[Qgis-tr] Help coron rebuild after Typhoon Hayan

[Marco Bernasocchi]

Hi all, sorry to bother you with a mass email (and if you get this multiple
time), but it is really important to me.

As some of you know, I'm in the Philippines right now, on a WorldBank
mission to help teach an open source planning, preparedness and response
tool (inasafe.org) to locals.

I'm in Manila where all is good. Hayan didn't hit here and while it was
hitting hard on the central and southern Philippines, I was safely in the
north thanks to Dirk Fahrenbach (in CC) which told me not to head south to
go diving (I hadn’t checked the weather forecast 10 days ago yet).

Unlike other dive operators (not all of them, but he was the first to warn
me and has actively been reaching out) which told me yes, no problem come
dive to Coron (Busuanga Island) the weekend, Dirk openly warned me not to
go there when the typhoon path and strength were still uncertain.

I don't know Dirk personally, and he didn't ask me to do this (this is just
one way I try to help), but I'm convinced that he is a very good soul and
that if you can, you should consider sending some money to help the people
there rebuild their homes and lives.

I'm sure you all have seen pictures in the media to realize the extent of
the catastrophe and need no further motivation. [
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-24878801]

Below I forward you the support email send out by Dirk which includes
details on how to transfer money directly to him via his German and
Filipino bank account.

If you don't want to do an international wire transfer, I setup a Paypal
donate button in my account on which you can simply and safely donate using
various credit cards. I will then then transfer all the money to him
together with my donation.

to donate via paypal, please use this link:
https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=MX3RUKF32X9U4

I really, hope you can help even a small gesture can do a lot.

ciao

Marco Bernasocchi
http://opengis.ch


---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: "Dirk Fahrenbach" <info at dugongdivecenter.com>
Date: 12 Nov 2013 13:16
Subject: Re: coron conditions
To: "Marco Bernasocchi" <marco at bernawebdesign.ch>
Cc:
Dear Friends


The super typhoon Haiyan hit Busuanga on the 08th of November with about
295 km per hour wind speed.

I am flying  back to the island today.
All communications are down but I will travel every two days to find a
place with signal.
All guests and staff survived without injuries.

But most of the employees lost their homes including myself (but I have an
insurance). Some lost relatives and friends and are suffering a lot.

Resorts have big damages but clean up and repair is on full progress. Most
should be fixed within 10 days. Some guests still came in and now staying
with us. Flights are coming in again and road to Coron is finally cleared.
Others still need time to fix. All our dive centers and boats got no
damages. We prepared and got very lucky. Thanks to our boat crew that
stayed the whole night on the boats with running engines.
If you like to donate anything to people you know and want to be sure that
your money reach the people in need, you are welcome to transfer any amount
to following accounts. We will send you pictures and info of those who got
your donations. Thank you.

Dirk



Please indicate Donation Coron and send an e mail about the deposit.


Katharina Fellhauer

Lessingstr. 16

85757 Karlsfeld

Postbank Koeln

Konto Nr.: 0221430509

BLZ: 37010050

IBAN DE78 3701 0050 0221 4305 09

BIC PBNKDEFF


OR

Dirk Fahrenbach

Kreissparkasse Koeln

Account: 1311036377

BLZ: 37050299


OR


  Bank:                            *METRO BANK*

Branch:                         *FTI COMPLEX TAGUIG*

Account name:              *PRODIVE PHILS., INC*

Account #:                     *3423342149872*

Swift code:                    *MBTC PHMM 1630 PHILIPPINES*


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