The DSWD6 has already released P44 million worth of relief goods for typhoon Yolanda victims in Western Visayas.
The agency has prioritized hardest hit Iloilo Province, particularly the Northern part, with 60,491 family packs amounting to P15.8 million; followed by Capiz with P10.9 million equivalent to 41,971 packs; Antique with P5.2 million with 2,002 packs; Aklan with P4.8 million or 18,650 packs; Negros Occidental, P7.7 million or 29,706 packs; and Guimaras, P68,085 or 85 packs.
The number of released packs doubled after the department has added two more repacking sites to hasten the preparation and distribution of relief aid to typhoon victims.
Aside from the DSWD compound in Molo, Iloilo City, satellite repacking centers at Iloilo Sports Complex, Lapaz District, Iloilo City and Barotac Viejo, Iloilo Gymnasium were set up to fast track delivery of relief goods, said DSWD regional director Ma. Evelyn Macapobre.
As of 6p.m. of November 17, 2013, DSWD has monitored 78,909 families still inside 1,952 evacuation centers in Region 6. Most of them are in Iloilo and Capiz with 51,844 and 23,206 families respectively./dswd6/May Rago-Castillo