Gaming communities hold donation drives for Cebu earthquake victims

MANILA, Philippines — In the wake of the devastating earthquake that struck Cebu last week, local gaming communities from PUBG Mobile and Honor of Kings rallied together to extend aid to affected families through charity livestreams and donation drives.

PUBG Mobile Philippines launched #NinongPUBGMCares Stream For a Cause, a three-day initiative that brought together twelve online personalities and streamers. Their combined efforts, along with the support of their respective fanbases, resulted in the delivery of essential goods to families in San Remigio, Cebu City. The donations included 1,000 cans each of sardines and meatloaf, 1,000 packs of instant noodles, 500 five-liter bottles of water and 40 25kg sacks of rice.

“We’re very grateful to the PUBGM community for making the 'stream for a cause' a success. Thank you to all our inaanaks who donated their time and resources,” PUBG Mobile Philippines team saud in a statement.

Meanwhile, the Honor of Kings Philippines community organized #HOKbayanihan Stream For a Cause, a three-day stream relay featuring 17 esports personalities and content creators and familiar faces from the local Philippine league such as Mara Aquino, Mark Adrian “Butters” Jison, and Chantelle Hernandez. The event raised in-kind donations of canned goods, instant noodles, water bottles and sacks of rice that were distributed to the Municipality of Medellin in Cebu.

The earthquake that struck Cebu last September 30 had a magnitude of 6.9 and triggered over 8,000 aftershocks, according to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS). The off-shore fault that had caused the earthquake, now identified as the Bogo Bay Fault, had not moved in the past 400 years and is still being monitored by PHIVOLCS.

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