BARMM in 2nd relief mission in North Cotabato
Published Apr 6, 2020 12:00 am
By Ali Macabalang
COTABATO CITY – The Rapid Emergency Action on Disaster Incidence (READI) of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) distributed 9,051 relief packages in its second leg of dispersal for 63 villages in North Cotabato on Sunday.
Regional BARMM’s Minister of Local Government Naguib Sinarimbo (facing back camera) addressing village leaders in 13 barangays of Midasayap, North Cotabato on Sunday, April 5 before his group handed over of 9,051 relief packages meant to cushion effect community lockdowns imposed by national and local authorities to prevent spread of the COVID-19 pandemic.
(Handout photo via Ali Macabalang / MANILA BULLETIN) Each of the household-recipients in 13 barangays of Midasayap received 10 kilos of rice, six canned sardines, six cans of corned beef, 10 coffee sachets, and 12 bath soaps, according to BARMM Local Government Minister Naguib Sinarimbo. Sinarimbo said boxes of paracetamol tablets were also given to barangay health centers in Midasayap. Packs of vegetable seeds were also distributed by the BARMM’s Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Agrarian Reform (MAFAR), which recipient families could plant. “As much as we need to observe social distancing and other prescribed guidelines, we need to plant and consume vegetables to build strong body resistance against virus like COVIE-19,” Sinarimbo told the recipient-households. Sunday’s ceremony was the second relief operation conducted by the BARMM’s READI program for the 63 barangays in North Cotabato. READI workers, led also by Sinarimbo, spent their first outreach mission last Thursday, April 2 in Pigcawayan town, and distributed 5,180 relief packages in 12 villages. Sinarimbo said Muslim and Christian volunteers were “continuously repacking” relief goods for their next episodes of dispersal for the remaining 38 villages in four other towns in North Cotabato, namely Pikit (22 barangays), Kabacan (seven), Carmen (seven), and Aleosan (two). READI workers earlier said their relief assistance for the 63 villages in North Cotabato were in addition to the regular dispersals of BARMM’s Ministry of Social Services (MSSD) in all of the Bangsamoro region’s 2,950 constituent barangays.
Regional BARMM’s Minister of Local Government Naguib Sinarimbo (facing back camera) addressing village leaders in 13 barangays of Midasayap, North Cotabato on Sunday, April 5 before his group handed over of 9,051 relief packages meant to cushion effect community lockdowns imposed by national and local authorities to prevent spread of the COVID-19 pandemic.(Handout photo via Ali Macabalang / MANILA BULLETIN) Each of the household-recipients in 13 barangays of Midasayap received 10 kilos of rice, six canned sardines, six cans of corned beef, 10 coffee sachets, and 12 bath soaps, according to BARMM Local Government Minister Naguib Sinarimbo. Sinarimbo said boxes of paracetamol tablets were also given to barangay health centers in Midasayap. Packs of vegetable seeds were also distributed by the BARMM’s Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Agrarian Reform (MAFAR), which recipient families could plant. “As much as we need to observe social distancing and other prescribed guidelines, we need to plant and consume vegetables to build strong body resistance against virus like COVIE-19,” Sinarimbo told the recipient-households. Sunday’s ceremony was the second relief operation conducted by the BARMM’s READI program for the 63 barangays in North Cotabato. READI workers, led also by Sinarimbo, spent their first outreach mission last Thursday, April 2 in Pigcawayan town, and distributed 5,180 relief packages in 12 villages. Sinarimbo said Muslim and Christian volunteers were “continuously repacking” relief goods for their next episodes of dispersal for the remaining 38 villages in four other towns in North Cotabato, namely Pikit (22 barangays), Kabacan (seven), Carmen (seven), and Aleosan (two). READI workers earlier said their relief assistance for the 63 villages in North Cotabato were in addition to the regular dispersals of BARMM’s Ministry of Social Services (MSSD) in all of the Bangsamoro region’s 2,950 constituent barangays.