The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) reported on Monday (July 31) that it has extended more than Php112 million in resource augmentation assistance to the local government units (LGUs) affected by Super Typhoon Egay and the southwest monsoon. The DSWD assistance were in the form of family food packs (FFPs) and non-food items continue reading : DSWD extends over Php112 M humanitarian aid to 718k families affected by ‘Egay’
Volunteers troop to DSWD warehouse to help repack goods
Residents from nearby barangays and the Members of Church of God International (MCGI) volunteer to repack family food packs (FFPs) and other relief items at the National Resource Operations Center (NROC) in Pasay City, Metro Manila to maintain a sufficient volume of FFPs for the Habagat- and Egay-affected families. NROC is the logistics arm of continue reading : Volunteers troop to DSWD warehouse to help repack goods
DSWD continues reach-out operations for street dwellers amid heavy rains
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), through its Oplan Pag-Abot Team, continues to conduct reach-out operations to families and individuals in street situations in Metro Manila, amid the heavy rains brought about by the ‘Habagat’ induced by Super Typhoon Egay and now Falcon over the past few days. The DSWD team was joined continue reading : DSWD continues reach-out operations for street dwellers amid heavy rains
DSWD chief orders dispatch of over 289,000 FFPs to Regions I, III, CAR
Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Rex Gatchalian has ordered the immediate dispatch of at least 289,906 boxes of family food packs (FFPs) intended for Ilocos Region, Central Luzon and the Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR). Secretary Gatchalian has instructed the Regional Directors in Ilocos, Central Luzon and CAR to continuously check on the continue reading : DSWD chief orders dispatch of over 289,000 FFPs to Regions I, III, CAR
DSWD delivers food packs to island municipality in Cagayan Valley
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), through its Field Office-2, continues to deliver family food packs (FFPs) to Typhoon Egay-affected residents of Camiguin, an island municipality in the Cagayan Valley Region. A total of 2,000 FFPs were transported from the port of Sta. Ana, Cagayan to Camiguin Island with 1,500 boxes while the continue reading : DSWD delivers food packs to island municipality in Cagayan Valley
DSWD chief orders field offices to intensify coordination with LGUs for disaster ops
Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Rex Gatchalian instructed all Regional Directors to intensify their coordination with the local government units (LGUs)that were severely affected by Super Typhoon Egay in the regions of Ilocos, Cagayan Valley, MIMAROPA, and the Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR). In an emergency meeting held on Sunday (July 30), Secretary continue reading : DSWD chief orders field offices to intensify coordination with LGUs for disaster ops
DSWD sends food packs to fisherfolk in CamSur
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), through its Bicol Regional Office, distributes family food packs (FFPs) on Saturday (July 29) to some 1,287 fisherfolk who were severely affected by Super Typhoon Egay and ‘Habagat’ in the Western Seaboards of Libmanan, Camarines Sur. The affected individuals were from Barangays Bahao and Salvacion of the continue reading : DSWD sends food packs to fisherfolk in CamSur
DSWD reaches out to kins of motorbanca fatalities in Rizal
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), through its Field Office (FO) IV-A , on Saturday (July 29) extended assistance to the grieving families of the passengers who perished in the recent motorbanca accident in Binangonan, Rizal. The DSWD FO CALABARZON distributed financial assistance worth Php 10,000 each to the 18 bereaved families from continue reading : DSWD reaches out to kins of motorbanca fatalities in Rizal
DSWD chief assists PBBM in relief distribution in Abra
President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr, assisted by DSWD Secretary Rex Gatchalian, leads the distribution of relief assistance to families affected by Super Typhoon Egay in Bangued, Abra on July 29 (Saturday). Also joining the President and the DSWD chief were Undersecretary Denise Florence Bragas, Undersecretary Pinky Romualdez and DSWD-CAR Regional Director Leo Quintilla. The DSWD continue reading : DSWD chief assists PBBM in relief distribution in Abra
DSWD FO-3 extends financial aid to family of drowning victim
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Central Luzon Office, through its Social Welfare and Development (SWAD) Office in Bulacan, extends financial assistance to the family of Frank D. Santos, a 14-year-old who drowned during the onslaught of Super Typhoon Egay in San Miguel, Bulacan.