RELIEF SUPPLIES. Family food packs, hygiene kits, kitchen and sleeping kits are prepared on Sunday (July 10, 2022) for families hit by a flash flood on July 7, 2022 in Banaue, Ifugao. The Department of Social Welfare and Development in the Cordillera Administrative Region has released more than P3.65 million or PHP5,000 for each of the 731 families affected by the flash flood. (PNA photo from DSWD-CAR FB)
BAGUIO CITY – The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has released PHP3.65 million in financial assistance to flash flood-affected families in Ifugao.
In a report published on its official social media page on Tuesday, the DSWD in the Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) said an additional 425 families affected by the July 7 flash flood in Banaue, Ifugao received PHP5,000 each on Monday.
This was in addition to the 306 family beneficiary representatives who received the same amount on Sunday.
The DSWD also provided 401 sets of sleeping kits, five boxes of hygiene kits and family kits, and five boxes of kitchen kits.
“Naihatid din ang 700 family food packs na naka-preposition sa Banaue, Ifugao upang matiyak ang napapanahong pagkakaloob ng tulong sa mga apektado ng kalamidad (The 700 family food packs prepositioned in Banaue, Ifugao have also been distributed as among the immediate assistance to the affected families,” the DSWD said.
Arnel Garcia, regional director of the DSWD-CAR, in a media interview on Friday assured the public that Ifugao has a sufficient supply of food with over 1,500 family food packs already prepositioned even before the disaster hit.
The DSWD-CAR's regional warehouse in La Trinidad, Benguet, meanwhile, has at least 20,000 family food packs that can be transported to a calamity-stricken area anytime.
In a social media post on Tuesday, the DSWD said that each family food pack contains 10 canned goods, six kilograms of rice, five sachets of coffee, and five sachets of cereal.
The DSWD also applies quality assurance measures in all its food packs to ensure that the contents are safe for consumption. (PNA)
