MindanaoToday.com | Landslide-hit families in Surigao del Norte get immediate DSWD aid
By: Zaldy De Layola
MANILA – The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has immediately extended the necessary assistance to the families affected by a landslide that occurred in Barangay Siana in Mainit town, Surigao del Norte last May 11, DSWD spokesperson Irene Dumlao said on Monday.
“The DSWD, through our Field Office (FO) Caraga, was able to distribute over PHP2 million worth of food and non-food items (FNIs) to the affected families. These include family food packs (FFPs), hygiene kits, sleeping kits, kitchen kits and family kits,” the Assistant Secretary for Disaster Response and Management Group (DRMG) said in a news release.
Aside from providing immediate relief aid, Dumlao reported that DSWD FO Caraga has also conducted an assessment of the 266 landslide-hit families in coordination with the Office of Civil Defense (OCD) on May 12.
Some 241 families, or 952 persons, are currently staying in four evacuation centers in the municipalities of Mainit and Tubod, Surigao del Norte, while 25 families, or 81 individuals, opted to temporarily stay with their relatives or friends.
“We assure the public that communication lines of our field office will remain open to the affected municipality to provide additional resource augmentation or technical assistance to the affected local government units (LGUs),” Dumlao said.
The DSWD Field Office-Caraga will continue its task to coordinate with the concerned LGUs as more internally displaced individuals come to seek temporary shelter at the evacuation centers, she said. (PNA)
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