Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Undersecretary for Disaster Response Management Group (DRMG) Diana Rose S. Cajipe, MD, FPOGS, together with the concurrent director of National Response and Logistics Management Bureau (NRLMB) Leo L. Quintilla, leads the agency’s Volunteers and Partners Recognition Day at the SM Sucat Events Center on Thursday (December 21).

On its 4th year, the event aims to recognize the efforts and support provided by the different volunteer-individuals, groups, and agencies to increase the capacity of the DSWD in providing immediate relief assistance to the most vulnerable and disadvantaged population during disasters and other emergencies.

Receiving their Plaques of Recognition from Usec. Cajipe and Director Quintilla are Marga Lera, Corporate Communications Manager of Cebu Pacific Air Philippines; Israelita Ferrer-Lequin, RSW, Agency Head of PhilSeven Foundation Inc.; Marie Angeles, Executive Director of Ronald McDonald House Charities of the Philippines, Inc.; and Carlos Joseph Feria, Programme Policy Officer (Training) Emergency Preparedness and Response of the United Nations World Food Programme.

Other volunteer-partners of the DSWD include the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG), Philippine National Police (PNP), Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP), Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP), Philippine Army (PA), Philippine Navy (PN), Philippine Air Force (PAF), Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA), Jollibee Group Foundation, Member Church of God International (MCGI), City of Dreams, TYTANA Colleges, and Barangays 193 and 195 of Pasay City.

Also in the recognition ceremony are NRLMB personnel Engr. Irish Flor Yaranon, Chief Administrative Officer and Mark Poul Agner, OIC-Division Chief of Resource Management.#