MANILA, Philippines – Hours before typhoon Dodong was supposed to hit land on Sunday, the Department of Social Welfare and Development had readied relief supplies in areas where the typhoon would be felt.
The DSWD field office in the Cagayan region has prepared 26,729 family food packs in anticipation of the typhoon.
Social Welfare Secretary Corazon Soliman said 16,685 packs were prepositioned in the provinces of Cagayan, Isabela, Quirino and Nueva Vizcaya, which would be in the typhoon’s projected path.
This has been to ensure the faster delivery of relief goods to families that may be affected by Dodong.
“The field office is on alert with its quick response team ready to be deployed to assist local government units in disaster operations and management of evacuation centers,” Soliman said.
The DSWD field office in Cagayan is also repacking family food packs, which includes 2,373 sacks of rice and 2,021 boxes of canned goods.
Soliman has also ordered the deployment of additional personnel at the National Resource Operations Center in Pasay City to help in the overall disaster management and response.
Relief goods are continually being repacked, at the NROC, by volunteers, mostly from Hewlett Packard Philippines and from the Philippine Navy. SFM