Department of Social Welfare and Development  (DSWD) Secretary Corazon Juliano-Soliman assured local government units (LGUs) that there are enough relief supplies to augment their resources for families affected by Typhoon Ineng.

DSWD continues to preposition relief supplies in towns and provinces affected by the typhoon.  Apart from the prepositioned goods at the local level, it also has 366,781 family food packs in all its Field Offices nationwide and at the National Resource Operations Center (NRCO) in Pasay City ready to augment LGU resources. At the same time, P47.47 million standby funds is also available for the purchase of emergency relief supplies, when needed.

Sec. Soliman further explained that while goods were prepositioned at the provincial and municipal levels, if these have been exhausted, the LGUs can request for additional resources which becomes the basis for the provision of the assistance.

In Region II where ‘Ineng’ continues to bring heavy rains, food packs are being delivered by DSWD to the following towns: Claveria, 500; Gonzaga, 300: Sta. Ana, 300; Sta. Teresita, 300;  Abulog, 300; Aparii, 300; Ballesteros, 300; Calayan, 100; and, Calamaniugan, 300.

DSWD-Field Office II is continuously coordinating with LGUs for the provision of additional relief assistance.

In other ‘Ineng’-hit LGUs, close to P50,000 worth of relief assistance were also provided by DSWD, as of 10 am August 22,  as initial resource augmentation to  Abra and Kalinga in the Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR).

To date, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) Response Pillar continues to be on red alert to monitor the extent of the disaster and to provide assistance.  DSWD is head of the Food and Non-Food Cluster and the Camp Coordination and Camp Management Cluster  of the Response Pillar.

As s of 10 am today, a total of 1,787 families with 7,776 persons are staying in 31 evacuation centers managed by LGUs.

In Region I, Ilocos Norte has 11 evacuation centers  while Ilocos Sur has one providing temporary shelter to 165 families or 718 persons and 38 families or 133 persons, respectively.

In Region II, Cagayan has 12 evacuation centers serving 306 families or 1,147 persons.

In CAR,  seven evacuation centers are open spread over Abra with two serving 26 families or 68 persons; Benguet with three providing temporary shelter to seven families or 27 persons; and Kalinga with two serving 111 families or 365 persons.

Some 163 damaged houses, of which 25 are totally and 138 are partially damaged in the three ‘Ineng’-hit regions, have been initially reported.

DSWD disaster teams continue to coordinate with their counterparts at the local level to determine other needs of the affected families. ###