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PHILIPPINE RED CROSS RESPONDS TO A FIRE INCIDENT IN PORT AREA MANILA

Written on October 14, 2021. Posted in News and Events. Leave a Comment

The Philippine Red Cross (PRC) responded to a fire incident that started at 6:45 PM and reached the 2nd alarm. The fire affected an estimated 100 families and damaged 50 houses at Brgy. 649 Baseco Compound, Port Area Manila last October 13, 2021.

PRC Chairman and CEO Sen. Dick Gordon mobilized and deployed two fire trucks with 13 manpower to immediately extinguish the fire. PRC also sent out its ambulance to assist the affected residents, which needed immediate medical assistance.

“Kaagad nagpadala ang Red Cross ng mga fire trucks at ambulansya upang masiguro ang agarang aksyon. Laging naka alerto ang gaming operation center 24/7 upang masiguradong na mabigyan ng tulong ang mga most vulnerable sa panahon ng emergencies,” Chairman Gordon said.

The fire was out at 9:30 PM. PRC continuously monitors and assesses the situation to determine additional needs by the affected residents.

“Laging handa tumulong ang Philippine Red Cross sa panahon ng pangangailangan. As we abide by our mandate to be always first, always ready, and always there,” Gordon added.

PHILIPPINE RED CROSS LAUNCHES HOME SERVICE SALIVA RT-PCR TEST IN METRO MANILA

Written on October 13, 2021. Posted in News and Events. Leave a Comment

The Philippine Red Cross (PRC) launches its home service saliva RT-PCR test through its partnership with Angkas, the first and largest app-based professional motorcycle taxi service in the country, starting October 13, 2021.

PRC and Angkas held a memorandum of agreement last February 24, 2021, just a month after the introduction of the Philippines’ first and only Saliva RT-PCR test. This partnership will provide easy, safer, and faster access for the clients who want to get tested for COVID-19.

The partnership includes PRC membership program enrollment of all Angkas riders, employees, and family members. In line with this, Angkas riders will also receive first aid training, which will enable them to respond to road accidents and give immediate help, becoming emergency responders on the road even during disasters.

Angkas riders will be given the same training and will be certified as Saliva Specimen Collector. The training included proper handling and dispatch, apart from the collection. This partnership will also provide the riders livelihood in this time of the pandemic.

“Our partnership with Angkas is a game-changer because this will further strengthen our reach and capacity to provide service to the most vulnerable – wherever and whenever it is needed. Ang goal natin ay mas mapabilis ang pagbibigay natin ng serbisyo at dadalhin natin ito sa kanilang mga bahay. Every minute matters in life-saving, and having quick access through the use of motorcycles and a network of trained volunteers will make a great difference,” PRC Chairman and CEO Sen. Dick Gordon said.

To date, PRC has already tested 4,603,371 tests, which is 21% of the country’s national testing output, through its 14 molecular laboratories. By strengthening PRC’s testing efforts, will provide the Filipinos with safer and happier holidays.

CHAIRMAN DICK GORDON URGES THE PUBLIC TO GET TESTED REGULARLY FOR COVID-19

Written on October 13, 2021. Posted in News and Events. Leave a Comment

The Philippine Red Cross (PRC) Chairman and CEO Sen. Dick Gordon urged the public to get tested regularly to prevent transmission of COVID-19 after a Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey showed that 91% of Filipinos are bothered that they might transmit or be affected by COVID-19.

As the holiday season is just around the corner, PRC strengthens its testing by introducing the saliva RT-PCR test home service through a partnership with Angkas. PRC priced its home service for PHP 700 for same-day booking and PHP 400 for next-day booking. PRC, recently lowered its price for saliva RT-PCR test from PHP 2,000 to PHP 1,500.

“I am urging everyone to get tested regularly to prevent transmission. Dahil thru testing lamang natin malalaman kung tayo ay positive o hindi. Dahil sa binaba na natin ang presyo ng testing at mayroon ng home service saliva RT-PCR test ay magiging mas ligtas na ang pagpapatest. This will be beneficial for senior citizens, persons with disabilities, pregnant women, at yung mga may comorbidities,” PRC Chairman and CEO Sen. Dick Gordon said.

PRC continues its fight against COVID-19, as the humanitarian organization strengthens its testing and vaccination efforts to fight the invisible enemy.

“Kapag tayo ay nagbakauna at nag patest, ay mas mapapabilis natin ang pag balik sa trabaho, makakabalik ang mga bata sa eskwelahan, at mabubuksan ulit natin ang ating ekonomiya,” Gordon added.

