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DSWD assures assistance to residents affected by Super Typhoon Goring
DSWD assures assistance to residents affected by Super Typhoon Goring
As Super Typhoon Goring (international name: Saola) battered the provinces of Cagayan and Isabela, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) on Sunday, Aug. 27, expressed its readiness to extend assistance to the affected families.
DSWD, in a statement, reported that its Field Office - 2 (Cagayan Valley) is currently on “high alert” status to provide assistance to residents who will be affected by “Goring.”
Cagayan Valley Regional Director Lucia Alan, in her latest report to DSWD Secretary Rex Gatchalian, said 367 families or 1,219 individuals from 24 barangays in the two provinces were affected by “Goring.”
“Of this number, 138 families or 468 individuals were displaced,” Alan said.
She added that there are also 26 open evacuation centers sheltering affected families in the whole Cagayan Valley Region. The evacuees, Alan said, were mostly individuals residing in coastal areas.
“We continue to be vigilant and on high alert status to extend assistance to the LGUs,“ Alan told Gatchalian.
FFPs prepositioned
Meanwhile, DSWD reported that as of Aug. 26, over 70,000 family food packs (FFPs) have been made available by the Cagayan Valley Field Office.
Of this, more than 40,000 were already prepositioned to the LGUs --- especially in coastal towns.
DSWD FO-2 said it has earlier prepositioned a total of 9,778 FFPs in the island province of Batanes covering Basco (1,306); Itbayat (1,322); Ivana (1,100); Mahatao (1,094); Sabtang (1,203); and Uyugan (1,167) for a total of 7,700 FFPs.
“An additional 2,078 food packs were also sent to the Batanes provincial capitol,” DSWD said.
On Aug. 25, Alan reported to the Disaster Response and Management Group (DRMG) that FO-2 has also prepositioned FFPs to Isabela province coastal municipalities of Divilacan with 1,000 boxes of FFPs; Maconacon with 154; and Palanan with 500.
“For Calayan Island, we have prepositioned 2,900 FFPs while 150 FFPs were sent to Barangay Fuga of Aparri, Cagayan,” Alan said. “An additional 1,246 food packs were also sent through boat to Isabela province,” she added.
No casualties so far
As “Goring” continues to bring heavy rains over the region, Alan said the field office has “not received reports” of casualties, damaged houses, or stranded individuals to date.