Pasay City – As more Typhoon Yolanda evacuees from Eastern Visayas continue to arrive at the Villamor Airbase via C-130 planes, social workers from both the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) and the city not only continue to provide for the basic needs of the victims but also their emotional needs, especially the children’s.

At the tent city here, social workers have been conducting play therapy sessions for the children-evacuees since the weekend.

The DSWD encourages the conduct of play therapy to help them cope with their traumatic experience. Reading and story telling sessions are also held for them.

Earlier, DSWD and city local government have partnered for the setting up of a tent city at the Villamor Airbase Elementary School. Fifty tents were set up with 200 beds.

Some  14 families or 42 individuals are currently staying at the tent city.

The tent city became the drop-off point of evacuees who are waiting for their loved ones or who do not have relatives to go home to. DSWD and DSWD- accredited non-government organizations (NGOs) also opened their facilities for them.

As of November 25, some 3,841 family-evacuees or 15,554 individuals have already arrived at the airbase.

Transportation, food, medical, temporary shelter and psycho-social services also continue to be provided in coordination with other government agencies, NGOs and volunteers at the operations center here.

DSWD said that 2,792  family food packs were already distributed to the families who have gone to their relatives residing in Metro Manila and other provinces in Luzon.  # # #