Following the onslaught of Typhoon ‘Marce’, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) deployed its Field Offices’ (FOs) Mobile Command Centers (MCC) in Regions 1 (Ilocos Region), 2 (Cagayan Valley), and the Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) to boost the agency’s post-disaster operations, particularly in severely-affected communities. “Our Field Offices in the Ilocos Region, Cagayan Valley, and CAR have deployed their command centers particularly in areas that sustained most of the damage of Typhoon Marce,” Disaster Response Management Group (DRMG) Asst. Secretary Irene Dumlao, who is also the DSWD spokesperson, said on Saturday (November 9). The mobile communications centers, manned […]
In line with the administration’s continuous effort to assist the families and individuals affected by Severe Tropical Storm ‘Kristine, President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr, together with Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Rex Gatchalian and other Cabinet officials, led the distribution of presidential assistance to select farmers, fisherfolk and their families in the province of Batangas. Secretary Gatchalian assisted President Marcos in handing out financial assistance to more than 4,000 beneficiaries during the consecutive aid distributions in the municipalities of Talisay and Laurel in Batangas province on Monday (November 4). “Nais ko pong ipaabot ang aming taos-pusong pakikiramay […]
On orders from President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr, Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Rex Gatchalian flew to Camarines Sur on Friday morning (October 25) to monitor the ground situation and the on-going disaster operations across the province which was battered by Severe Tropical Storm (STS) Kristine. Upon arrival in Camarines Sur, Secretary Gatchalian immediately informed President Marcos on the latest developments on the on-going response efforts of the local government units (LGUs) in the province. “In Camarines Sur – nine towns out of 36 towns are still fully submerged. Then, around six towns are still partially submerged. […]
As part of its proactive approach to disaster management, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has already prepositioned more than 2 million boxes of family food packs (FFPs) in the agency’s different warehouses nationwide even before Severe Tropical Storm Kristine hit the country. “Bago pa po tumama ang Bagyong Kristine, ang DSWD ay nakapag-preposition na ng family food packs (FFPs) sa iba’t bang panig ng bansa. Nasa mahigit 2 million ang FFPs natin,” Assistant Secretary for Disaster Response Management Group (DRMG) Irene Dumlao, who is also the DSWD spokesperson, told reporters during the Thursday Media Forum at the […]
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has already provided more than Php2.3 million worth of humanitarian assistance to families affected by Tropical Storm (TS) Kristine, an agency official reported on Wednesday (October 23). “The DSWD has already provided Php2,326,978.60 worth of food and non-food items to the affected local government units (LGUs), specifically in the provinces of Albay, Camarines Sur, and Sorsogon in Bicol Region; Bacolod City in Region 6 (Western Visayas); and North Cotabato in SOCCSKSARGEN,” Disaster Response Management Group (DRMG) Assistant Secretary Irene Dumlao, who is also the DSWD spokesperson, said. The DSWD spokesperson also shared […]
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has now more than 2 million boxes of family food packs (FFPs) ready for augmentation to local governments units (LGUs) needing assistance for their disaster operations, an official of the Disaster Response Management Group (DRMG) said on Friday (October 11). Assistant Secretary for DRMG Irene Dumlao, who is also the DSWD’s spokesperson, said the 2 million boxes are so far the highest number of FFPs prepositioned in the agency’s warehouses nationwide. “The FFPs are continuously being produced to ensure availability of relief goods whenever a disaster or emergency occurs,” Asst. Secretary Dumlao […]
The Department of Social Welfare and Development’s (DSWD) Field Office 2-Cagayan Valley provided psychosocial first aid to the evacuees of Typhoon Julian in the region. “Apart from providing family food packs (FFPs), the DSWD also ensures the overall well-being of families affected by Super Typhoon Julian. This is part of the Camp Coordination and Camp Management (CCCM) role of the agency,” Asst. Secretary Juan Carlo Marquez, who is also the DSWD co-spokesperson, said on Thursday (October 3). According to Asst. Secretary Marquez , the DSWD FO-2 conducted psychosocial interventions to Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) taking temporary shelter inside the evacuation […]
As Typhoon Julian intensified into a Super Typhoon, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) is stepping up the agency’s disaster response and relief efforts for affected areas, a DSWD official reported on Tuesday (October 1). “For the past consecutive days, we have been communicating non-stop with our Field Offices (FOs) and concerned local government units (LGUs) so that we can immediately provide relief augmentation to their disaster response operations. We are even more alert right now as thePAG-ASA announced earlier in the morning that Julian is now a Super Typhoon,” DSWD Disaster Response Management Group (DRMG) Assistant Secretary Irene […]
As part of its proactive approach to disaster management, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), through its Field Offices (FO) in Northern Luzon, continues to preposition family food packs (FFPs) and other relief items for augmentation support to local government units (LGUs) along the track of Typhoon Julian. “Two weeks ago ay nakapagpadala tayo ng FFPs in Batanes kaya mayroon tayong naka-preposition na food packs na nasa mahigit 17,000 . ‘Yan po ay madaling maa-access ng ating mga kababayan,” DSWD Disaster Response Management Group (DRMG) Asst. Secretary Irene Dumlao said in an interview on Monday (September 30) over […]