Together, we can fight the battle against COVID-19!
2020 has just begun and we are already facing a great challenge: COVID-19. This disease, with no known cure, has been most recently declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization.
There are currently over 150 cases in the country which prompted the government to mandate a lockdown in the nation’s capital and across Luzon to encourage social distancing and limit the spread of the virus. This has resulted in panic buying among citizens not only with food, but also in medical supplies such as face masks, alcohol, and disinfectants -- items healthcare workers and frontliners need the most during this time.
If you are looking for ways to help out our frontliners, there are groups and organizations that have initiated donation drives for supplies for patients and hospitals.
Here are some of the hubs where you can extend donations while practicing social distancing at home:
Supply Donations
1. UP Medicine Student Council
Complete information here.
2. UP College of Medicine and Philippine General Hospital
Complete information here.
3. Philippine Association of Medical Technologists, Inc.
Complete information here.
4. Angkas
Complete information here.
5. Life Cycles PH
Complete information here.
Cash Donations
1. Akbayan Partylist and Alyansang Tapat sa Lasallista
Complete information here.
2. Sanggunian: Ateneo de Manila
Complete information here.
3. Youth for Human Rights and Democracy
Complete information here.
4. Young Filipino Advocates of Critical Thinking
Complete information here.
5. Kaya Natin! Movement
Complete information here.
6. Salamat PH Healthcare Workers
Complete information here.
7. PayMaya's #OneAgainstCOVID19
Complete information here.
8. Ronald McDonald House Charities' Kindness Kitchen
Complete information here.
We will get through these difficult times. In the meantime, stay healthy, minimize social contact, and always remember to wash your hands!