The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) reiterated that out of the P1,165,797,345.13 cash donations it has received for Typhoon Yolanda, P994,585,418.46 have already been disbursed as of November 3  with the balance of  P171,211,926.67 currently being disbursed for  supplementary feeding program and tourism projects.

This reiteration came after Senator Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. raised his complaint that the DSWD refuses to answer his inquiries on where the donations for ‘Yolanda’ went.

“Since September when the issue on donations came out in the media, the Department has been issuing statements on the matter. Various media publications, TV networks, and the social media have carried our statements. We even published in a broadsheet and tabloid an infographics on the donations,”  DSWD Assistant Secretary Javier Jimenez, Department Spokesperson, said. –

​A​fter confirmation from the Office of the Secretary​, Asec. Jimenez added that the Department has not received any request letter from the Senator.

Specifically, the donations are allotted for the following:

Asec. Jimenez continued that the latest donation received by the DSWD was the US $300,000 (P14-M) from the Nigerian Government.

The donation was used to build ​ ​a Water Supply Support Project for Typhoon​ ​Yolanda-affected families now residing in Ridgeview Park, Villa Diana and Villa Sofia resettlement sites located in the norther part of Tacloban City. The project provides potable water supply, on-site water source development, water filtration, and rain harvesting.

Asec. Jimenez said that with the second year commemoration of Typhoon Yolanda on November 8, the DSWD continues to focus on implementing rehabilitation projects to ensure that survivors will finally attain normalcy. ###