Twelve out of the 17 worst quake-hit towns in Bohol have already received the two-week worth relief supplies from the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), World Food Programme (WFP) and Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID).

These towns are Antequerra, Balilihan, Buenavista, Carmen, Catigbian, Cortes, Corella, Danao, Inabanga, Sagbayan, San Isidro, and Sevilla.

A total of 41,186 family food packs were distributed to the affected families in these towns. The food packs contain 20 kilograms of rice, 10 cans of sardines, 10 cans of beef loaf, 10 packs of noodles, 10 packs of coffee, and 10 packs of chocolate drink.

Meanwhile, DSWD will complete the delivery of 14,156 food packs to the five remaining towns of Calape, Clarin, Loon, Maribojoc and Tubigon after Typhoon Yolanda.

“We may not be able to deliver the food packs perhaps until Saturday due to Typhoon Yolanda. But we have prepositioned regular food packs in our warehouse in Tagbilaran City and in Tubigon which can be

provided to quake and typhoon-affected families, if the need arises,” DSWD Secretary Corazon Juliano-Soliman said.

The Secretary vowed that relief distribution will continue until such time that the affected families are ready and able to meet their own basic needs. ###