Continuing the government’s on-the-ground support for communities hit by the habagat, Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Rex Gatchalian and Department of Health (DOH) Secretary Teodoro Herbosa on Wednesday (July 23) visit displaced families at the evacuation center in Rosario Elementary School in Pasig City. The evacuation center, which currently shelters close to 300 individuals, includes a designated child-friendly space where the two cabinet officials spent time engaging with young evacuees. Secretaries Gatchalian and Herbosa, along with Pasig City Mayor Vico Sotto, engaged the children in light banter while distributing snacks and checking on their well-being. The visit […]

Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Rex Gatchalian on Wednesday (July 23) said the agency has distributed over 200,000 family food packs (FFPs) to families who are still reeling from the combined effects of Tropical Cyclone ‘Crising’ and the habagat. In an interview over DZMM on Wednesday morning, Secretary Gatchalian said these food packs have not only reached families inside evacuation centers, but also those assisted by local government units (LGUs) in house-to-house relief operations. “Base sa datos namin ngayong umaga, yung nasa loob ng mga evacuation centers natin ay 34,000 na pamilya pero ang na-distribute na natin […]

Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Rex Gatchalian announced on Wednesday (July 23) the agency is ready to provide cash assistance to eligible families affected by the combined effects of the southwest monsoon or habagat and Severe Tropical Storm Crising, as part of the government’s continuing disaster response efforts. In an interview over DZMM on Wednesday morning, DSWD Secretary Rex Gatchalian emphasized the importance of providing additional support to meet the evolving needs of disaster-stricken families. “Lagi rin sinasabi ng Pangulo, President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr., hindi lahat ng pangangailangan ng isang pamilya ay matatagpuan mo doon sa […]

The Department of Social Welfare and Development’s (DSWD) National Resource and Logistics Management Bureau (NRLMB) is calling for volunteers to assist in the production of family food packs (FFPs) at the National Resource Operations Center (NROC) in Pasay City. “In light of the recent flooding which affected various regions across the country, the DSWD is inviting volunteers to assist us in the production of relief goods at the NROC, the agency’s main disaster response hub in Pasay City. The FFPs that will be produced will replenish those already dispatched,” Asst. Secretary Irene Dumlao, the DSWD spokesperson, said on Tuesday (July […]

“Magsabi lang kayo.” This was the message of Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Rex Gatchalian to local government units (LGUs) as he reiterated that there is no politics in aid distribution and concerned Field Offices are ready to assist them in responding to the needs of their constituents. “Sa DSWD wala kaming pinipili dahil bawat buhay mahalaga at nananalig kami na gayon din ang opinyon nyo [mga lokal na pamahalaan], gayon din ang inyong pananaw. Sa ganoong mga panahon, ang bawat buhay mahalaga, walang pinipili, lahat tinutulungan at ang DSWD handang umagapay sa mga pangangailangan ng inyong […]

Amid the devastations brought by the habagat and Severe Tropical Storm Crising over the past few days, Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Rex Gatchalian visited on Tuesday (July 22) several evacuation centers in Metro Manila and Rizal province to personally assess the condition of affected families, and to provide augmentation support to affected local government units (LGUs). “Ang instruction ng Pangulo, dapat lahat ng naapektuhan, walang magugutom kaya tuloy-tuloy tayo sa food box relay natin,” Secretary Gatchalian told reporters during an ambush interview early Tuesday morning. During his visits at the Atis Covered Court in Barangay Payatas, […]

Caloocan City Mayor Dale “Along” Malapitan lauded and thanked the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) for its immediate assistance to flood-affected residents who are now in various evacuation centers in the city. “Sa ngayon naman ay sapat naman po [ang relief supplies] pero talagang parami pa rin nang parami ang dumarating sa evacuation centers natin at nagpapasalamat po tayo sa DSWD dahil agad na po na sila ang kumontak sa amin para magbigay ng karagdagang tulong para sa mga nasa evacuation centers natin at doon sa mga biktima ng baha,” Mayor Malapitan said, expressing gratitude for the DSWD’s […]

Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Rex Gatchalian has assured the public that the agency is ready for an intensified disaster operations as heavy rains continue to prevail in the coming days based on the forecast of the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA). Secretary Gatchalian said in a radio interview on Tuesday (July 22) the DSWD has prepositioned 3 million boxes of family food packs (FFPs) in some 1,000 warehouses across the country ready to be dispatched anytime to areas affected by Tropical Cyclone Crising and the southwest monsoon or habagat. “We have prepared for […]