Kalinaw News: WestMinCom hauls relief goods for typhoon victims

Posted to Kalinaw News (Dec 20, 2021): WestMinCom hauls relief goods for typhoon victims



Camp Navarro, Calarian, Zamboanga City – December 20, 2021

A navy vessel voyaged at about 2:14 a.m. Monday (December 20) to transport relief goods for the victims of typhoon Odette in Siargao. Basic commodities including 7,000 food packs, blankets, mosquito nets, and bath towels from DSWD-IX were loaded in the Philippine Navy’s BRP Ivatan (LC-298) on December 19.

Troops of the Joint Task Zamboanga picked up the food packs at the DSWD warehouse in Barangay Tetuan, this city Sunday morning, and transported them to Majini pier. Each food pack contains six kilos of rice, four cans of tuna, four cans of corned beef, two cans of sardines, five sachets of coffee, and five sachets of cereal. Also transported were medicines, hygiene kits, face masks, and tents from the Department of Health-Region IX.

The food packs are among the more or less 20 thousand food packs stored by DSWD-IX to meet emergency food requirements in case of calamities and disasters. “We are very thankful to the military for the assistance they provide especially in transporting relief goods to island municipalities,” Atty. Sittie Raifa Pamaloy-Hassan, Regional Director, DSWD-IX said. Currently, other DSWD Regional Offices (Davao and Region XII) are also preparing and coordinating with the AFP Units in their respective areas for the transport of relief goods.

“We, the armed forces in coordination with DSWD and other stakeholders, are currently doing our best to be able to help in all ways possible,” Lt. Gen. Alfredo Rosario, Jr., Commander of Western Mindanao Command said. “Military units deployed in affected areas are also directly involved in the different disaster responses organized by the local and national government by facilitating and supporting the distribution of relief, rescue operations, and clearing of affected areas”.

It can be recalled that a trail of destruction in parts of Mindanao and the Visayas was left following the onslaught of Typhoon Odette, a severe tropical depression that hit the Philippine Area of Responsibility from December 14 to 18.

“Our Bayanihan spirit lives on especially during this time when most of our Kababayans in the Visayas and here in Mindanao are affected by the 15th storm that hit the country this year,” Lt. Gen. Rosario, Jr. further stated. “Let us pray for our fellow Filipinos, especially those in the worst-affected areas, that our Redeemer will grant them enough strength to move forward”.

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