Philippine Red Cross (PRC) Chairman and CEO Richard Gordon (3rd from right) shares pleasantries with a beneficiary of ‘Odette’ humanitarian assistance.
PRC continues to help Odette-affected areas in Bohol, Cebu
MORE than eight months after Typhoon “Odette” (international name: Rai) struck the Philippines, the Philippine Red Cross (PRC), in partnership with the American Red Cross and International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), provided cash and emergency shelter assistance to 4,856 families from 19 barangays in Bohol, Cebu province, and Lapu-Lapu City, Cebu, September 6, 2022.
Six hundred seven families received P5,000 cash assistance, while 4,249 families were provided CGI (corrugated galvanized iron) sheets and shelter tool kits worth P9,600.
The total value of humanitarian aid distributed amounted to P43.825 million. The distribution last Tuesday is part of the more than P455 million humanitarian and development assistance the PRC has allocated to families affected by Typhoon “Odette” and other calamities that affected Mindanao and Visayas from December 2021 to September 2022.
“Katulad ng sinabi ko sa simula ng 2022, hindi natin kakalimutan ang Typhoon ‘Odette’. Kaya nandito pa rin ang Red Cross para sa mga pamilyang lubos na naapektuhan, hanggang sila ay makabawi mula sa mga epekto ng ‘Odette’. Sabi nga ng Philippine Red Cross hymn, ‘When the world no longer watches, we do what must be done,’” Gordon emphasized.
Other partners of the PRC in these activities are the German Red Cross, the Spanish Red Cross, and the European Union (EU). PRC’s cash, emergency shelter, and livelihood assistance distribution also covers Southern Leyte, Leyte, Palawan, Negros Oriental, Negros Occidental, Dinagat Islands, Siargao, Surigao del Norte, Maguindanao, and Lanao del Sur.
