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More than P1B raised in the Netherlands for Yolanda victims

Posted on November 21, 2013May 20, 2018 by Chared

This article was also published on GMA News Online. They say that there are three events that connect the Dutch: football competitions, Queen's Day (soon to be King's day) and Sinterklaas. There's a fourth: philanthropy. According to the World Givin...
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Fil-Dutch siblings sell cupcakes for Haiyan/Yolanda victims

Posted on November 19, 2013May 26, 2018 by Chared

At less than 10 years old, half-Filipino and half-Dutch siblings Kai and Danique De Wit already know what the victims of the most destructive typhoon in 2013 need. Danique, 7, gladly explained to GMA News in Dutch what the victims, especially the ...
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“Put environment in the agenda” – Filipinos in Amsterdam

Posted on November 19, 2013May 20, 2018 by Chared

This story was also published on GMA News Online. Filipinos and Dutch alike joined together in Amsterdam on Sunday to pray for the souls of Yolanda victims and raise funds for those who survived. The mass, followed by a food fair, was set up by v...
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Help the victims of typhoon Yolanda

Posted on November 11, 2013May 20, 2018 by Chared

This is going to be short. Typhoon Yolanda (international codename: Haiyan) plowed the Philippines in the morning of Friday, 8 November causing havoc in the islands of Leyte and Samar. 10, 000 people are believed to be dead although the official de...
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