THE Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Field Office 6 assured the public that is has more than enough stockpile to respond to El Nino victims.
“We have a 50-000 stockpile of food packs ready to augment the Local Government Units (LGUs) ,” said Rebecca P. Geamala, regional director.
Geamala has activated earlier the Quick Response Team (QRT) of the agency after provinces have declared their areas under a State of Calamity brought by El Nino.
She said that the regional office maintains a ready stockpile all the time so as not to be caught flat-footed when disaster strikes.
Considering that it is still election period, Geamala said that the agency “will be tapping the help of churches in the distribution of goods.”/dswd6/May Grecia-Rago