A senior official of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) assured households affected by a recent fire incident in Barangay 105 in Tondo, Manila that the agency will assist them towards full recovery.
“Ibinibilin po palagi ni Pangulong Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr. na kung tutulong ang DSWD…dapat yung talagang nararamdaman. Kung ang family food packs po ay makakatulong, iyon po ang ibinibigay namin. Kung kailangan po ng second or third round , after the assessment, gagawin po natin yan,” DSWD Undersecretary for Disaster Response Management Group (DRMG) Diana Rose Cajipe told the affected beneficiaries during the payout activity on Monday (September 30).
A total of 2,006 fire-affected households received their respective Emergency Cash Transfer (ECT) assistance worth Php10,140 each. The ECT payout was held at the Vicente Lim Elementary School in Tondo, Manila.
Overseeing the ECT payout were DSWD Field Office-National Capital Region Asst. Regional Director Bienvenido Barbosa Jr., Manila Mayor Honey Lacuna, Vice Mayor Yul Servo Nieto, and Councilor Marjun Isidro.
Jocelyn Mallari, one of the ECT recipients, said she will use the cash assistance to rebuild her fire-gutted home.
“Nagpapasalamat po kami sa DSWD dahil kailangan po namin ng yero at hollow blocks,” Mallari said.
Another beneficiary, Rey Cervantes Jr., said he has already accepted that he can no longer get back their belongings that were razed by the fire.
“Ang nakuha kong ayuda ngayon ay gagamitin ko sa nasunog kong bahay at sa pagpapaayos ng sasakyan ko na nadamay. Masakit po sa akin pero wala tayong magagawa kasi sa kaganapan sa kalikasan. Nagpapasalamat po ako sa DSWD dahil malaking tulong ito para sa akin,” Cervantes said.
The ECT is an adaptive strategy for bridging the gaps between immediate disaster relief, humanitarian response, and early recovery support through outright cash aid for disaster-affected families in areas under a state of calamity. #
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