Bacolod City Mayor Evelio Leonardia is leading the “aggressive fund-raising campaign” of the League of Cities of the Philippines (LCP) to help member-cities badly hit by super typhoon “Rolly” and typhoons “Quinta” and “Ulysses.”

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“The key is in the campaign,” said LCP national president Leonardia during an online meeting of the LCP Special Committee for Typhoon Ulysses on Monday where they initiated a fund-raising campaign to help member-cities affected by the recent calamities.

Leonardia said they will focus their fund-raising campaign among cities in the Visayas, Mindanao and some parts of Luzon which were not affected by the recent typhoons.

The LCP Special Committee aims to raise enough funds by December 11 to be presented to the LCP board by then for a decision on how it is to be distributed.

In her report, LCP Secretariat executive director, Atty. Shereen Gail Yu-Pamintuan, said President Rodrigo Duterte had placed 74 cities under a state of calamity.

At least 59 cities were hit by Typhoon “Ulysses,” while 17 cities were “triple-hit” by typhoons “Quinta,” “Rolly” and “Ulysses,” she added.

For his part, Mayor Noel Rosal of Legazpi City suggested that the beneficiaries of the campaign shall be the cities with the highest number of displaced families.

Mayor Arnan Panaligan of Calapan City, whose city was not struck by the recent typhoons, said cities spared from these calamities should have a sense of generosity to help other cities hit by these typhoons, and heed the LCP call for help.

The LCP Special Committee for Typhoon “Ulysses” is set to ask help from their vice presidents for Luzon, Visayas, Mindanao, and the National Capital Region (NCR) in contacting fellow mayors around the Philippines. The rest will contact the regional representatives for assistance./WDJ