Everyone, literally everyone is trying to help. Concerts by the artists, restaurants donating their profits, NGOs doing their thing, private citizens pooling money, renting cars, buying groceries just to help. There are thousands, if not millions of people affected by the typhoon Yolanda (Haiyan). And we're scrambling, none of us are organized, and we are just targeting randomly hoping we could reach few, we could reach some, we could reach most.
I'm trying to think of what Japan had done when the Tsunami hit. They fixed their roads in a matter of days, tried to get everyone settled back in probably a few months. The people affected will and always be emotionally scarred...but what about us? What are the Filipinos doing?
The people hit resorted to looting. The government's force is nowhere to be seen (Yes, there are stragglers) but where is the National government? For once, I hope they would've just join forces, leave differences behind and be there day and night. Dear national government, this is what you have signed up for. This is what you had asked the people to vote you for. That you will be there to help and to organize and to make all these things better in the future. You should not be there for a photo op, for an international news interview that will just shame your country and your countrymen who are already going through enough.
We are the laughing stock of the world because of you. But, people around the world are still trying to see past that and just help our dying, our sick, our grieving. Where are you. This is your first call. It should be. Please, see through your own stupidity and work it out.
Filipinos bounce back and I'm proud of that. We also are opportunistic, let's try not to be for this one. Too much at stake and too much lost already.