Wednesday, December 23, 2015

DSWD deplores assault on humanitarian workers of the government

From the Philippine News Agency (Dec 23): DSWD deplores assault on humanitarian workers of the government
 
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has urged the perpetrators of the recent ambush of military convoys on their way to deliver relief assistance to Northern Samar to respect and uphold the impartiality and independence of humanitarian workers of the government.

“This is an assault on the humanitarian efforts of the government, which usually come at a time when our countrymen are in dire need of immediate assistance,” said DSWD Secretary Corazon J. Soliman.

According to her, the ambush perpetrators should understand that they should not be hampering the efforts of the humanitarian workers who were supposed to carry more than 270,000 GI sheets for distribution to families whose houses were damaged by typhoon "Nona" last week.

Despite the recent unfortunate incident, however, she assured that the DSWD will be doing everything to ensure that the conduct of relief operations among the countrymen in disaster-affected areas will continue.

Soliman visited Northern Samar together with President Benigno S. Aquino III on Wednesday to distribute relief goods and corrugated galvanized iron (CGI) sheets among families whose houses were partially and totally damaged by the typhoon.

They also wanted to personally assess the actual damages and determine what else can be done to ensure that the affected residents can immediately move toward recovery and that government assistance is truly felt.

http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=1&sid=&nid=1&rid=840901

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