MORE than 14,000 families remain displaced in the Ilocos (Region I) and Cordillera Administrative regions (CAR) while 115 families are still staying in evacuation centers in Mindanao due to recent earthquake and flash floods, data from the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) showed.
The DSWD- Disaster Response Operations Monitoring and Information Center (DROMIC) said that as of Aug. 14, there were 14,257 families or 49,803 persons still displaced in Regions I and CAR, which include 314 families or 990 persons still staying in nine evacuation centers and 13,943 families or 48,813 persons temporarily staying with their relatives or friends.
Six of the evacuation centers are in CAR with 248 families (771 persons) while three are in Ilocos with 66 families (219 persons).
A total of 37,786 houses were also damaged.
A total of P151.18 million worth of assistance has been provided to the affected families, which include P100.46 million from the DSWD, P27 million from different local government units (LGUs), P16.8 million from non-government organizations (NGOs), and P6.887 million from other private partners.
The DSWD said it still has stockpiles and standby funds amounting to P1.767 billion composed of P830.7 million funds, including P765.5 million Quick Response Fund (QRF), P290 million worth of family food packs (FFPs), and P198 million worth of non-food items (FNIs).
In Mindanao, DSWD-DROMIC monitoring showed that 75 families or 225 persons were taking temporary shelter in an evacuation center in Valencia, Bukidnon while 40 families or 205 persons from barangays in Malungon, Sarangani were staying in an evacuation center due to flash floods brought about by heavy rains caused by the southwest monsoon last Aug. 7 and 9, respectively.
A total of 364 families or 1,451 persons from three barangays in Valencia, Bukidnon had been affected by the flash floods and a total of P201,200 worth of assistance has been provided by the local government unit to the affected families.
The DSWD central office is closely coordinating with its field office in Northern Mindanao (Region X) for significant disaster response updates and needed assistance.
A total of P1.03 billion worth of funds and stockpiles of family food packs (FFPs) and non-food relief items (NFIs) are on standby and ready for distribution.
In Sarangani, the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (PDRRMC) has distributed 25 bags of 25-kilo rice to the affected families.
The Malungon local government provided four sacks of rice, 400 bottles of drinking water, 288 pieces of noodles, 50 pieces of beddings, and 40 sets of hygiene kits while the local barangay of Tamban provided one-and-half sacks of rice, seven sacks of assorted clothes, and 20 pieces of slippers to the affected families.
The DSWD said a total of P1.02 billion worth of funds and stockpiles of family food packs (FFPs) and non-food relief items (NFIs) are on standby and ready for distribution.
In Juban, Sorsogon, 179 families or 602 persons that were previously displaced by the eruption of Bulusan volcano last June were still staying in three evacuation centers as of Aug. 14, DSWD-DROMIC said.
More than P1.69 million worth of aid had been provided to the affected families, with P529,096 coming from the DSWD, P22,090 from the local government units, and P1.142 million from private groups.
The DSWD said it still has P1.767 billion worth of funds and stockpiles composed of Family Food Packs (FFPs) and other non-food items (NFIs) on standby and ready for distribution.
The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS) said Bulusan Volcano remains at Alert Level 1 or the low-level unrest since the June 12 eruption.
A total of 10,707 families or 44,669 persons from 30 barangays in Irosin and Juban in Sorsogon have been affected by the Bulusan Volcano eruption two months ago.
The DSWD had been prepositioning FFPS and NFIs nationwide to ensure immediate aid to the public and in anticipation of disaster and calamities.
