A destroyed house on the outskirts of Tacloban on Leyte island. This region was the worst affected by the typhoon, causing widespread damage and loss of life. Caritas is responding by distributing food, shelter, hygiene kits and cooking utensils.
(Photo copyright: Eoghan Rice - Trócaire / Caritas; used with permission from Wikimedia Commons.)
I’m sure it goes without saying that we’ve all been horrified about the news from the Philippines this past couple of weeks. Typhoon Haiyan caused incredible damage throughout the Leyte and Samar islands (part of the Eastern Visayas), destroying much of the towns, cities, and infrastructure in those low-lying islands. Houses and buildings were flattened, obliterated. Millions of people were affected by the devastation, having lost their homes, possessions, loved ones, jobs; whereas thousands of people have died or are still missing (unremarkably in this kind of disaster, even now, 10 days later, no one knows for sure how many victims there are). Wikipedia, unsurprisingly, have an extremely good article already on the typhoon and the devastation it wrought, and I’d recommend reading it.
Needless to say, relief in the form of food, housing, money is pouring into the Philippines to try and help. We at DevExpress want to do our share and so we’ve set up an auction on EBay, proceeds from which will go directly to the Red Cross to provide aid to all the victims.
On the auction block then is a single user license to DevExpress Universal. Normally this goes for $2199.99, but this time you’re in the driving seat: all proceeds will be donated to the Red Cross’ Typhoon Haiyan Relief and Recovery Fund. So bid early and often. I’ve put in my bid, so watch out. (Do note: by winning you will also get some eBay bucks for the next quarter, so it’ll be like winning twice!)
Please consider helping out the Philippines by bidding on this item.