Siargao is reaching out to its fellow surf island, Guiuan in Samar, ground zero for Typhoon Haiyan (a.k.a. Yolanda)’s landfall in the Philippines.
Surfer, Paolo Soler, reports from Guiuan.
Last Thursday, a pub crawl was hastily put together. For a minimum donation of P1000, a cold beer was waiting at 15 different establishments. It kicked off at 2 PM at Villa Maya, then ended at Palaka Siargao Dive Center. Free dinners at various resorts were raffled off, as were bamboo skateboards made by one of our Aussie residents. The island’s guests and residents were inspired to give and, at the end of the evening, P91,700 was raised.
Raising funds for the storm survivors, Siargao-style, with a pub crawl from Cloud 9 to the boulevard. This was taken at Boardwalk.
Since then, P270,000 has been raised. A couple from Surigao City has donated the use of their boat and crew to deliver relief goods to Guiuan. It can carry 20 tonnes of cargo. The community is hoping for more donations to fill up the boat before it departs.
A few more pub crawls may be organized in the weeks to come to raise more funds for the storm survivors.
To help, please contact any of the following:
- Dencio Dizon, of Amihan Surf Shop
- Andrew and Rhoda Bickell, of Boardwalk
- Hippie and Wilmar Melindo, of Hippie’s Surf Shop
- Gerry Degan, of Sagana Resort
- Rico and Nildie Rietenbach, of Siargao Inn whom have put up Siargao Inn Friends Helping Samar After Super Typhoon Yolanda