UP to host benefit concert for UP Tacloban

MANILA, Philippines - The Congress of Teachers and Educators for Nationalism and Democracy at the University of the Philippines Diliman (CONTEND UP) and Rock Loqal Joyride Sessions organized a benefit concert titled 'A Thousand Meals for UP Tacloban' slated on Thursday (Jan. 30) for the benefit of UP Tacloban students and staff who were affected by typhoon Yolanda.

The concert ath the UP Diliman Ampitheater will feature 19 artists, including Datu’s Tribe, Autotelic, Plagpul, Rock LoQal bands’ Fuseboxx, Progeny, Day of Collapse, Kinaiya and Musikang Bayan. UP bands and artists such as Anton and the Salvadors, Lights in Transit, The YEAH GOs!, Ourselves The Elves, Juan Sound, Tonight We Sleep, and The Squibs will also perform.

The project is in response to the call to help survivors after the initial phase of relief operations last year. The event is a fund-raising drive to provide meals to UP Tacloban students and staff, and also a venue to raise the level of awareness of the community regarding the issues and concerns after the disaster and demand government accountability.

Tickets are sold at the UP Diliman College of Mass Communication and at the University Student Council at Vinzon’s Hall. All proceeds of the benefit concert will go to UP Tacloban students and staff through the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs of UP Diliman.

For ticket reservations and inquiries, you may contact the secretariat at 0905.5327620 or visit the official page at www.facebook.com/1000meals4UPTacloban.