The Department of Social Welfare and Development’s (DSWD) Field Offices in the Cagayan Valley (FO-2) and Bicol (FO-5) regions have deployed psychosocial first aid responders to help children and other vulnerable individuals cope with the trauma caused by the recent severe tropical storms that struck the country.
“The effects of the recent tropical cyclones that hit our country have brought emotional distress to some of our kababayans. To help them, the Department deployed psychosocial first aid responders in typhoon-hit areas to mitigate the traumatic impact of the recent disasters on the affected individuals,” Disaster Response Management Group (DRMG) Asst. Secretary Irene Dumlao said on Friday (November 22).
In Albay province, concerned personnel from the DSWD FO-5 facilitated a psychosocial support activity for 30 children at the Agos Elementary School in the town of Polangui, while 63 children attended another activity in Brgy. Borabod in the Municipality of Libon.
The DSWD Bicol Field Office also provided psychosocial intervention to ease the emotional burden experienced by 21 bereaved families from Canaman and Camaligan towns in Camarines Sur whose loved ones died from the effects of the tropical cyclones Kristine and Leon.
In Milaor town, also in Camarines Sur, the DSWD conducted art therapy with storytelling as a form of psychosocial intervention for nine children while seven children from Sta. Cruz, Canaman received psychological first aid (PFA).
In Cagayan Valley, the DSWD FO-2, through its Social Welfare and Development (SWAD) Team in Nueva Vizcaya, provided psychosocial support services to two individuals from the Municipality of Ambaguio whose loved ones died from the effects of tropical cyclones Nika, Ofel, and Pepito. (LSJ)
Tagalog Version
Psychosocial responders, pinadala ng DSWD sa mga nasalanta ng bagyo na nasa evacuation centers
Nagpadala na ng mga psychosocial first aid responders ang Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Field Office ng Cagayan Valley (FO-2) at Bicol (FO-5) upang tulungan ang mga residenteng nagkaroon ng trauma matapos ang pananalasa ng mga nagdaang bagyo sa bansa.
“The effects of the recent tropical cyclones that hit our country have brought emotional distress to some of our kababayans. To help them, the Department deployed psychosocial first aid responders in typhoon-hit areas to mitigate the traumatic impact of the recent disasters on the affected individuals,” sabi ni Disaster Response Management Group (DRMG) Asst. Secretary at Spokesperson Irene Dumlao.
Sa lalawigan ng Albay, nagsagawa na ng psychosocial support ang mga concerned personnel mula sa DSWD FO-5 para sa 30 kabataan ng Agos Elementary School sa Polangui, habang 63 bata naman ang iniulat na dumalo sa iba pang inihandang activity sa Brgy. Borabod, munisipalidad ng Libon.
Nagbigay din ang DSWD Bicol Field Office ng psychosocial intervention upang maibsan ang pighating nadarama ng may 21 pamilya na pawang namatayan ng kaanak sa mga bayan ng Canaman at Camaligan sa Camarines Sur.
Sa bayan naman ng Milaor, Camarines Sur, nagbigay ang DSWD ng art therapy at storytelling sa siyam na kabataan, habang pito naman mula sa Sta Cruz, Canaman ang nakatanggap ng psychological first aid (PFA).
Samantala, sa Cagayan Valley, nagbigay ang DSWD FO-2, sa pamamagitan ng Social Welfare and Development (SWAD) Team sa Nueva Vizcaya, ng psychosocial support services sa dalawa katao na residente ng munisipalidad ng Ambaguio makaraang masawi ang kanilang kaanak dulot ng pananalasa ng mga bagyong Nika, Ofel, at Pepito. # (MVC)
