PREPOSITIONED. Family food packs are stored inside the warehouse of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) in Palo, Leyte in this undated photo. The DSWD has already distributed 165,940 family food packs to families affected by Typhoon Odette in Eastern Visayas.(Photo courtesy of DSWD) TACLOBAN CITY - The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has distributed 165,940 family food packs to victims of Typhoon Odette in Eastern Visayas. As of January 26, the DSWD already released PHP97.29 million worth of food assistance to badly-hit families in the provinces of Southern Leyte, Leyte, and Eastern Samar, said Abelardo Bibat, DSWD Eastern Visayas regional information officer in a phone interview. In Leyte, food packs have been distributed in the towns of Dulag, Hilongos, Hindang, Matalom, Tacloban City, Bato, Inopacan, Javier, Abuyog, and Mahaplag. In Southern Leyte, recipients are from the towns of Anahawan, Hinunangan, Hinundayan, St. Bernard, San Juan, Silago
POST-TYPHOON AID. Distribution of non-food items in Southern Leyte in this Jan. 13, 2022 photo. The government has distributed PHP12.03 million worth of non-food supplies to typhoon victims in Southern Leyte. (Photo courtesy of Department of Social Welfare and Development) TACLOBAN CITY - The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has distributed PHP12.03 million worth of non-food items to families affected by Typhoon Odette in the past four weeks, the agency reported on Monday. The items include 3,708 pieces of hygiene kits, 2,667 pieces of kitchen sets, 552 pieces of sleeping kits, 1,900 pieces of collapsible water containers, and 404 rolls of laminated sacks. Abelardo Bibat, DSWD regional information officer said recipients of these non-food items are residents of Limasawa, San Juan, Saint Bernard, Padre Burgos, Anahawan, Bontoc, Sogod, Maasin City, Hinundayan, Hinunangan, Libagon, Liloan, Malitbog, Macrohon, Pintuyan, San Francisco, San Ricardo, Silago, and Tomas Oppus
PREPOSITIONED. Boxes of food packs are stored at the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) regional resource operations section warehouse in Palo, Leyte. The DSWD on Friday (Dec. 3, 2021) said it has prepositioned 15,270 family food packs in Eastern Visayas for faster response, especially after calamities.(Photo courtesy of DSWD) TACLOBAN CITY - The Department of Social Welfare and Development has prepositioned 15,270 family food packs (FFPs) in Eastern Visayas for faster response especially during this typhoon season. Abelardo Bibat, DSWD Eastern Visayas regional information officer, said on Friday they are adding up more stocks in strategic locations in anticipation of more requests for assistance from local government units after disasters. Of the 15,270 food packs, some 9,576 are at the DSWD regional resource operations section warehouse in Palo, Leyte; 3,694 in Northern Samar; 1,000 in Eastern Samar; and 1,000 in Samar. "Recently, the agency's Disaster Respo
AUGMENTATION. Workers on Wednesday (Nov. 3, 2021) unload family food packs shipped from Cebu City for augmentation in Eastern Visayas. The region received 5,000 food packs from the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Visayas Disaster Resource Center as augmentation.(Photo courtesy of DSWD) TACLOBAN CITY - Eastern Visayas received on Wednesday 5,000 food packs from the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Visayas Disaster Resource Center as augmentation for the region. The augmentation from Cebu City will raise the region's capability to respond to the needs of local government units especially during typhoon season this quarter, said Abelardo Bibat, DSWD Eastern Visayas regional information officer in a phone interview. "Currently, we have 15,296 food packs stored at the DSWD Regional Resource Operations Section in Palo, Leyte, and in our warehouses established in strategic locations in the region," Bibat said. Identified as strategic locati
PREPOSITIONED. Boxes of food packs are stored at the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) regional resource operations section warehouse in Palo, Leyte. The DSWD on Tuesday (Nov. 2, 2021) said it has prepositioned 10,444 family food packs in Eastern Visayas for faster response, especially during typhoon season.(Photo courtesy of DSWD) TACLOBAN CITY - The Department of Social Welfare and Development has prepositioned 10,444 family food packs in Eastern Visayas for faster response especially during typhoon season. Abelardo Bibat, DSWD Eastern Visayas regional information officer, said on Tuesday they have prepositioned goods in strategic locations in anticipation of more requests for assistance from local government units after disasters. Of the 10,444 food packs, some 6,481 are at the DSWD regional resource operations section warehouse in Palo, Leyte; 3,665 in Northern Samar; 200 in Eastern Samar; and 98 in Biliran. "Storing food packs in different strategic location