Legazpi City, July 25 -- The Department of Social Welfare and Development in Bicol (DSWD-5) assistance to families affected by weather disturbances has reached PHP15.8 million as of Friday.
Claudio Villareal, chief of DSWD-5's Disaster Response Management Division, said they continue to augment humanitarian assistance, particularly food packs, to local government units (LGUs) affected by the weather disturbances.
"We have enough supply for augmentation. Our available relief resources are PHP252.5 million of family food packs and non-food items distributed in different warehouses in the region," he said in an interview.
Villareal said DSWD Bicol distributed 36,849 family food packs, 32 hygiene kits, two family kits, one kitchen kit, and...
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