Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Rex Gatchalian on Thursday, July 27 ordered the immediate delivery of 20,000 family food packs (FFPs) to the typhoon-affected communities in Ilocos Region.
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Gatchalian directed the Disaster Response and Management Group (DRMG) to use its service providers for the immediate dispatch of the 20,000 FFPs from the National Resource Operations Center (NROC) in Pasay City.
“Let's dispatch whatever it takes. Have your service providers dispatch now the requested food packs by the concerned regions,” Gatchalian told DRMG Assistant Secretary Marlon Alagao.
Prior to that, the DSWD-DRMG dispatched 17,000 FFPs to four warehouses in Cagayan, Isabela, and Quirino provinces, all of which are within the Cagayan Valley.
In addition, DSWD-Ilocos Regional Director Marie Angela Gopalan has requested an additional 20,000 FFPs from the DSWD Central Office to replenish their stocks of food packs.
The Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) Field Office has also requested 10,000 FFPs for replenishment of their stocks.
Moreover, DSWD-Ilocos Regional Office has so far provided P8,286,307.16 worth of humanitarian aid to families and individuals affected by Egay.
Meanwhile, DSWD Spokesperson and Assistant Secretary Romel Lopez assured all those affected by Egay that the DSWD Ilocos Regional Office still has enough relief supplies, despite the damage caused by heavy rains to its stockpile in Laoag City.
“We have enough resources in our Field Office Ilocos Region. Our regional office and its warehouses have more than 77,000 FFPs and over 28,000 non-food items.”
“The DSWD will also continue to monitor the condition of the 875 displaced families presently residing in 108 evacuation centers in the Ilocos Region,” DSWD spokesperson added. (Rhowen Del Rosario)