Rain Love on Manila, in Shirts

New York, NY. Thanks to the profound kindness of friends from Sharp Communication (sharpthink.com), a premier public relations, advertising and design firm on Madison Avenue, Rain Love on Manila will soon be seen and worn by people who care about the heartbreaking state of the Philippines after tropical storm Ketsana/Ondoy nearly a week ago.

Rain Love on Manila is a design cause that strives to bring attention to the grave aftermath of the tropical storm Ketsana/Ondoy on the Philippines, and by doing so, to inspire compassion from people all across the world who are personally affected, or know someone who is affected by the tragedy. This graphic represents a call to shower warmth onto Filipino families who were devastated physically, emotionally and spiritually by the massive garbage-strewn flood that tore down homes and dreams that each hardworking Filipino built, with every $0.60 he and she earns an hour.

World, let's clothe the Philippines, and wipe the tears that have been falling even after the rain.

Rain Love on Manila Beneficiaries

New York, NY. The formal list of beneficiaries of the Rain Love on Manila cause will soon be posted here. We are gathering the necessary information and identification in order for people to know whom their generosity will greatly affect. For the meantime, the tentative list includes: officemates in JWT Manila, factory workers in Dairy Zest Corporation, Krueger relatives in Laguna City.

If anyone wishes to suggest any other Filipino families they know who are in grave need of compassion, please write rainloveonmanila@yahoo.com, and we will figure them into the database.

Rain Love Manpower Needed

New York, NY. This is a shout-out to old JWT Manila officemates who are trying to bring traffic into this site. Thank you for driving your friends, family, acquaintances on Facebook and other networks onto Rain Love on Manila.

So far the task is now to find people who can either (1) help source the raw materials to make this campaign tangible (white shirts, tote bags, sticker decals); (2) help print the graphic onto the materials; and, (3) help sell them and collect funds to be wired back to the Philippines.

Please, New York, lend a hand with me. Thank you.

Rain Love Threads

© 2009 by Deb Flores. All Rights Reserved.

New York, NY. Rain Love Shirts will soon be produced. Connecting with a former JWT copywriter and fellow Atenean friend gave rise to the very real plan of producing Rain Love on Manila shirts in Manila, Philippines. Please stay tuned. Let us clothe our Pilipinas.

Rain Love in Color

© 2009 by Deb Flores. All Rights Reserved.

Top. Rain Love on Manila, in black, white and red.
Bottom. Rain Love on Manila, in CMYK, and the Philippine colors.

Rain Only Love

© 2009 by Deb Flores. All Rights Reserved.


This is the only way I know how to help.

New York, NY. Last September 27, the tropical storm Ondoy/Ketsana sank the better part of my country, the Philippines that the unrecoverable damages to private and public property approach billions, and the death toll that rose with the water level still rises today.

In their vigorous water scooping so as not to let the water submerge the electrical outlets,
my family is spared. However, some people we know were not. My officemates in JWT Manila were stricken, and one of my best friend's clan from Laguna now is hopeless and helpless.

I don't have any money. I'm relying heavily on my family's support from all the way here. But I want to do something. And I do design. So this is how I thought I would help.

I've designed this Rain Love on Manila graphic. I feel it's time to weather the storm with a showering of compassion. This is the language that I speak and wish to convey. I hope that people everywhere who believe that this message is valid and true, share this design with anyone and everyone they know.

I'm looking for means to get the Rain Love on Manila graphic printed on white shirts, tote bags, and sticker labels. I think if people see more of this, we channel a positive energy of support, and collect funding that we can wire back to the Philippines.

I need help. I'm not as liquid as I'd like. Please help me look for these raw materials (in Chinatown or in your own closets and balikbayan boxes) or help me make them (I don't know how to silkscreen). I am offering my apartment as a mini-sweat shop to do some of these things.

Would anyone out there be willing to lend a hand, or buy these finished goods for the love of Manila, or for the empathy toward a Filipino friend?

A dollar can feed a family for a day in the Philippines. Our minimum wage is only the equivalent of 60 cents a day here in New York. Help me feed, clothe and shelter my neighbors in the Philippines.

If you want to know more about how to help me "rain love on Manila", please email me at rainloveonmanila@yahoo.com.