THE families affected by El Nino received P5.5 million-worth of food packs.
Records of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Field Office 6 shows that a total of 15,292 food packs were distributeed to10,992 families.
“We have been responding to victims of El Nino since the last quarter of 2015. We also assure that DSWD is here to augment the resources of the Local Government Units (LGUs) should they express the need for it,” said Rebecca P. Geamala, regional director.
Based on records, the food packs were released to the municipalities of Ivisan, Panay, Roxas City, Pontevedra, Pilar and Sapian, all in Capiz province.
Each food pack contains six kilos of rice and 15 assorted canned goods.
“We have a stockpile of 50,000 food packs to readily respond to the LGUs,” said Geamala./dswd6/May Grecia-Rago