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First Video: My Volunteering Experience

January 9, 2012 by Josiah Leave a Comment

Since the beginning of 2011 I seriously wanted to try making videos of my travels. Unfortunately, I only had a dSLR that has no video recording. That’s why when I learned that my cousin, Cuckooh, brought a camera with a video when we went to Iligan for the Christmas vacation of 2011, I asked if I could borrow it for a while and try out my videographer skills and she said yes. Yahoo! 🙂

Unfortunately (again), the video is not about a happy, leisurely travel where you get to see people swimming beside the beach, trying food delicacies or having a good laugh with friends. The video is about my volunteering experience in Iligan City after it was hit by Typhoon Sendong.

With a lot of trial and error, especially on the video editing part, I present to you my very first video!

[youtube width=”600″ height=”344″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=alg_TwIKEXk[/youtube]

Now that the camera is back with my cousin, I’m back to I-wish-I-have-a-video-camera mode. 🙂

Help while you can. Help without expecting anything in return. Help Iligan.

Posted in: Experience Tagged: Help, Iligan, Iligan Bloggers Society, Video

Volunteering for Typhoon Sendong Relief Efforts

January 3, 2012 by Josiah 15 Comments

I had fun last Christmas season of 2011 in Northern Mindanao. We did white water rafting in Cagayan de Oro (CDO), toured around Camiguin, visited the waterfalls of Iligan City and swam with the dolphins in Misamis Occidental Aquamarine Park. – That’s what I wanted to tell you. Unfortunately, typhoon Sendong rampaged all over CDO and Iligan that’s why instead of visiting the tourist spots around Northern Mindanao we decided not to cancel our flight and volunteer.

It was a good thing that I met Lai Mirasol of PinayTravelista.com through Pinoy Travel Bloggers. She’s a member of Iligan Bloggers Society, Inc. (IBS) who were doing relief efforts for the victims of Typhoon Sendong in Iligan City, so we decided to volunteer there.

What I liked about Iligan Bloggers Society, Inc. Relief Efforts

Accounting, Accounting, Accounting – While waiting for something to do in their headquarters one of them approached Sir Pat, a member of IBS, and recorded some receipts they got when they purchased some relief goods. When I went with them to purchase some pales, dippers, spoon and fork, plates and other stuff we waited for a looooong time for the official receipt. It was all for accounting. Every centavo that was donated to them counts and is accounted for.

Surveys – Before we go to areas where we will be distributing the goods they would first send a team to the area to do a survey so they could estimate how many we should bring. Unfortunately, many of the victims are not interested with the surveys. Most of the time when we get to the place, the people lining up is more than the expected number of people.

Orderliness – IBS would make people line up before they distribute the goods. This is to avoid people fighting for the goods which could result into injury.

Repacking of Plates, Pails, Cups, Spoon and Fork at Iligan Bloggers Society Headquarters

Respect for Authority – When we went to an Evacuation Center we did not setup tables and distributed the goods immediately. They would first ask permission to the Officer in Charge of the Evacuation Center before they distribute and give medical assistance.

Posted in: Experience, Iligan City Tagged: Christian Compassion Ministry, Iligan Bloggers Society, Iligan City, Typhoon Sendong, Volunteering

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