Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines

I've been on a major blog hiatus lately. I've been wanting to get back into it, and have half a dozen half-written posts and ideas. All of which I hope to get to soon, and I'm planning to start updating more regularly again. I'm thinking of trying out some new types of posts (travel posts, more restaurant reviews.... since after doing this for about three years, I need to shake things up a little). So stay tuned for that!

In the meantime, though, I wanted to write a quick note about typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines. As everyone has seen in the news, this was a devastating storm that has affected thousands of people. I want to write a separate post about the storm and its potential relationship to climate change, but first just wanted to quickly share a list of charities recommended by colleagues in the Philippines for donations.

For my job in DC, I work with a project that is based in Manila in the Philippines, and traveled to Manila earlier this year to work with them. While our project team members are alright, several of them having missing family members. They shared the list of charities below as a recommendation of where to donate. You have probably heard of at least the Red Cross already, but it's nice to have a recommendation to narrow down the list of organizations out there.

The photos are from my trip to the Philippines this past February; a bit of Manila and then at the beach at Boracay. Such a beautiful country.

As this NPR article explains, it's better to send money than stuff. So if you were interested in donating to relief efforts, consider one of these organizations:

Save the Children
Catholic Church relief
Philippines Red Cross