Mindanaotoday.com | DSWD scores 10k rice bags from Korean gov’t
By: Glacetene Kayl Daba
EL SALVADOR CITY – In light of the unprecedented effects of natural calamities in the country, the Department of Welfare and Social Development-10 (DSWD-10) joined in the ceremonial turnover of 10,000 bags of milled rice from the Republic of Korea for flooding and shear line victims held at El Salvador City Hall Tuesday, March 21.
“On behalf of the DWSD and affected families in Mindanao, we are grateful to accept this 400 MT of donated rice from the Republic of Korea. These are not only food donations but donations for life—as they will serve sustenance for families of the victims, rest assured that we will ensure that this will be given and distributed to the affected families,” said Marco Bautista, DSWD-10 undersecretary for Disaster Response Management Group.
The department will give priority to 68 of the 112 households in Northern Mindanao that have had their homes completely damaged or washed away because of the shear line incident in December 2022 and the flooding in January 2023.
“This event is for the Republic of Korea through the APTERR, so the 10,000 bags of rice will be turned over from the APTERR and NFA to the DSWD. Since there are three regions that will be given assistance—the regions 9, 10, and 11. This will then be distributed; 3,333 sacks for Region 9 and 11 and 3,334 sacks for Region 10,” DSWD-10 Disaster Response Information Management Officer Martesha Maive Veloso said.
Regional directors and municipal heads from the National Food Authority-10, the Department of Agriculture-10, and local government units from Misamis Oriental and El Salvador came to the event to show their support and thank the Republic of Korea’s Ministry of Agriculture, Food, and Rural Affairs for the donation.
The DSWD also thanked the ASEAN Plus Three Emergency Rice Reserve (APTERR) for helping strengthen the country’s ability to respond to disasters and for helping with the country’s rice shortage. (GKND | PIA-10 | Misamis Oriental)
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