DSWD on high alert for ‘Egay’
SOCIAL Welfare and Development Secretary Rex Gatchalian has directed all concerned regional directors to be on high alert for the possible effects of Tropical Storm Egay.
This after the PAGASA has forecasted it becoming a super typhoon in the coming days.
Gatchalian specifically ordered the DSWD regional field offices to closely coordinate with their respective local government units (LGUs) for the provision of relief goods for families and individuals who will be affected by TS Egay.
Based on the latest Disaster Response Operations Monitoring and Information Center (DROMIC) report, the DSWD has already prepositioned more than 1.14 million family food packs (FFPs) and over Php1.12 billion worth of non-food and other food items nationwide.
“A total of P1.73 million standby funds are also available in the DSWD Central Office and Field Offices (FOs),” the Disaster Response and Management Group (DRMG) reported to Secretary Gatchalian.
The National Resource and Logistics Management Bureau (NRLMB), the DSWD’s logistics arm under the DRMG, ensured the replenishment and availability of FNIs for resource augmentation to the various regional offices.
“As instructed by President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., there are adequate food and non-food items (FNIs) prepositioned in the DSWD FOs nationwide, ready for distribution as augmentation support to the LGUs if the need arises. This will ensure immediate delivery of services to the affected population,” the DSWD said.
