Channel 11 to air telethon for Typhoon Haiyan victims

Filipinos continue to suffer and die in the aftermath of super typhoon Haiyan, and many want to know what they can do to help.

Tomorrow night Channel 11 will air a telethon on Channel 11 to raise money for the victims. Only a couple thousand bodies of the estimated 10,000 killed have been recovered.

The fundraising programme will start at 8.30pm, according to a government spokesman. While the Foreign Ministry is coordinating the Thai response the disaster, Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra said, the Public Relations Department will gather donations for the devastated country, Bangkok Post reported.

 

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