Repacking at the National Resource Operations Center  (NROC) in Pasay City continues to meet the food needs of survivors in CALABARZON and MIMAROPA where Typhoon Ruby also made a landfall.

As of press time, NROC released some 5,000 food packs for Region IV-A.

Two wing vans and one flatbed truck from the  Land Transportation and Franchising Regulatory Board (LTFRB) and Office of Civil Defense (OCD)  transported the food packs to the province of Cavite for distribution to affected families in Bacoor City, Cavite City, Kawit, Noveleta, Rosario, and Ternate.

Another 1,789 food packs for Quezon Province will be picked up today for the towns of  Dolores, San Antonio, and Candelaria.

For MIMAROPA, NROC also released 10,800 food packs today. Two wing vans from World Food Programme (WFP) and four trucks from LTFRB transported these to Oriental Mindoro, Occidental Mindoro, Romblon, Culion, Palawan, and Marinduque.

On top of these,  6,800 food packs for the Region  are already prepared for loading. Ten trucks will  transport these today to the MIMARIPA relief hub in Batangas.

Volunteers

DSWD is able to deliver enough relief goods to typhoon-affected areas on time because of the help of volunteers who continue to troop to NROC to help repack goods.

From 7am to 12 noon today, some  417 volunteers have arrived to help in repacking.

Since DSWD made the call for volunteers on Sunday, some 1,766 volunteers have rendered their invaluable service.

“Thank you to all the volunteers in NROC  and in the Cebu Hub at the Cebu International Convention Center and Sacred Heart Gymnasium. As always, you never failed us,”  DSWD Secretary Corazon Juliano-Soliman said. ###