Even though the organizers are not from the stricken area, some, like Gina Shankar, have close friends there. It took her four days to contact her friends in Tacloban.
"They are doing fine, but they are really in need of food and the place is really a mess," said Shankar.
Of foreign-born nurses working in U.S. health facilities, nearly one third are from the Philippines.
Pam Windle said they cannot help but think of those in need back home.
"But it is so hard to go home because it is about [a]18 to 20 hours flight and plus you can't go to the province unless you have the military people who have to help you," said Windle.
She said, in the months ahead, medical services and personnel will still be in great need in the disaster zone and many Philippine nurses plan to return as volunteers.
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