RED CROSS WILL CELEBRATE GLOBAL HANDWASHING DAY TO REINTENSIFY ITS FIGHT AGAINST COVID-19

Written on October 12, 2021. Posted in Features, Uncategorized. Leave a Comment

The Philippine Red Cross (PRC) celebrates Global Handwashing Day (GHD) 2021, with the theme, our future is at hand, let’s move forward together. GHD is a global advocacy day dedicated to increasing awareness and understanding about the importance of handwashing with soap as an easy, effective, and affordable way to prevent diseases.

PRC Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) unit spearheads the event to reach 1,000,000 children and educate them on the importance of proper handwashing. A webinar will be held on October 15, 2021. The webinar will cover relevant topics and key messages on proper hand hygiene along with influential speakers and subject-matter experts.

PRC Chairman and CEO Sen. Dick Gordon once became a brand ambassador of Safeguard in 2008, to promote proper handwashing to children. This partnership led PRC to extend its operation through the WASH unit to educate of handwashing with soap so they can protect themselves against preventable diseases, during times of disasters, calamities, and especially the pandemic.

“Mahalagang maturuan natin ang kabataan ng proper handwashing dahil ito ay makakatulong upang maiwasan ang diseases kagaya ng diarrhea, cough, colds, pneumonia, and skin rashes. It is important to arm them with basic knowledge on how to protect themselves so that in the future these children will teach the future generation, and together, we can move forward,” Sen. Dick Gordon said.

PRC through its local chapters has constructed WASH facilities in schools and communities to make it accessible for the residents of proper handwashing. PRC also provided portable handwashing facilities and drumvatories in schools, markets, and isolation facilities as part of its COVID-19 response, as the study shows that proper handwashing can prevent the spread of COVID-19.

PRC AIDS PALAWAN DUE TO TROPICAL STORM MARING

Written on October 12, 2021. Posted in News and Events. Leave a Comment

The Philippine Red Cross (PRC) assisted Palawan, through the deployment of staff and volunteers to distribute face masks and serve Hot Meals to 150 individuals at the evacuation center in Brgy. Malinao, Narra, which was affected by Tropical Storm (TS) Maring, causing waist to chest deep flood.

An estimate of 300 families are affected in various municipalities in the South of Palawan. PRC Palawan chapter will continue to provide humanitarian interventions in the different affected areas.

“Sa panahon ng sakuna, laging nariyan ang Philippine Red Cross upang tumulong sa mga nangangailangan. Nakaalerto ang buong Philippine Red Cross kasama ang ating mga chapter’s upang mas mabilis ang paghahatid ng tulong sa mga naapektuhan ng TS Maring,” PRC Chairman and CEO Sen. Dick Gordon said.

PRC already provided assistance to affected communities by TS Maring, conducting rescue operations in flooded areas in Santa Ilocos Sur. PRC will continue to monitor and provide humanitarian interventions as TS Maring causes severe flooding in the different areas of Northern Luzon.

HELP IS ON THE WAY: PRC SENDS HUMANITARIAN CARAVAN TO LA UNION

Written on October 12, 2021. Posted in News and Events. Leave a Comment

The Philippine Red Cross (PRC) National Head Quarters, through the directive of the PRC Chairman and CEO, sends a humanitarian caravan to provide immediate assistance to the Tropical Storm (TS) Maring affected residents in La Union.

PRC deploys ten manpower including 6×6 truck, rescue boat, command post, rescue vehicle, food truck, Food-items such as ten 35kg rice, one hundred pcs canned sardines, one hundred pcs beef loaf, and one hundred pcs of canned tuna. PRC Humanitarian Caravan is one of PRC’s first responses to provide immediate assistance to affected communities by typhoons, disasters, calamities, and conflicts.

“Help is on the way! Agad natin ipinadala ang PRC Humanitarian Caravan upang magbigay tulong sa mga naapektuhan ng TS Maring. Isa sa ating layunin sa PRC ay makapag hatid ng pag-asa at magbigay dignidad sa mga taong lubos na naapektuhan ng matinding pagbaha,” Sen. Dick Gordon said.

PRC, through the different PRC chapters, continues to assist affected communities by TS Maring.

GORDON: NO ONE SHOULD BE LEFT BEHIND AS PRC VACCINATES SLMCB AND BJMP IN CEBU

Written on October 11, 2021. Posted in News and Events. Leave a Comment

The Philippine Red Cross (PRC) rolls out its Bakuna Bus to vaccinate 333 individuals in Saint Louise De Marillac College of Bogo (SLMCB) and persons deprived of liberty (ODL) in the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) in Bogo City, last October 10, 2021.

PRC Cebu Chapter, through the leadership of Chapter Administrator Vera De Jesus Patel, mobilized its Bakuna Bus along with its staff and volunteers to fully vaccinate 248 individuals, while 84 individuals received their first dose.

