More than Php 4.39 million worth of relief aid has so far been extended by the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) as resource augmentation to local government units (LGUs) affected by the eruption of Mt. Kanlaon in Negros Island.

“With the ongoing disaster operations that started right after the eruption of Mt. Kanlaon on Monday, our Field Offices 6 (Western Visayas) and 7 (Central Visayas) continue to send family food packs to Negros Occidental and Negros Oriental, on top of those already prepositioned, to help our LGUs respond to the needs of their constituents,” Asst. Secretary Irene Dumlao of the DSWD’s Disaster Response Management Group (DRMG) said on Wednesday (December 11).

Of the total assistance given through the LGUs of Negros Occidental, the bulk of Php4.3 million went to the Cities of Bago and La Carlota; and to the Municipalities of La Castellana, Murcia, and Pontevedra.

“We continue to coordinate with the concerned LGUs to ensure that timely assistance will be provided to the affected families, as committed by Secretary Gatchalian during his meeting with local officials of the two provinces of Negros Island last Tuesday (December 10),” Asst. Secretary Dumlao said.

A total of 10,993 families or 37,699 persons from 23 barangays in Western (Region 6) and Central Visayas (Region 7) have been affected by the volcanic eruption, according to the December 11, 6 a.m. report of the DSWD’s Disaster Response Operations Management, Information, and Communication (DROMIC),

Currently, 3,724 families or 12,368 persons are taking temporary shelter in 29 evacuation centers in the affected regions in the Visayas.

The DSWD FO 6 distributed on Tuesday boxes of FFPs to 246 families composed of 723 individuals in Pontevedra, Negros Occidental. Aside from the FFPs, the displaced families also received hygiene kits and sleeping kits.

The DSWD FO 7 City Action Team (CAT) assisted in the distribution of dinner packs to the evacuees at the Macario Española Memorial School (MEMS) in Canlaon City, Negros Oriental on Tuesday night.

Meanwhile, social workers from the DSWD’s FOs 6 and 7 continue to assist the LGUs in the management of evacuation centers including the registration and profiling of evacuees through the administration of the Family Assistance Card in Emergencies and Disasters (FACED).

The FACED aims to institutionalize a profiling strategy in collecting the demographic and socioeconomic data of disaster-vulnerable and disaster-affected families such as their name, age, sex, education, and income, as well as post- disaster data and information about damage to shelter and humanitarian assistance received.

During his visit to Negros Island last Tuesday, Secretary Gatchalian reminded residents of the two affected provinces to continue to be vigilant and to follow orders of their local authorities for their own safety. # (MBM)

Tagalog Version

Relief aid ng DSWD sa mga apektado ng Kanlaon, tuloy-tuloy; Php4M halaga ng FFPs naipamahagi sa Negros

Umabot na sa higit Php 4.39 milyong halaga ng relief assistance ang naipamahagi ng Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) bilang dagdag na tulong sa lokal na pamahalaan na naapektuhan ng pagputok ng bulkang Kanlaon nitong Lunes (December 9).

“With the ongoing disaster operations that started right after the eruption of Mt. Kanlaon on Monday, our Field Offices 6 (Western Visayas) and 7 (Central Visayas) continue to send family food packs to Negros Occidental and Negros Oriental, on top of those already prepositioned, to help our LGUs respond to the needs of their constituents,” sabi ni DSWD Disaster Response Management Group (DRMG)at Spokesperson Irene Dumlao.

Ayon kay Asst Secretary Dumlao, malaking bilang ng naibigay na tulong ay napunta sa mga bayan ng Bago at La Carlota gayundin sa munisipalidad ng La Castellana, Murcia, at Pontevedra.

“We continue to coordinate with the concerned LGUs to ensure that timely assistance will be provided to the affected families, as committed by Secretary Gatchalian during his meeting with local officials of the two provinces of Negros Island last Tuesday (December 10),” dagdag pa ni Asst. Secretary Dumlao.

May kabuuang bilang na 10,993 families o 37,699 indibidwal mula sa 23 barangay sa Western (Region 6) at Central Visayas (Region 7) ang naiulat na naapektuhan ng pagputok ng bulkan.

Sa pinakahuling tala ng DSWD Disaster Response Operations Management, Information, and Communication (DROMIC), mayroong 3,724 families o 12,368 indibidwal ang nagkakanlong sa 29 evacuation centers ng mga apektadong rehiyon sa Visayas.

Nakapamahagi na rin nitong Martes (December 10) ang DSWD FO 6 ng mga kahon ng FFPs sa may 246 families o 723 individuals sa Pontevedra, Negros Occidental. Nakatanggap din ng mga hygiene kits at sleeping kits ang mga naapektuhang pamilya.

Namigay din ang DSWD FO 7 City Action Team (CAT) ng mga dinner packs sa mga pamilya at indibidwal na nasa Macario Española Memorial School (MEMS) sa Canlaon City, Negros Oriental.

Kasalukuyan ding umaasiste ang DSWD FOs 6 and 7 sa mga tauhan ng lokal na pamahalaan para sa registration at profiling ng mga evacuees sa pamamagitan ng Family Assistance Card in Emergencies and Disasters (FACED).

Ang FACED ay isang profiling strategy kung saan kinukuha ang demographic at socioeconomic data ng mga apektadong residente. Kinakalap dito ang mga impormasyon ng residente tulad ng pangalan, edad, kasarian, education, at income, kabilang ang post- disaster data and information sa mga hinihingi upang mabatid ang ibibigay na tulong.# (MVC)