By Leilanie G. Adriano
Staff reporter
LAOAG
CITY—As the typhoon season shifts gear, the
Ilocos Norte provincial government began taking steps to pack and preposition
needed relief goods in different parts of the province.
As early as July 24, 16
provincial government employees from the General Services, Administrative and
Provincial Social Welfare and Development Offices went to set up the Takuat
Training Center in San Nicolas, Ilocos Norte to serve as temporary warehouse.
The San Nicolas center will store sacks of rice, canned goods and basic grocery
items.
Franz Allen Adena of the
PSWDO said about 1,000 of relief packs are already prepared for distribution. A
relief pack for every family beneficiary is composed of 2 kilos of rice,
450-gram coffee creamer, 50-gram coffee, 2 canned meat loaf, 2 canned sardines
and 1 kilogram of sugar.
Upon packing the relief good
items, these were immediately distributed to the various municipalities and
cities of Ilocos Norte to augment the relief efforts of the municipal
government units.
So far, the PSWDO said they
had already delivered relief stocks in the municipalities of Pasuquin,
Currimao, Solsona, Pagudpud and Nueva Era.
For his part, provincial
administrator Windell D. Chua, in his capacity as chairperson of the
newly-organized Provincial Resiliency Task Force said that a more pro-active
response on disaster preparedness is needed to develop resilient communities
here.
To date, the PRTF has already
formed at least seven clusters strategically located in various parts of Ilocos
Norte to provide immediate assistance in times of need.
Mr. Chua said each cluster
with a designated team leader is complemented by equipment, medicine, and
support from the agriculture, peace and order, evacuation sectors among others.
Prior to the activation of
these cluster barangays covering highly vulnerable areas, the provincial
administrator said a drill will soon be conducted to actually demonstrate how
will this operate and respond during emergency situations.
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