About Us
We are raising money to buy Rice for needy people who are affected by a disaster in the Philippines.
Typhoon Rai made initial landfall in Siargao Island, province of Surigao del Norte in Caraga region, northern Mindanao on 16 December 2021. It carried gusts up to 270 km/h with maximum sustained winds of 195 km/h near the centre making it the strongest storm to make landfall in the Philippines this year. The trail of the Typhoon Rai crossed the Philippine archipelago from Caraga to Eastern and Central Visayas and Palawan. The latest government figures indicate 130,128 families or 477,614 people affected in 1,417 Barangays in Regions V, VI, VII, VIII, X, XI, Caraga and MIMAROPA - reported by the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) and Department of Social Welfare and Development – Disaster Response Operations Monitoring and Information Center. Due to power disruptions and intermittent signals, it has been challenging to obtain further details from the ground. Hence, these reported numbers are expected to increase significantly. Pre-emptively 332,855 people were evacuated, and 1,603 evacuation centres hosted 77,494 families (289,049 individuals). Initial estimated number of people living in the affected areas is 15.9 million, of which 9.1 million people are live in the worst affected areas (AHA Center).
Our Goal
Our Goal and Mission is to help unfortunate people in the Philippines affected by disaster. We try to help homeless or starving families restore their lives by providing "Rice for Change". As a charity, we rely on the generosity of our guests who come across our website to continue our work to help the unfortunate. Thanks to people like you, we're able to help restore families lives and make them happy. If you would like to donate a sack of rice, we will endeavor to have a personalized message from you with your name written on the sack. See photographs within this website and our Rice for Change Philippines Facebook page. Where possible, we will take a photo of recipient and personalized rice sack, and post it on Facebook, so you can see who your kind donation has helped.
