FOLLOWING THE wrath of Typhoon Quinta, Super Typhoon Rolly, and Typhoon Ulysses, the Ateneo Disaster Response and Management Team (Ateneo DReaM Team) partnered with the Tanging Yaman Foundation and Simbahang Lingkod ng Bayan to establish a donation drive of cash and kind for typhoon victims.

They also called on members of the Ateneo community to assist in relief packing at the Ateneo College Covered Courts for two weeks starting on November 27. Prior to making a call for volunteers, the University obtained the Quezon City local government’s permission.

Only those who were 18 to 60 years old and in good health were permitted to join the relief operations. Volunteers signed up for either of the two shifts available per day, with each shift accommodating 25 volunteers at most. They were also required to follow health protocols such as social distancing and submitting health survey forms before entering campus.

The Ateneo DReaM Team’s relief operations started on November 9 after Typhoon Quinta made landfall on October 25. Through the donations, they were able to provide 120 relief packs to families under Ateneo Senior High School’s partner community, the Ugnayan ng mga Samahan ng Mamamayan at Mangingisda ng Rizal.

As two more calamities ravaged the country in the following weeks, the Ateneo DReaM Team and its partners renewed their call for donations to aid typhoon victims in Catanduanes, Albay, and Marikina City.The Ateneo DReaM Team then reported that typhoon victims in Marikina City received 2,400 relief packs and 90 cases of mineral water, while those in Catanduanes received 6,750 kilograms of rice. On December 11, they also said that the Tumana Organization of Dignified Persons with Disability in Marikina City received relief goods benefiting 200 of its families.