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UNFPA Philippines calls for urgent donations for women and young girls affected by Typhoon Odette

Donations 1/05/2022 03:36:00 PM

UNFPA Philippines, the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency, is seeking urgent donations to help provide life-saving supplies and services to communities hard hit by Super Typhoon Odette (Rai).

During natural disasters, sexual and reproductive health needs are often overlooked. Pregnant women risk life-threatening complications without access to delivery and emergency obstetric care services. Women and girls may lose access to family planning services, exposing them to unintended pregnancy, and women and girls are also more vulnerable to sexual violence.

According to UNFPA Philippines estimates, the disaster has impacted some 4 million women and girls of reproductive age in 13 provinces. Among them, an estimated 162,000 are believed to be pregnant currently, of whom 24,000 might experience complications. An estimated 470,000 women living in the affected areas have an unmet need for family planning information and services, including contraceptives. The long-running challenge of gender-based violence, including intimate partner violence and sexual violence, escalates further.

Addressing gender-based violence and meeting the sexual and reproductive health needs of women and girls is a key pillar of UNFPA Philippine’s humanitarian response, as seen in previous crises, including Super Typhoon Yolanda (Haiyan) in 2013.

Supporting the efforts of the Government of the Philippines and partner organizations, UNFPA Philippines is calling for donations as part of the Typhoon Odette emergency response to raise funds to help the most vulnerable women and girls, pregnant women, lactating mothers and their newborns, adolescents and young people, and women with disabilities who are currently at risk.

Donations raised will help support UNFPA’s three transformative results:

First: No women should die during pregnancy or childbirth.

Emergency maternity tent facilities will be set up to augment destroyed health facilities. In addition, maternity packs will be made available for postpartum mothers and their newborns for life-saving hygiene supplies unique to their needs.

Second: No women and adolescent girls should have an unmet need for sexual and reproductive health services, including family planning.

Adolescent girls and women have unique needs which in times of emergencies are often overlooked. UNFPA deploys dignity kits with essential health supplies to reach women of reproductive age to support their wellbeing, dignity and protection needs. In addition, Go Bags are provided for adolescent girls and boys for basic hygiene, protection, and well-being. This includes meeting the menstrual hygiene needs of adolescent girls. Critical life-saving sexual and reproductive health information and services, psychosocial support, education, and social behavior communication change interventions will also be delivered. UNFPA supports the government in ensuring that women have continuous access to family planning information and services.

Third: No sexual and gender-based violence against women and girls.

Gender-based violence is significantly exacerbated by displacement during disasters. UNFPA mobilizes community-based volunteers to monitor, report and raise awareness on gender-based violence and the services available for the survivors. Safe spaces for women, girls, and adolescents are being set-up as well to advocate for their unique needs and to ensure life-saving services are provided for them. Ultimately, UNFPA monitors and advocates for reactivation of protection mechanisms and access to Women and Children Protection Units to support care and recovery of survivors of violence.

How can people of goodwill help? Support the efforts of UNFPA Philippines for survivors of Typhoon Odette (Rai), by visiting the UNFPA Philippines Donation Page, or donate via the Giving Hero app at UNFPA-Giving Hero Donation Page, through Paymaya at UNFPA-PayMaya Typhoon #OdettePH Response or the UNFPA-Lazada Charity Store, where people who would like to help can choose to donate through vouchers for items such as emergency birth kits, dignity kits, (Mama) Nanay kits and Go Bags for adolescents.

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Churches bring ‘Visita Iglesia’ online, accept donations with PayMaya

Donations 3/30/2021 11:10:00 AM

As Filipinos spend the second Lenten season under community quarantine, Roman Catholics can not only still continue observing the Holy Week tradition of “Visita Iglesia” as churches and religious organizations go online but also opt to donate with the help of PayMaya.

