Mindanaotoday.com | DSWD-10 provides aid to mass flooding affected families in MisOcc
By: Shaine Mae Nagtalon
MISAMIS OCCIDENTAL – The Department of Social Welfare and Development-10 (DSWD-10), in coordination with the provincial government of Misamis Occidental provided relief assistance to families who had been affected by mass flooding, December 24-26 in the province.
On Friday, December 30, the DSWD gave P5,000 and food packs to each of 8,427 Misamisnon families in two cities and nine municipalities that were in different evacuation centers at the same time.
Out of 8,427 families in MisOcc, 120 of them are from Ozamiz City, Oroquieta (2,266), Clarin (583), Tudela (1,005), Sinacaban (524), Jimenez (2,116), Panaon (148), Aloran (700), Lopez Jaena (506), Plaridel (452), and Baliangao (7).
DSWD Officer-in-Charge Usec. Eduardo Punay thanked all government agencies that worked hard to provide immediate aid to those affected by the rain caused by the Shear Line.
“Sa pamamagitan ng ating maagap at mapagkalingang serbisyo, hatid natin ang pag-asa sa bawat nasalanta. Tulad ng pangako ni Pangulong Bongbong Marcos, sama-sama tayong babangon muli,” Punay said.
The DSWD’s cash assistance program is meant to help people who had to leave their homes buy things they will need when they go back.
The DSWD sent out quick response teams and is helping the affected LGUs with the validation and financial assistance payout through AICS. It is also responding quickly to the requests for relief augmentation from the affected LGUs.
As of January 4, DSWD FNI and AICS had given affected families in MisOcc financial assistance worth a total of 40,703,484.
AICS financial assistance is still being paid out, as is the distribution of family food packs. (SMRN | PIA-10 | Misamis Occidental)
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