gov/haiyan
U.S. State Department's Office of American Citizen Services and Crisis Management (ACS)
Can be contacted directly by email, phone or fax:
acsinfomanila@state.gov (for public inquiries)
mnlacscong@state.gov (for Congressional inquiries)
Phone Number: (632)301-2000 extension 2567
Fax: (632)301-2017
Updated information on the current event may be found on the following websites:
National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) website
Philippine Red Cross
Also, to assist those seeking to locate individuals in the Philippines, Google has established a “Person Finder” page at http://google.org/personfinder/2013-yolanda/.
For more information online about the Red Cross response to the typhoon, please check at: www.redcross.org/news/article/Typhoon-Haiyan-Disaster-Alert.