The government of Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao distributes aid to families affected by the Tawi-Tawi fire on Monday, September 11, 2023. | Photo from Bangsamoro Parliament member Suharto Ambolodto
MANILA, Philippines — The government of Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) on Monday began distributing aid kits for victims of a September 7 fire in Barangay Poblacion in Tawi-Tawi, which affected at least 1,000 families.
The BARMM government said in a statement that relief supplies, including essential items such as 1,250 sleeping kits, 250 dignity kits, 1,250 hygiene kits, 4,636 food packs, 1,000 family kits, and 150 modular tents arrived in the affected areas on Monday, September 11.
Photo from Bangsamoro Parliament member Suharto Ambolodto
A thousand family packs (non-food items), 129 boxes of medicines, 50 plastic tables, five boxes of assorted clothes, and four sacks of assorted goods were also distributed to affected families.
BARMM said the relief efforts were conducted by personnel of the Bangsamoro Ministry of Social Services and Development (MSSD) in collaboration with the Naval Forces Western Mindanao (NFWM), with the support and assistance of the Department of Social Welfare and Development’s Field Office IX, Office of Civil Defense-BARMM, and 54th Engineering Brigade Philippine Army.
Photo from Bangsamoro Parliament member Suharto Ambolodto
This was made possible through the coordinated efforts of NFWM Commander Rear Adm. Donn Anthony Miraflor and Bangsamoro Member of Parliaments Jet Lim and Suharto Ambolodto, as well as Tawi-Tawi Gov. Yshmael Sali.
The aid arrived after BARMM’s MSSD provided 664 families relief goods composed of 10 kilograms of rice, welfare goods, and tarpaulin, on top of an emergency cash assistance of P2,000 to each family.
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