LAOAG CITY—The Department of
Social Welfare and Development has released about ₱17.6 million worth of relief goods to help aid in the
recovery efforts of typhoon victims in the region.
This came shortly as
President Rodrigo Duterte and some of his cabinet members met with Ilocos Norte
officials at the Laoag International Airport on the evening of October 23.
“Validation of the list of
affected families and project proposal preparations in coordination with Local
Government Units (LGUs) are currently being undertaken,” said DSWD regional
director Marcelo Nicomedes Castillo.
These are needed to
facilitate the recovery programs such as emergency shelter assistance, core
shelter assistance Program, food/cash for work and the like.
To date, the DSWD National
Resource Operations Center (NROC) downloaded at least 40,000 family food packs
and other non-food items during the height of disaster operations. These were
forwarded to satellite warehouses in Sta. Barbara, Rosales and Alaminos City in
Pangasinan; Santa, Ilocos Sur; and Laoag City, Ilocos Norte for easier access
to LGUs.
Prior to the onslaught of the
typhoon, Mr. Castillo assured the availability of goods and readiness of
response teams in the Provincial Operations Offices (POO).
As of this posting, the DSWD
Regional Field Office monitored about 52,840 families or 266,218 persons
affected in 989 barangays, leaving 12,423 partially-and 1,036 totally-damaged
houses.
Apart from the distribution
of relief goods, President Duterte vowed to help in particular the
children of farming families here who were heavily devastated by typhoon Lawin
and ensure that their tuition fees will be shouldered by the government. (DSWD news)
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