PREPARED. A worker loads boxes of family food packs inside the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) warehouse in Palo, Leyte in this undated photo. The agency has already prepositioned 30,197 family food packs (FFPs) in strategic areas of Eastern Visayas in preparation for the rainy days.(DSWD photo) TACLOBAN CITY - The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has prepositioned 30,197 family food packs (FFPs) in strategic areas of Eastern Visayas in preparation for the rainy days. The stocking of food supplies will ensure faster delivery of relief goods in case of severe flooding and other disasters, said Lawyer Jonalyndie Chua, DSWD 8 (Eastern Visayas) information officer in a phone interview Tuesday. Of the total, 1,031 FFPs are in Catbalogan City, Samar province; 100 in Naval town, Biliran; 4,000 in Allen, Northern Samar, 800 in Borongan City, Eastern Samar; and 24,266 at the DSWD regional resource operations center (RROC) in Palo town, Leyte. The food pack
PREPS FOR RAINY DAYS. A worker piles boxes of family food packs in one of the warehouses in Samar province in this undated photo. The Department of Social Welfare and Development prepositioned 20,089 family food packs in strategic areas of Eastern Visayas for an immediate response as several areas in the region have started to experience rainfall. (Photo courtesy of DSWD Region 8) TACLOBAN CITY - The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has prepositioned 20,089 family food packs (FFPs) in strategic areas of Eastern Visayas for an immediate response as several areas in the region have started to experience rains. The stocking of food supplies will ensure faster delivery of relief goods in case there would be severe flooding, DSWD regional information officer Joshua Kempis said in a phone interview Friday. Of the total, 850 FFPs are in Catbalogan City, Samar; 100 in Naval, Biliran; 4,121 in Allen, Northern Samar, 600 in Borongan City, Eastern Samar; and 14,418 at the DSWD
READY. Family food packs inside a government warehouse in Palo, Leyte in this undated photo. The Department of Social Welfare and Development has prepared 24,939 family food packs in Eastern Visayas for possible flooding as several areas in the region continue to experience heavy rains.(Photo courtesy of DSWD Region 8) TACLOBAN CITY - The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has prepositioned 24,939 family food packs (FFPs) in Eastern Visayas for possible flooding as several areas in the region continue to experience heavy rains. The stocking of food supplies will ensure faster delivery of relief goods in case there would be severe flooding, the DSWD said in a statement on Thursday. These food packs are stored at DSWD warehouses in Catarman, Northern Samar; Allen, Northern Samar; Can-avid, Eastern Samar; Palo, Leyte; Catbalogan City, Samar; Naval, Biliran; and Maasin City, Southern Leyte. "The DSWD has been closely watching the weather situation in six provinces to
TYPHOON AID. Stockpiles of family food packs inside a warehouse in Palo, Leyte. The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has released 206,582 family food packs (FFPs) to Typhoon Odette victims in Eastern Visayas in the past two months, Regional Director Grace Subong said on Tuesday (Feb. 15, 2022).(Photo courtesy of DSWD) TACLOBAN CITY - The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has already released 206,582 family food packs (FFPs) to Typhoon Odette victims in Eastern Visayas in the past two months. The PHP120.77 million worth of food assistance have benefitted typhoon victims in the provinces of Southern Leyte, Leyte, and Eastern Samar, said DSWD Eastern Visayas regional director Grace Subong in a phone interview Tuesday. "We have been producing more food packs since there are still requests from local government units for more assistance. There are areas where we have done the second and third round of distribution," Subong said in a phone inter
AID FOR TYPHOON VICTIMS. Food items for Typhoon Odette victims are loaded into a truck at the Tacloban port in this Feb. 3, 2022 photo. The Department of Social Welfare and Development has received thousands of food packs from big firms in the country for victims of Typhoon Odette in Leyte and Southern Leyte provinces.(Photo courtesy of DSWD) TACLOBAN CITY - The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has received thousands of food packs from big firms in the country for victims of Typhoon Odette in Leyte and Southern Leyte provinces. The DSWD accepted on Thursday 1,500 family food packs (FFPs) from beverage firm Alliance Global for the typhoon-hit families in Matalom, Leyte. Bloomberry Cultural Foundation, Inc. (BCFI) also shipped 1,703 boxes of powdered milk, 744 boxes of packets of instant coffee, 242 boxes full of toothbrushes, 224 boxes of crackers, 170 pieces of hygiene soap, and 200 bags to different parts of Southern Leyte. BCFI is a corporate social responsibility