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LOS ANGELES – More than 400 balikbayan boxes fi lled with clothes, canned food and medical supplies are on its way to the Philippines to help the victims of the worst typhoon in the country’s history.
The boxes, stuffed the inside of a Forex 20-foot long shipment cargo container, were organized by the US-based Fil-Am organization Pangasinan Brotherhood, Philippine Emergency Disaster Relief Operation (PEDRO), and Forex, and will be received for distribution by the Pangasinan Association of the Court of Social Workers.
"We are proud of sending these boxes for the benefit of our people," said former Pangasinan Brotherhood President Ads Diaz, outside of the Forex warehouse in Los Angeles. "They were terribly hit hard by the typhoon. Most of East Pangasinan was underwater."
"This is a tremendous showing in the community and this is just an initial shipment," added Bing De La Vega of PEDRO. "We are arranging three more of these filled cargo containers to send to the Philippines."
Filipinos in Texas, San Francisco, Ohio, and Las Vegas donated many of the balikbayan boxes in this first shipment, said Angie De Los Reyes of Forex.
As people rebuild their lives in the Philippines, Filipinos in the US are donating and contributing as much as they can for the typhoon victims but that may not be enough.
PEDRO Chairman Gil Mislang said the next step is to gather mainstream organizations to help with the typhoon relief.
Mislang said in the next coming weeks, he’ll be approaching Home Depot and Lowe’s and see if they can donate to the cause.
"The problem in the Philippines is that the homes don’t have the infrastructure to withstand a typhoon," he said. "Maybe these companies can help rebuild the Philippines to more modern trends."
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