Mary Immaculate Parish - Levitown, Baguio Cathedral, Basilica Minore del Santo Nino Cebu, Sacred Heart Cebu, Saint Joseph the Worker Parish Iloilo, Marian Orchard Faith Foundation Batangas, Caritas Manila, and Feast Ortigas are just some of the Philippine Churches and religious organizations who are organizing online Visita Iglesia activities this Holy Week. Filipinos can donate to these churches even while at home by simply scanning the QR code displayed in their social media page using their PayMaya app or go to their organization’s website to be able to make donations and other financial contributions using cards and e-Wallets.

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To date, more than 80 churches and religious organizations across the country have already adopted PayMaya’s end-to-end cashless solutions including Digital QR, PayMaya Checkout online payment gateway and digital invoicing solutions, allowing their respective congregations to contribute to their mission using the scan-to-pay feature of the PayMaya app or via any Visa, Mastercard, and JCB credit, debit, and prepaid card.

“Most aspects of our lives have been upended by the pandemic, but many sectors have found ways to continue delivering services. Our churches and religious organizations play an important role in our country's recovery and we are proud to empower them with innovative solutions that can help them stay connected with their congregations,” PayMaya Founder and CEO Orlando B. Vea said.

Since mass gathering is restricted under the recent quarantine guidelines of the government, churches and religious organizations have adapted to the times by bringing the Visita Iglesia and other Holy Week activities online through their social media and other video platforms.

To start supporting the missions of your local church and religious organizations via contactless donations, simply download the PayMaya app at https://official.paymaya.com/CAK1/425eb133 and register for an account.

PayMaya is the only end-to-end digital payments ecosystem enabler in the Philippines with platforms and services that cut across consumers, merchants, communities, and government. Through its enterprise business, it is the largest digital payments processor for key industries in the country including "everyday" merchants such as the largest retail, food, gas, and eCommerce merchants as well as government agencies and units.

Through its app and wallet, PayMaya provides over 28 million Filipinos with access to financial services. Customers can conveniently pay, add money, cash out or remit through its over 200,000 digital touchpoints nationwide.

Its Smart Padala by PayMaya network of over 37,000 partner agent touchpoints nationwide serves as last-mile digital financial hubs in communities, providing the unbanked and underserved with access to digital services. To know more about PayMaya's products and services, visit www.PayMaya.com or follow @PayMayaOfficial on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.

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Serenitea Gives Back to the Community by Helping Bahay Aruga

#MomentsOfCompassion 3/04/2019 08:32:00 AM

Richard Juan, Bahay Aruga founder is Ms. Mayette Bonilla and the name of Serenitea founders are Juliet Chen (General Manager-North) and Jennifer Wong(General Manager-South

There are many ways to help those who are in need, especially the sick people. Individuals or Organizations are just few of the instrument for helping our kapwa Filipino. Just like God, he will help us when we needed him the most, he make ways to reach out and send instrument to lend his precious help to us.

In line with this, my heart was so much touched when I attended an event initiated by Serenitea. The awarding of the donation collected by Serenitea from their sales to Bahay Aruga. It was really a nice gesture for helping the organization through the business like Serenitea. With Serenitea's ten years of prosperity and success under its belt, the company believes that it's time to give back and share the blessings to the community that put them on the map of beverages. As a culmination of its 10th anniversary celebration, Serenita launched its initiative called #MomentsOfCompassion, which started last year.

The founders of Serenitea, Juliet Chen and Jennifer Wong believe that compassion is the cornerstone of humankind, The founders believe that anyone can help make the world better in their own little way, whether through charitable acts of services or donations. In the case of Serenitea it's the latter.

Bahay Aruga is their sole beneficiary of the proceeds, that was from the sales made from last year for their Brown Sugar series.

Since I have Sons, my eldest is a pre-teen now, when we visited the Serenitea my husband and I explained the said program so that they will understand that there are so many reasons and ways to help needy people. My husband and I also experienced that kind of help from our sponsors who supported our education. With the help of our Sponsors we graduated from College and we are very grateful for that. Truly God send us his helping hand in so many ways.

According to Serenitea, they will continue their mission to serve the best tea, coffee, and snacks in town, while giving back and improving the lives of others through charitable work.