The worst of it might be over but the residents near Mayon Volcano still need our help.

After lowering the Mayon alert to level 3, most of the more than 47,000 individuals in the evacuation centers have now been sent home. However, their lives and livelihood have been affected badly by the recent activity of Mayon and they need our help to recover.

Also, hundreds still remain in overcrowded evacuation centers and poor communities needing

• foodstuff,
• mats/beddings,
• drinking water,
• hygiene kits and medicines.

As the holiday break ends and the classes resume, we are asking the students and youth to start the year right and conduct donation drives, relief missions and volunteer work to help our kababayans in Bicol.

Send your donations to the following Tulong Kabataan centers:

118-B Scout Rallos St., Bgy. Sacred Heart, Timog, Quezon City
Telephone: (02)3521054 or (0926)6677163 / (0923)5299818 (c/o Anna)

Church of the Risen Lord, UP Diliman, Quezon City
Telephone: (0905)4188096 (Ryan) or (0915)8922168 (Rain)

Dept of Social Sciences, 3rd Floor, Rizal Hall, UP Manila
Telephone: (0919)4138288 (Carl)

Donations will be sent to Bicol to via a series of relief missions starting Jan 10, 2010.

You can also send money via the following:

Smart Money: 5299670778290
GCash: +639266677163
Bank Deposit
Bank Account: Student Christian Movement of the Philippines
Bank: BPI
Branch: Kamias-Anonas, Quezon City Philippines
US Dollar Account No: 3324-0048-06
Peso Checking Account No: 3321-0176-64
Paypal: donate or http://3.ly/tulong
For Western Union: Carl Marc L. Ramota, B12 L27 San Pedro Subd Vill Nova QC
Or email tulongkabataan@gmail.com

You may also contact:

Bicol Movement for Disaster Response
664 Encarnacion Bldg., Barangay 17, Rizal St., Legazpi City

Tarabang Para sa Bicol Inc.
49 1st Park Subd, Bgy Sagpon, Daraga, Albay

Citizens Disaster Response Center
72-A Times St., West Triangle, Quezon City

Tulong Kabataan is a volunteer and relief network of various youth and student groups established by the National Union of Students, College Editors Guild, Student Christian Movement, League of Filipino Students, Anakbayan, KARATULA and Kabataan Party-list after the onslaught of the typhoon Ondoy.

For further info, please contact as at (02)3521054 or email tulongkabataan@gmail.com. Visit www.kabataanpartylist.com or join our facebook cause: www.causes.com/tulongkabataan.