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MANILA, Philippines – Filipino workers in the Middle East began on Sunday a donation program for the victims of the floods caused by typhoon Ondoy in Metro Manila and nearby provinces.
Migrante-Middle East mobilized its members and officers to start collecting donations, relief goods and clothings from compatriots for the relief operation.
Migrante-Mideast regional coordinator John Leonard Monterona said the group’s chapters would coordinate this effort with different Filipino communities and Filipino organizations in the region and would ask assistance from Philippine diplomatic officials so that they could gather as many canned goods, clothes and other basic needs as possible.
Monterona said the Filipinos and organizations for overseas workers in Saudi Arabia may contact officials of Migrante’s chapter there, the Kapatiran sa Gitnang Silangan (KGS, Brotherhood in the Middle East).
They are KGS-Migrant chair Eric Jocson (mobile phone no. 0531822766) and secretary general Mike Garlan (050562989930) in the Saudi capital Riyadh; Migrante-Al Khobar chair Choie De Leon (0569117563) and secretary general Gerry de Guzman (0507373906) and Migrante-Jeddah chair Bob Fajarit (050502745340).
For Filipinos in other countries in the Middle East, they may contact Monterona via phone number (00966 564978012) or email (migranteme@gmail.com) and they would be referred to Migrante coordinators.
“Wala namang ibang magtutulungan kundi tayong mga magkababayan kahit milya-milya man ang layo natin sa ating bayang sinilangan (No other people could help Filipinos but Filipinos themselves even if we are separated by thousands of miles),” Monterona said.
