The National Disaster Coordinating Council in Manila puts the official toll at 193 from Parma, which finally blew out into the South China Sea late on Friday 9th October. Overall, the death toll from Parma and Tropical Storm Ketsana, which killed 337 in Manila and surrounding areas, now stands at around 600, with fears the figure could rise. The storms have affected over six million people, with more than 300,000 still taking shelter in evacuation camps.

Due to the overwhelming out-pour of public concern and our desire to assist the people of the Republic of the Philippines, and the other countries devastated by these typhoons we have created a donate now link on our European and US websites. With your $99 donation an entire family will receive a LIFESAVER bottle that will provide them with up to 4000 liters (1056 US gallons) of clean sterile drinking water. Giving people the ability to provide safe drinking water for themselves and their families is vital. Bottled drinking water is bulky, expensive and extremely difficult to distribute. It takes up a disproportionately high number of aid workers to maintain its supply.

Every LIFESAVER bottle you donate will provide an entire family with all their drinking water requirements for the entirety of the crisis and beyond. Not having to distribute bottled water allows Aid workers to refocus their efforts on helping those in real need. With your LIFESAVER donation families will be able to start the job of rebuilding their lives knowing that they have a safe supply of their most basic of needs, clean sterile drinking water! Our primary organization for effective, efficient delivery of LIFESAVER bottles into Manila’s disaster areas will be through Humanitarian International Services Group. (www.hisg.org).