This past weekend, the city of Manila was flooded by a typhoon. Many areas of Manila are still covered with water and many people are homeless. Our Circle Song friend Bren Bataclan is busy painting one of his smile characters that resembles a tarsier monkey to raise money for the victims of the Philippines. This monkey is one of the smallest primates in the world, Bren said. http://www.bataclan.com
I hope that he will be able to sell many paintings to help families, including our friends in Manila, who have been affected by the damage caused by these rainstorms.
In this image Bren is sharing a photo of one of his paintings to a visitor at the Harvard Square Oktoberfest on October 11th.
Helping Manila
Posted by: raine22 | October 1, 2009 | 2 Comments |Responses - Create a free edublog to get your own comment avatar (and more!)
Lorraine, Rox has just sent me the details of the amazing stories that came out of this typhoon. He shared the link to the youtube video that shows the terrible aftermath and then told me about @mariak in US who was worried about her daughter who was currently in Manila. Rox was able to locate her but did you also play a part in the connections. Web2.0 has made this such a small world. I am so proud to know both you and Rox and thank you for all the connections that you make and work hard to maintain.
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Thanks Anne. Yes, I was following up on a retweet where I read that Maria was looking for her daughter in Manila. Fortunately Rox, the one person I knew in Manila, was able to help!
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