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DSWD receives material handling equipment from WFP

Published Mar 1, 2023 03:49 am
To ensure a more efficient distribution of emergency relief supplies, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) received material handling equipment from the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) in a simple handover ceremony at the National Resource Operations Center (NROC) in Pasay City on Tuesday, Feb. 28. DSWD Secretary Rex Gatchalian and WFP Country Director Brenda Barton led the signing of the deed of donation for the handling equipment that includes five units of hand pallet jack, three units of vacuum machine, and one unit of push pull forklift for the use of NROC. Another five units of hand pallet jack, two units of counterbalance forklift, and one unit of reach truck were also received for the Visayas Disaster Resource Center (VDRC). Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Rex Gatchalian and United Nations-World Food Programme (UN-WFP) Representative and Country Director Brenda Barton signed the deed of donations during the handover ceremony for the WFP-donated material handling equipment. (DSWD Photo)

Barton said she is always proud to show off the amazing service, check out the warehouse facility, and appreciate the work the DSWD is doing. “We consider NROC and the VDRC as the gifts that keep on giving because these are investments from many years ago that we collectively made after typhoon Yolanda, when the UK and Australian governments supported your request to automate and make your system efficient,” Barton said during the turnover ceremony. She added that the WFP welcomes opportunities to help make the DSWD’s disaster operations more efficient, as the department will undoubtedly be busy when typhoons hit and the donated equipment will certainly help save time and ensure efficiency. Gatchalian expressed DSWD’s gratitude for WFP’s continued support in helping the agency become better at responding to disasters. “Thank you, WFP, for the additional donations that you have given the NROC family. We all know that efficiency is always key, whether in the workplace or in personal life. We have to get goods as fast as we can from point A to the hands that need them the most; so these moving and vacuum equipment will come in very, very handy,” he said. The DSWD chief also shared that the agency is looking at establishing another repacking center and warehouse facility in Mindanao to increase its capacity to store food packs and other disaster relief resources.  He added that much more needs to be done to ensure that the DSWD responds adequately and appropriately during disasters. Also present during the event were WFP Deputy Country Director Dipayan Bhattacharyya, WFP Head of Supply Chain Kevin Howley, WFP Logistics Associate Carlo Buning, WFP Program Policy Officer Alice Follosco, Partnership and Reports Associate Katrinamae Lerios, Communications Assistant Christian Reyes, DSWD Undersecretary Marco Bautista, Assistant Secretary Diana Rose Cajipe, and National Resource and Logistics Management Bureau Director Corazon L. Macaraeg.
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