Shear-line affected families received 10K food packs

By Connie Calipay

LEGAZPI CITY --- The Department of Social Welfare and Development in Bicol (DSWD-5) has distributed 10,000 family food packs (FFPs) to residents of Catanduanes affected by the shear line and Tropical Storm Ada earlier this month.

DSWD-5 Disaster Response Management Division chief Claudio Villareal said in an interview on Thursday that aside from Catanduanes, family food packs were also being distributed to Camarines Sur residents.

Villareal said the Bicol office now has 140,785 FFPs ready for augmentation, supported by 16,200 FFPs from the Visayas Disaster Resource Center.

Affected families, including those near Mayon, are also being enrolled in the cash-for-work program, targeting 1,323 beneficiaries at PHP435 a day, while 79,000 families impacted by the shear line will also benefit.

The program’s budget is PHP17.26 million. (PNA)