November 11, 2013 De La Salle Philippines --- ONE LA SALLE RELIEF OPERATIONS De La Salle Philippines (DLSP) is a network of Lasallians

in the Sector of the Philippines established to facilitate collaboration in the Lasallian Mission and the promotion of the spirit of faith, zeal for service and communion in mission that together, are at the heart of the journey of our Founder, John Baptist de La Salle (www.delasalle.ph/identitymission/). We have 16 La Salle schools in the country. La Salle schools are more known worldwide as the schools of the Christian Brothers (Brothers of the Christian schools). One La Salle Relief Operations - Typhoon Yolanda Over the weekend, the Central House and some of our DLSP schools have called out for donations in cash and in kind for the Typhoon Yolanda victims. Together with the Lasallian Justice and Peace Commission (LJPC) and our contacts from the different Social Action Offices of our schools, we have identified the University of St. La Salle (USLS) in Bacolod to be our main relief center and DLSP will be sending to USLS the donations we've gathered. The location of USLS in the Visayas region will be very strategic given that our priority areas for relief are Sagay and Cadiz in Negros Occidental, Batayan in Cebu, and Estancia in Iloilo. The aforementioned areas are not that publicized in the news, but are equally in need of relief goods like that of the areas in Tacloban and Samar. Currently, we are also in touch with communities in Guiuan Eastern Samar, the area where Typhoon Yolanda had made its first land fall. We have yet to get more precise information as to how long will relief be needed. The Philippine government is still in the assessment stage with regard to this. Though we expect it to take a long time since the ones drastically affected have no homes to return to and that the evacuation centers will be their only refuge for now. As to our plan for the rehabilitation phase, we are looking at rebuilding the public schools in the affected areas (in partnership with Government). I will be more specific with details regarding this plan soon after we discuss the project. With all these plans for relief and rehabilitation, we continue to ask for donations from various groups and individuals. Below are the bank details for monetary donations: Rizal Commercial Banking Corporation (RCBC) Bank (NOT RCBC SAVINGS) Account Name: De La Salle Brothers, Inc. - Yolanda Peso Account: 1296-714778 US Dollar Account: 8296-001156 Swift Code for Dollar Account: RCBC PHMM For tracking and monitoring purposes, we also wish to request the donors to email the deposit slip to bee.cruz@delasalle.ph or fax it to +632 721 5049. Feel free to let me know if you have any questions or clarifications regarding our relief and rehabilitation initiatives here. For more information, you may visit http://delasalle.ph/news/2013/11/10/one-la-salle-relief-drive-yolanda Thank you very much. In De La Salle, Keane

********** Keane Michael I. Palatino Executive Director Lasallian Mission Services De La Salle Philippines ________________________________________________________________________________