Negrenses affected by Sendong get blankets

A TOTAL of 752 households that were affected by storm Sendong in barangay Candau-ay, Dumaguete City, Negros Oriental were given a blanket each.

Smart Communications Inc. led the distribution of the blankets, in coordination with the city social welfare and development office and barangay officials.

Smart also set up Libreng Tawag stations at Purok 2 Habitat, Candau-ay Elementary School evacuation center and Balugo Elementary School in Valencia, Negros Oriental.

Employee-volunteers from Cebu and Dumaguete City, Philippine Red Cross, Corporate Network for Disaster Response, SPI Global, Maxino College and Joebon Marketing helped Smart in the relief distribution and conduct of free calls for the affected residents.

Talk ‘N Text (TNT) is also turning over P1 million worth of goods to communities affected by Tropical Storm Sendong.

The goods will include more than 2,000 water containers, 10,000 slippers and hundreds of tents that will be distributed to the hard-hit areas in Cagayan de Oro City and Iligan City.

TNT will remove its billboards in Mindanao and other tarpaulin materials stocked in warehouses and use them as temporary shelter for the typhoon victims.