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.
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