THE town of San Dionisio will be getting P8.2 million in Emergency Shelter Assistance (ESA).
This was assured by DSWD Field Office 6 regional director Rebecca Geamala who personally talked to representatives of the different barangays of the town who flocked at the agency compound early Monday asking for clarification as to when will the release of their ESA.
“Even before you came to our office, we have already scheduled the release of the assistance for your town,” said Geamala, regional director.
Geamala said that the assistance is intended for 828 families whose houses were partially damaged wayback when typhoon Yolanda hit the region in 2013.
She promised that the aid will be released by May 2 through a partnership with the religious group in the town considering that it is election period.
“The delay of the release was because there was a need for us to revalidate the list after receiving reports of those who had totally damaged houses classified under partially damaged and those with partially damaged houses categorized under totally damaged,”said Geamala.
The agency has released P8.2 billion in ESA as of first quarter of 2016.
It has completed the disbursement to all areas covered by the Comprehensive Recovery and Rehabilitation Plan (CRRP) way back in September last year./dswd6/May Grecia-Rago