The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) continues to assist local government units (LGU)  in responding to the food and other needs of survivors of Typhoon Seniang in the Visayas and Mindanao regions.

In Central Visayas, DSWD-Field Office VII released to Bohol province some 600 boxes or 6,000 tins of assorted canned goods, 4,000 pieces of noodles, and 320 pieces of blankets upon request of the LGU.

Likewise, two metric tons of High Energy Biscuits was sent to the province this morning through chopper.

In CARAGA, the DSWD-Field Office here delivered to typhoon-hit LGUs a total of 4,475 family food packs amounting to P 1,871,982. On December 29, the Field Office also sent 300 food packs to the town of Buenavista in Agusan del Norte.

To date, based on initial assessment of the impact of the typhoon, DSWD disaster teams in affected regions have recorded 23 totally and 51 partially damaged houses in Western Visayas, Northern Mindanao, Davao Region, and CARAGA Region.

DSWD Secretary Corazon Juliano-Soliman said that despite revelries today for the new year celebration, DSWD social workers will continue to be on alert to ensure that the survivors especially the 15,277 families or 65,995 persons still staying in 283 evacuation centers in the affected regions are safe and their immediate basic needs are addressed. ###