Returning the Love to the Philippines

Dear Friends and Family, 

We hope that you are all enjoying this holiday season. 

I am sure you are aware that recently the Philippines was hit by a powerful typhoon. We were saddened to see the loss of life, and the survivors' difficulties. Our family loves the Philippines and its people, who embraced and blessed us in Macau and now in Hong Kong. 

We decided to spend our holiday time and resources this year giving back to them, albeit indirectly. With several other families, Cade and Kyle will travel to the northern part of Panay Island, to Manoling, a small village near President Roxas. These villages were hard-hit by typhoon Haiyan/Yolanda, but too small to get significant help like the larger cities such as Tacloban (which needed help, for sure).

We have coordinated with local community leaders in that area to make sure that our efforts and resources are directed to the most need. Our plan has two parts:

First: we will bring funds (our own and hopefully some from you) to purchase supplies in the larger cities a couple of hours away (Iloilo and Roxas) that were not affected as much, and help distribute to the smaller communities. Items we have been asked to purchase are things that were blown or washed away, including school supplies, kitchen and household supplies, and building materials for a school that was flattened. We will work while we are there to help clean, rebuild and repair. 

Second: we are coordinating with  Soap Cycling (www.soapcycling.org), a non-profit organization in Hong Kong that we work with to deliver soap to these communities. This combats the diseases that often afflict areas hit by natural disasters due to unhygienic conditions. We have assembled thousands of kilograms of soap that will be shipped this weekend and distributed upon its arrival in Roxas.  

We're grateful for this opportunity to love our neighbors back. If you would like to join us in this project, please see below for some options. 

All our love,

The Kisebachs

How you can help:

1)   If you are interested in just showing up and pitching in, let me know. We are going from the 13-18 of December, and planning on sleeping on the floor of or outside to keep our costs low.   

2)   For those in the US who want to pitch in funds, our long time partner and US registered non-profit organization, HelpOneFuture, has agreed to helpwith the funds transferring. Please send with your donation the note "Roxas" so that the funds are correctly allocated. 

Paypal address: 

helponefuture@gmail.com

Physical address for checks:

Help One Future

PO Box 41272

Nashville, TN 37204

3) For those in Hong Kong who want to pitch in funds:

Bank transfer information:

Soap Cycling 

Bank: HSBC

Account Holder: Soap Cycling Limited

813-657178-838

Physical address for checks:

Soap Cycling

2C, Greenburg

Discovery Bay

Hong Kong