“No one should be left behind,” as PRC Chairman and CEO Sen. Dick Gordon stressed the importance of vaccination even for the persons in Jail. “Mahalagang mabakunahan natin ang lahat kasama ang mga nasa kulungan. Ang bakuna ay ang pinaka epektibong proteksyon kontra COVID-19,” Gordon added.

PRC Cebu Chapter continues to deploy its Bakuna Buses in partnership with the local government unit to provide vaccination programs for residents who want to get protected from COVID-19 areas with no access to vaccines.

PRC IS READY FOR TS MARING: EVACUATES FAMILIES IN LANDSLIDE-PRONE AREAS

Written on October 11, 2021. Posted in News and Events. Leave a Comment

The Philippine Red Cross (PRC) mobilized its staff and volunteers in preparation as Tropical Storm Maring made landfall, placing parts of Northern Luzon to Signal No. 2.

PRC Cagayan Chapter conducts pre-emptive evacuation to 42 families from zone 7 in landslide-prone areas in Baggao, Cagayan. Twenty-two families in Pamplona were also evacuated, due to the rising water levels.

“Patuloy ang ating pagtulong sa panahon ng bagyo. 24/7 naka tutok ang ating PRC Operation Center sa iba’t ibang lugar na apektado ng TS Maring nang sa gayon ay mabilis ang ating pag responde kapag nagka emergency,” PRC Chairman and CEO Sen. Dick Gordon said.

PRC continues to monitor TS Maring for possible evacuation of the residents. Despite the ongoing pandemic, PRC deploys its staff and volunteers to be of service to the most vulnerable, truly abiding by its mantra to be always first, always ready, and always there.

PRC PROVIDES SUPPORT TO SUNKEN FISHING BOAT SURVIVORS

Written on October 8, 2021. Posted in News and Events. Leave a Comment

The Philippine Red Cross (PRC), led by Chairman and CEO Sen. Dick Gordon, mobilized PRC Bacolod City Chapter to provide humanitarian assistance to survivors and surviving families of the submerged fishing boat last September 24, 2021.

The PRC Bacolod Chapter, along with the Disaster Risk Reduction Management (DRRM) Offices of Cadiz City, provided food assistance and psychosocial support to 25 survivors of the submerged fishing boat, which led to 9 casualties.

“Nakikiramay ang buong Philippine Red Cross at ako sa mga namatay sa trahedya. Ipinadala namin ang aming Welfare Services team upang magsagawa ng psychosocial support at magbigay ng food assistance sa mga survivors ng trahedya,” Sen. Dick Gordon said.

The PRC Welfare Services, with the help of its trained staff and volunteers, offers psychosocial support and critical incident stress management to individuals affected by typhoons, calamities, disasters, and conflicts to cope with the current situation.

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Today in Philippine Red Cross History – PRC Gives Aid To Victims of TY Milenyo

Written on October 8, 2021. Posted in Features. Leave a Comment

Philippine Red Cross Typhoon Milenyo Operations

Milenyo’s wrath equated to 51 deaths with a minimum 195 injured with dozens of people reportedly missing. In total, at least 13,602 houses are reported destroyed in 21 provinces and 23,790 severely damaged, affecting at least 197,268 persons. A total of 132 evacuation centers were set up by local authorities in stricken areas.

PRC Camarines Sur Chapter reported 1,676 houses were destroyed and another 6,126 damaged. In addition, there were three deaths, including a 6-month old boy who was crushed by a collapsed wall. In seven barangays in Eastern Samar, the local PRC chapter reported that a total of 329 families were affected. PRC chapters based in Metro Manila reported that more than 1,000 families were affected in the cities of Manila, Pasay, Taguig, Marikina, and Paranaque. Milenyo devastated Sorsogon as well, destroying 5,427 houses while damaging 3,005 homes.

At the onset of the disastrous typhoon, PRC deployed teams to make assess the damage and determine the needs of affected communities focusing on relief, health, water and sanitation, psychosocial support, and logistics.

PRC managed to provide 4,774 families with food assistance. It also deployed large numbers of volunteers for search and rescue, assisted families in evacuation centers, and implemented the clean up of roads. PRC also provided cash advances in the amount of PHP 800,000 from its Disaster Management Services, and 400 sacks of rice (through a local branch of the National Food Authority) were made available to various chapters in typhoon-hit areas.

During all these, PRC Chairman and CEO Senator Dick Gordon was at the helm, calling for support to sustain the humanitarian efforts for the thousands and thousands of families affected by Milenyo.

It is a day that the men and women of the Philippine Red Cross will never forget. It is also a day that strengthens the resolve of the not just PRC, but the entire nation.

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Author: Joseph Esposo