Filipinos in Ghana donate to Typhoon Haiyan victims

Members of the Association of Filipinos in Ghana (PILSAG) have presented a cheque for $16,000 to support children affected by Super-Typhoon Haiyan in the Philipines.

Super-Typhoon Haiyan is estimated to have affected five million children in the Eastern Visayas islands in the Philippines.

A statement issued by PILSAG said a significant proportion of the funds were unsolicited donations from Ghanaians unknown to PILSAG.  

“They spontaneously made their donations in response to media reports.  Schoolchildren also donated, demonstrating child-to-child solidarity,” it said.  

It said the President of PILSAG, Ms Rose Tsevi, and the PILSAG Haiyan Fund-raising Co-ordinator, Ms Marian Tadefa-Kubabom, handed over a symbolic cheque covering the amount to the UNICEF Representative in Ghana, Ms Susan Namondo Ngongi, at the UNICEF office in Accra.

Among those who witnesse the handover were two children, Omara San Miguel Parkes and Quinceo San Miguel Parkes and the Honorary Consul of the Philippines to Ghana, Prof. Alex Quarmyne. 

The statement said among those who responded were Ghanaian musicians who donated their time and talent at a fund-raising concert at the Alliance Francaise in Accra; they were led by Gyedu Blay-Ambolley.