Relief assistance to Nona’s survivors in Mimaropa reach more than Php 9-M

QUEZON CITY, December 20 (PIA) --- The Department of Social Welfare and Development – Mimaropa reported on Saturday more than Php 9-M  (as of  3 pm, December 19) worth of relief assistance has been provided to survivors of Typhoon Nona in the region.

Half of the amount is the cost of family food packs distributed by local government units while the other half were fund augmented by the National Government.

Non-government organizations donated food packs worth Php 50,080.   

Since December 13, DSWD-Mimaropa, as well as the rest of the agency members of the Mimaropa Regional Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council, has been monitoring Typhoon Nona.

Food packs were prepositioned in various parts of the region to serve far and isolated barangays also known as Geographically Isolated Depressed Areas.

For instance, DSWD-Palawan and the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office collaborated in the stock piling of relief goods in Coron-Busuanga Area.

Based on its monitoring, DSWD-Mimaropa reported that Oriental Mindoro  continues to operate 113 evacuation centers serving 4, 985 families or 20, 567 individuals.

In terms of damaged houses, Oriental Mindoro the highest number in the region: 20,314 (totally damaged) and 17,842 (partially damaged).

DSWD Mimaropa’s Quick Response Team is monitoring and validating data received in the field for further resource augmentation on a 24 hour basis. (LP)