The Department of Social Welfare and Development’s (DSWD) Disaster Response Management Group (DRMG) is preparing the agency’s various relief resources ready for distribution to localities along the path of the latest weather system to affect the country.
“Tuloy-tuloy pa rin naman po ang kahandaan ng ating ahensiya. Kayat huwag pong mag-alala ang ating mga kababayan dahil sapat po at may mga naka-preposition po tayong mga family food packs sa lahat po ng ating mga warehouses sa buong bansa,” DRMG Asst. Secretary Irene Dumlao said on Tuesday (August 26).
“Mine-maintain po namin ang 3 million prepositioned FFPs po sa lahat ng aming mga warehouses para may maipamahagi kaagad sa ating mga kababayan, ayon na rin sa direktiba ng ating Pangulo na dapat ay walang magugutom sa panahon ng kalamidad,” Asst. Secretary Dumlao, who is also the DSWD’s spokesperson, pointed out.
Asst. Secretary Dumlao said the DSWD Field Offices in the National Capital Region (NCR), Central Luzon, CALABARZON, Bicol Region, and Eastern Visayas, which are the potential areas to be affected based on forecast, are on high alert and are in constant touch with local government units (LGUs) for any request for resource augmentation.
The latest weather disturbance is expected to enhance the southwest monsoon and will bring heavy downpour in 19 provinces in Luzon including the NCR and in Eastern Visayas. Classes and government work have already been suspended in these regions.
Aside from family food packs (FFPs) and non-food items, the agency’s other resources and logistics such as the mobile kitchens and mobile command centers are also ready to be deployed to affected areas, particularly in evacuation sites that will be set-up by the LGUs.
Asst. Secretary Dumlao urged the public to be vigilant and to heed all orders from their local authorities for their own safety. (MBM)
