DSWD-NorMin, Army continue relief aid to 'Odette' survivors

From the Philippine News Agency (Mar 9, 2022): DSWD-NorMin, Army continue relief aid to 'Odette' survivors (By Nef Luczon)

EXTENDED HELP. Personnel from the Department of Social Welfare and Development in Northern Mindanao (DSWD-10) on Wednesday (March 9, 2022) continue giving relief aid to the survivors of last year's Typhoon Odette in Mindanao and the Visayas. The Army's 4th Infantry Division and its partner groups also continuously carries out relief operations to the typhoon-devastated areas in Mindanao and the Visayas. (Photo courtesy of DSWD-10)

The Department of Social Welfare and Development - Northern Mindanao (DSWD-10) and the Army's 4th Infantry Division (4ID) have continued sending relief packs to the survivors of last year's Typhoon Odette in parts of Mindanao and the Visayas.

In a statement Wednesday, Roshiel M. Galia, DSWD-10 information officer, said their agency has provided a total of 28,773 family food packs (FFPs) and 9,383 non-food items that include family kits, hygiene kits, and sleeping kits to the typhoon victims.

A box of family food packs can sustain a family of five to six members for two to three days.

She said the agency's regional resource operations section has also extended help to the people in Caraga who were devastated by the storm.

"The DSWD-Field Office - Caraga received a total of 900 non-food Items (family tents, modular tents, and laminated sacks) which served as temporary shelters for the families who had lost their houses," Galia said.

Meanwhile, troopers from the Army’s 42nd Civil-Military Operations Company under the 4th Civil-Military Operations Battalion have joined with the 30th Infantry Battalion in facilitating the humanitarian assistance and disaster response operations in Caraga to assist the survivors.

The troops led the distribution of assorted relief goods to 500 households from Barangay Quezon, Barangay Mapawa and Barangay Cabongbongan, all in Surigao City; and Barangay Salvacion in Taganaan, Surigao del Norte, on March 2.

The relief goods were donated by the Armed Forces of the Philippines Finance Center.

In the aftermath of Odette, the Army’s 4th Infantry Division (ID), in partnership with the Regional Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict - Northern Mindanao, launched the #BangonVisMin Typhoon Odette Donation Drive, to help the affected communities.

The people positively responded to the call as manifested by the outpouring of donations from various groups.

Maj. Gen. Wilbur C Mamawag, the 4ID commander, said they will work closely with partner stakeholders to uplift the condition of the typhoon-affected families in Mindanao and the Visayas.

"Even as we continue to perform our primary task of protecting the people and securing the land from threats of the remaining members of the Communist Terrorist Group (CTG)," he said in a statement.

https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1169406