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Ways to help out Marawi survivors:
If within the Philippines
Donate supplies or money. Things like
- Ready-to-eat, canned goods (halal)
- Hijab fully-covered clothes
- BlanketsToiletries, sanitary napkins
- Medicine, first-aid kids
Many of the evacuees are Muslim, so make sure foodstuffs are halal, allowable to their faith. Explanation here by Islamic Da’wah Council of the Philippines.
Locally produced is better for reasons discussed below.
If outside the Philippines:
If possible, donate money. Find an organization that will accept money. Sending goods not made and sold in the Philippines may hurt the economy of the region even more.
If you can’t confirm the legitimacy of any organization’s efforts and wish to send physical goods, consider buying things made and sold from the Philippines, especially from Mindanao. Social Products sells Mindanao black rice, for example.
As always do your due diligence by researching the organizations you wish to donate to, so that you know that donations will actually go to the people who need help.
Relevant links:
http://www.rappler.com/move-ph/170756-groups-call-donations-relief-operations-marawi
http://www.scoutmag.ph/section/culture/news/help-affected-fighting-marawi/
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Always assume that they (Maute Group) are also on Social Media. This is not private real estate. Information is vital for them and our military.
If you know accounts who have posted information that may have compromised their location, ask them to delete those posts.
The people’s safety should be your priority. Anything that keeps people hidden will help them. We know the situation is dire as it is.
Do not share information that is from the active zone on social media. Gov’t operatives on the field will know this already and it will be of no use to us (private citizens).
There have been a lot of incidents where Social Media has failed us – the Zamboanga Siege and the Manila Hostage Crisis.
Do not inform the public. Inform your loved ones. Choose life, please.
Hi, soon-to-be grads! I’m working on designs for fabric to be used on sablay, graduation malong/sash used by some Philippines schools. I still have to get the test swatch to make sure the design looks good on fabric (the little heart watermark won’t be on the final product).
Here is a a video on how sablay are used. Like tassles, they are moved to the other side once you are officially graduated.
Hopefully the fabric will be proofed by June. If you are graduating then and are interested in getting some fabric to make your own sablay/malong, please let me know (reblog, message, etc) what color you would like (school colors would probably the norm), so then I can proof the fabric in time to allow it to be sold on Spoonflower. If you’re graduating later in the year, I might be able to sew up the malong for you and sell on Etsy.
Please signal boost.
PS I’ll probably put up a video on how to make your own sablay without sewing, so even if you don’t buy my fabric, you can have a bit of our culture on you when you graduate.
PPS Mabuhay and congrats! You’re so close to the finish line! Believe ako sa’yo!
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Doubt remain whether this seductive amateur from Cebu is still a Cherrygirl, as the term is very flexible. Her pic is pretty inviting ;-)
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