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A fighter Ramón Gonzales hails from Bicol. A PICTURE
MANILA, Philippines – ONE Championship flyweight contender Ramon Gonzales has organized a donation drive with proceeds to help the survivors of Super Typhoon “Rolly” that devastated the Bicol region.
Typhoon Ulysses, which brought devastating flooding to Metro Manila on Thursday, also ripped through the Bicol region, which has yet to recover from the Rolly effect.
Gonzales, who hails from Polangui, Albay, began the donation drive on Tuesday and willing donors were urged to message his Instagram page @the_bicolano for details of their BPI and GCash accounts.
“More than 700,000 children are among those most affected by Typhoon Rolly / Goni in the Philippines. Rolly / Goni is the most powerful typhoon to hit the country in 2020 to date amid the COVID-19 pandemic, ”Gonzales wrote on Instagram.
“In line with this, I eat” El Bicolano “on behalf of the province of Bicol, where the area most damaged by the typhoon, is calling in their hearts for this to be possible”
In a Zoom conversation with Inquirer, Gonzales shared how devastation affected his psyche when Rolly made landfall less than a week prior to his fight against Eko Roni Saputra in ONE: Inside the Matrix.
He admits that typhoons are natural and that he has also experienced them in the past, but the devastation that “Rolly” brought was unprecedented.
“Even though you are a fighter, this will really touch your heart because it was that strong,” Gonzales said in Filipino. “There have been calamities in the past, but this one was too strong.”
“Rolly” crashed into Catanduanes with maximum sustained winds of 225 kilometers per hour and gusts of up to 280 kilometers per hour.
According to Wednesday’s report from the National Council for Disaster Risk Reduction and Management, a total of 522,600 families or 2,030,130 people were affected with 25 deaths.
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