CSWD, 1st CAV extend relief goods to fire victims

From the Philippine Information Agency (Aug 2): CSWD, 1st CAV extend relief goods to fire victims

PAGADIAN CITY–The City Social Welfare and Development Office (CSWDO) in partnership with the 1st Cavalry (Tagapanguna) Squadron, Mechanized Infantry Division, Philippine Army recently distributed relief goods to fire victims who are temporarily housed at San Pedro Elementary School here.

Social Welfare Officer Robino Avila said the activity was a continuation of the city government’s assistance to the victims of the June 1, 2015 fire in Barangay San Pedro in this city.

Avila said the 1st Cavalry Squadron under the leadership of Lt. Col. Charlemagne Batayola Jr. had agreed to “extend assistance to the victims to help them recover from their losses.”  

“The CSWD gives relief goods to 45 families, such as: sleeping mats, mosquito nets, and cookware, while the 1st CAV donated sardines, noodles and rice,” Avila reported.

Conchita Lacsado, Remedios Montellano, and Adelfa Bayta were among the fire victims who patiently waited for the relief goods from CSWD and 1st Cavalry Squadron.

“Daghang salamat sa mga donors ning mga relief goods.  Wala koy mga kasangkapan sa kusina nga magamit sa akong pagdung-ag tungod kay nahurot kasunog akong balay. Nanghulam na lang ko kaldero sa akong manghod aron magamit sa akong paglung-ag,” Lacsado said. (Thank you to the donors of these relief goods. I don’t have kitchen utensils to use in cooking because my home was razed by fire. I even borrowed cooking pot from my younger sister to cook my food.)

Remedios Montellano, 48, of Purok Masanagon also expressed his gratitude to the government for attending to them.

However, some of the fire victims have yet to receive their P30 thousand assistance from the Department of Social and Welfare and Development. 

 http://news.pia.gov.ph/article/view/1371438308690/cswd-1st-cav-extend-relief-goods-to-fire-victims