MORE than  P22 million worth of relief goods have been distributed to disaster survivors of typhoon Yolanda in Western Visayas.
Evelyn B. Macapobre, Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD-6) regional director said that 86,100 family packs have been distributed as of 12 noon of November 16. The family packs amounted to PP22,578,500.

Of the 86,100 family packs, 30,809 family packs were distributed to the different municipalities in the province of Iloilo particularly in the northern part.  Deliveries of family packs to the island barangays in the towns of Carles and Concepcion were being done by military helicopters and motorboats from the island-province of Guimaras.

The regional director is constantly monitoring the reports from the different local government units to address the immediate needs of the disaster survivors particularly those in the island barangays in the northern part of Iloilo.

Macapobre also called for more volunteers to repack relief goods to accelerate the delivery to the disaster survivors.  Currently, there are two repacking stations here, at the DSWD regional office and at the Iloilo Sports Complex covered gym.

The P22.5 million relief assistance is apart from the P3,886,769 donations received by the social welfare office from the Department of Agriculture regional office, 13 organizations and 193 private individuals for the typhoon affected families.

Of the P3,886,769 donations,  P3,580,000 is from the agriculture department. The donation was in form of goods such as eggs, sardines, noodles and well-milled rice.

Cong. Jerry Trenas, who was appointed by Malacanang as point person for relief operations in Panay is constantly monitoring the relief operation. (DSWD6/Maricar M. Calubiran)