RELIEF GOODS UNLOADING-Filminera and PhilGold crew members unload relief goods for thousands of residents in Baracay, Albay.
In a statement, Filminera Resources Corp. (Filminera) and PhilGold Processing and Refining Corp. (PhilGold) said the assistance was given to close to 2,000 residents (or around 400 families) in San Pablo Baracay, Albay, who were hit by Typhoons Rolly and Ulysses. Hardest hit were 47 homes, which were completely damaged. More than one fourth of these families belong to the indigenous people in the island.
Just before the close of the year 2020, Filminira and PhilGold distributed food packs for a media noche meal, relief goods and one bag of high quality rice and kitchen ware worth close to a million pesos as its first phase of donations. The second phase of donations are set to be released to schools in San Pablo and another community, in partnership with Global Medic.
For the UN and humanitarian partners, helping typhoon-affected Filipinos does not stop for Christmas
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MANILA, 30 December 2020 In four municipalities of Albay province, where tens of thousands of Filipinos lost their homes in the onslaught of Super Typhoon Rolly [Goni], 1,030 families that celebrated Christmas in evacuation centers have received building materials, tools and cash to help put a roof over their heads in time for the New Year.
Throughout December, the United Nations (UN) Migration Agency, International Organization for Migration (IOM), and Catholic Relief Services (CRS), an NGO, have been distributing Shelter Repair Kits to households in 17 barangays in the municipalities of Tiwi, Malinao, Malilipot and Tabaco, in Albay province. The Shelter Repair Kit is intended for the emergency repair of a damaged house to make it livable. It consists of corrugated galvanized iron for roofing, coco lumber for posts and framing, nails, hammer, saw and shelter-grade tarpaul
Published December 29, 2020, 5:45 PM
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Published December 25, 2020, 8:30 AM
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When a group of Igorots turned down relief packs from the government…
Sadanga Mayor Gabino Ganggangan waives the relief packs for his municipality for the more needy communities (Photo from MPDRRMO)
So others who need it may benefit from it. An indigenous peoples group from a small community in the Mountain Province, in a town called Sadanga, decided not to accept relief packs from the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD). Its mayor,
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