Personal observation, from someone doing fieldwork:

The situation on Twitter is vastly different from the situation on the ground. While Twitter netizens are active on asking for accountability in disaster response, the people at the grassroots are resigned to their fate. (1/n)

Also, there were a lot of relief coming from private organizations. I don't have the data, but in 5 hours I stayed in Kasiglahan Village, I saw a lot of concerned citizens and groups extending help to affected people. (2/n)

However, there must be a more systematic way of relief distribution because donations are often concentrated on some areas (usually, those more accessible like people on evacuation centers or nearby homes). People who are staying in farther areas aren't reached by donations.

Going back to my earlier tweet, most (not all) people in communities affected by calamities say that this is wrath from the environment, and has nothing to do with governance.

Perhaps this is why when govt officials visit them, they consider this 'utang na loob'... (4/n)

...without realizing the fact that (1) relief from govt come from their own taxes and (2) better governance could have spared them from their current situation.

Final point: Communities living in vulnerable areas should be educated more on disaster mitigation, on a language that they can understand.

Relief drives are merely palliative solutions, more long-range projects should be in place to avert this disasters from happening again.