HUMANITARIAN aid to communities affected by the easterlies in three Mindanao regions and the continued volcanic unrest in the Negros Island has now reached more than P255.9 million, data from the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) showed.
The agency continued to provide family food packs and non-food relief items even during the Holy Week to those affected by the continuous rain that resulted in flooding in some areas due to Easterlies in the Zamboanga Peninsula, Northern Mindanao and the Davao regions as well as those affected by the Kanlaon volcano unrest in the Western and Central Visayas regions.
Monitoring by the DSWD’s Disaster Response Operations Management, Information, and Communication (DROMIC) as of Sunday showed that more than P204,350 worth of aid had been provided to Region IX (Zamboanga Peninsula), particularly in parts of Dipolog City where three barangays were affected by the continuous rainfall brought by Easterlies that led to flooding.
A total of 335 families or 1,675 persons from Dipolog were affected.
In Region X (Northern Mindanao), continuing heavy rains due to the easterlies resulted in flooding and landslides that have affected the municipalities of Tubod and Sapa, Lanao del Norte; and Kinoguitan in Misamis Oriental.
A total of 2,986 families or 7,785 persons were affected in 21 barangays in Northern Mindanao, which included 50 families or 150 persons who sought temporary shelter in three evacuation centers in Lanao del Norte and 30 families or 100 persons who temporarily stayed with their relatives or friends.
More than P1.5 million worth of assistance was provided by DSWD to the affected families.
In Region XI (Davao), DSWD said 6,188 families or 25,806 persons from 19 barangays in the region were affected by the Easterlies, which brought continuous rain that resulted in flooding and landslides in the municipalities of Mabini in Davao de Oro and Malita in Davao Occidental.
A total of eight families or 29 persons sought temporary shelter in Mawab in Davao de Oro, while 190 families or 529 persons temporarily stayed with their relatives or friends.
DSWD said more than P7.2 million worth of food and non-food aid has been provided to those affected in Region XI.
The DSWD also continued to provide food and non-food aid to the 18,440 families or 68,285 persons from 29 barangays in Regions VI and VII who were affected by the Kanlaon volcano unrest.
There are 2,592 families or 8,280 persons currently taking temporary shelter in 22 evacuation centers and 3,705 families or 11,904 persons who are temporarily staying with their relatives or friends.
A total of P249.7 million worth of assistance was provided to the affected families, which includes P147.4 million worth of aid from DSWD, P30.39 million from local government units, P33.45 million from non-government Organizations (NGOs), and P38.4 million from other private partners.
