More Local Celebrities Do Their Part In COVID-19 Relief Efforts
Using their resources and influence, these stars are helping our kababayans during this time of crisis
The fight's not over yet.
In fact, for many Filipinos, the real battle against the COVID-19 effects might just be beginning.
With almost one month of quarantine done (and talks of an extension making noise), millions of our kababayans have felt the long-term effects of the crisis; many have lost sources of income, have no food security, are unable to receive medical care, and have suffered from great psychological stress since this war against an invisible enemy began to be felt in March.
How do you help? We all want to help. But with physical and logistical limitations put in place and our own homes, families, and selves to attend to, how do you help?
A handful of local celebrities and personalities might just have the answer. Time and time again, they've showed us how to think out of the box—if there's a will, there's always a way! And that's never been more important until now when the whole world is dealing with this pandemic.
With suggestions for how and who to donate to and informing us on Filipinos' greatest needs at this moment, we can definitely find at least one way to be of service. Scroll through the gallery below:
Celebs And Their COVID-19 Relief Efforts
Celebs And Their COVID-19 Relief Efforts
Bea Alonzo
Bea Alonzo helped assemble 2,000 face shields in partnership with I Am Hope Org. She said it was the first day of her and her companions helping out in this capacity, so we can likely expect more from her!
Vice Ganda
Vice Ganda is helping out in two ways. First, employees of her makeup brand Vice Cosmetics are receiving cash financial assistance, getting their 13th month pay earlier, and will have loan payments deferred. As for helping the medical community, he donated boxes of N95 masks, bottles of alcohol and disinfectant, gloves, and safety goggles to four different hospitals.
KC Concepcion
KC pledged 500 kilos of rice to be distributed to 100 families in BF homes—that's 50 kilos of rice that went to each family! She also donated "ready-to-eat chicken & pork adobo in jars for our nurses, doctors, security guards and medical staff on duty" at Veterans Memorial Medical Center and Perpetual Help Medical Center in Las Piñas. KC also suggested the idea to turn event venues into makeshift hospitals for now, and plans about doing this are already in place.
Angel Locsin
This social activist was a leader in the construction and development of a multi-use facility for medical frontliners. Right now, the facility is equipped with sleeping quarters and sanitation tents, as well as food supplies. Employees and frontliners from at least 50 hospitals have benefited from the initiative.
Dani, Claudia, and Julia Barretto
The Barretto sisters are raising funds to build an emergency quarantine facility to relieve hospitals of the continuous influx of COVID-19 patients, PUIs, and PUMs. They aim to raise P600,000 to be used for the facility's construction as well as for frontliners' meals and other needs.
Megan Young
Megan Young and husband Mikael Daez are gathering donations for face masks and PPE suits for provincial hospitals. They've so far sent out one batch and are working on collecting funds for a second one.
Rachel Peters
The former Miss U rep was all hands on deck at a Camarines Sur-based COVID-19 treatment center. She helped set up rooms herself.
Catriona Gray
This champion of underserved Filipino families from impoverished urban areas helped raise donations for Smokey Mountain residents. With her partnership with Young Focus PH and other NGOs, she's been able to help 2,000 families by providing them with food.
Kryz Uy
Cebu-based influencer and mom-to-be Kryz Uy called attention to giving donations for aerosol sanitation boxes for medical frontliners. The Aerosol Box Project aims to serve more than 30 hospital across seven provinces.
Matteo Gudicelli
After celebrating his birthday under quarantine, Matteo has helped the Philippine Army distribute food relief packages around the country. The initiative was possible thanks to One Voice Philippines and Landers PH partnerships.
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