What is Pinoy Relief?
Wall Street Journal featuring Pinoy Relief’s co-chair Tony Alvarez
What We Do: Build Semi-Permanent Homes
Pinoy Relief, in partnership with Operation Blessing, was able to come together and build semi-permanent homes. The semi-permanent homes are helping people stay out of poor living conditions and into safe, sturdier shelters. These homes are helping rebuild the community and put smiles back on people’s faces. In doing this, a sense of normalcy is […]
Who We Help: Fishermen
A majority of residents in Guiuan rely on fishing as their livelihood. Nearly two-thirds of fishing boats were damaged. In partnership with Operation Blessing and local NGOs in the Philippines, Pinoy Relief was able to rebuild boats for fishermen…
Who We Help: Schools
The Pinoy Relief team have been on the grounds in heavily affected areas where Typhoon Haiyan hit. They have chosen to focus their work in the municipality of Guiuan, where Typhoon Haiyan made its first landfall. The aftermath is devastating and this particular area is receiving little aid. In Guiuan, all the schools were damaged […]
Pinoy Relief at Work
Meet Basilia Yao, Exeuctive Director of Pinoy Relief. Watch this video as she shares her experiences of working on the grounds at heavily devastated areas in the Philippines and why she does it. Let us continue to help those in the Philippines – the road to recovery is still a long process. Please donate today.
I Support Pinoy Relief Because …
After the Pinoy Relief Benefit Concert, an awesome company called Sweet Booths set up a photo booth for concert goers to take photos holding signs of different ways they are Pinoy. Some of the words included “give”, “love”, “hope” and “care”. These words have become mantras of our campaign, empowering us to keep going so […]
Pinoy Relief: Who We Are
Meet the people behind Pinoy Relief and their reason for starting this organization…
Take a look at The Wall Street Journal’s profile piece on Tony Alvarez, co-chair of Pinoy Relief
The Wall Street Journal wrote an article about Pinoy Relief’s co-chair, Tony Alvarez, and his efforts into helping those affected by Typhoon Haiyan. Read what they had to say here: After Tragedy in Philippines, Duty Calls Tony Alvarez’s Reaction to Typhoon Haiyan When Typhoon Haiyan hit the Philippines early last month, Tony Alvarez’s first reaction was […]
What is Pinoy Relief?
On November 8th, 2013, Typhoon Haiyan hit the Philippines with a force 1.9x stronger than Hurricane Katrina and 2.9x stronger than Hurricane Sandy. Over 14 million people were affected and over 6,000 lives were lost. More than one month later, more than 4 million people are displaced from their homes, including 1.7 million children and youth.
Months After Typhoon, Philippine City Suffers From an Exodus of Jobs
The New York Times recently ran an article about Tacloban, one of the hardest hit cities in the Philippines by Typhoon Haiayn and the recovery efforts 3 months later. They discuss a number of topics that the media has focused away from; some covering cramped temporary housing with little electricity, students dropping out of college […]
Fishing, a main source of income
Typhoon Haiyan affected the fishing towns in the Philippines tremendously, leaving them without boats to fish from. Fish is the main source of income for individuals in the fishing communities. From this disaster, many boats were damaged or destroyed. 65% of fishing communities lost their productive assets. In Taytay 60 boats in the area were […]
Typhoon Haiyan effect on Education
Because of Typhoon Haiyan 1.7M children and youth displaced. 4,600 public school classrooms were totally destroyed and 13,000 public school classrooms were partially damaged. Pinoy Relief has come to their aid with making temporary classrooms for the children so they can continue their studies and also keep safe. In majorly affected areas such as […]
Visit to Tacloban
Typhoon Haiyan’s wrecked havoc in multiple cities in the Philippines. News reporters showed us footage of cities completely swept away, damaged homes, debris everywhere and many faces filled with sadness and confusion. Mr. and Mrs. Alvarez gathered a team together from Pinoy Relief to get a first hand look at how the Philippines was really […]
Pinoy Relief Social Media
Pinoy Relief is constantly updating supporters across the globe. Make sure to “like” our Facebook page, follow us on Twitter and Instagram and Subscribe to our YouTube channel. Along with this blog, we are using these social media platforms to spread our mission and create awareness about those affected by Typhoon Haiyan. We’re grateful for […]