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Japan donates relief items for quake victims
Posted on 31 October 2013.
Social
Welfare and Development Secretary Corazon Juliano-Soliman, Japanese
Ambassador Toshinao Urabe, and Japan International Cooperation Agency
(JICA) Chief Representative in the Philippines Takahiro Sasaki signed
today the Deed of Donation for the relief items amounting to 38 million
Yen intended for earthquake victims in Bohol.
The relief items include 150 tents, 485
blue sheets, and other materials which can be used for the construction
of temporary shelters for the affected families. DSWD and JICA will
distribute the items over the weekend.
Secretary Soliman thanked the Japanese government saying that the
relief items will address the need for more temporary shelters.
The Japanese government, through their Embassy in the Philippines
and JICA, vowed to continue supporting Bohol’s recovery efforts and
economic development.
JICA, according to Sasaki, will continue to share Japan’s expertise
and resources on earthquake monitoring with the Philippines. ###
Assistance to Zambo evacuees now at P189.5M
Posted on 29 October 2013.
Almost two months after the Zamboanga armed conflict, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has provided a total of P189.5 million worth of relief assistance to the evacuees.
Around P120 million of the said
assistance was in the form of cooked meals which DSWD provided to all
evacuees at the height of the Zamboanga armed conflict. The total
number of cooked meals provided until October 16 totaled to 2,065,236
food packs.
With the rehabilitation phase underway,
DSWD started distributing raw relief goods to the evacuees starting
October 17. The relief packs, distributed every other day, consist of
three kilos of rice, three canned sardines, three cans of corned beef,
sachets of 3-in-1 coffee and five packs of noodles.
As of October 26, the Department
has provided a total of 221,381 family food packs to the affected
families which amounted to P55,347,750.
“Pabaon” packs were also provided to
each family who returned to their homes. To date, around 1,000 families
were given “pabaon” packs which consist nine kilos of rice, 15 cans of
sardines, 10 cans of corned beef, 20 pieces of noodles, and 20 pieces of
3-in-1 coffee.
Aside for the food packs, some P5.1 million of non-food items such as blankets, plastic mats, hygiene kits, kitchen utensils, and mosquito nets, among others were also provided.
As part of the rehabilitation phase,
DSWD is now constructing bunkhouses as temporary shelters of the
evacuees in partnership with the local government unit of Zamboanga, the
Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Engineering Brigade and the
International Organization for Migration (IOM).
Presently, construction for 62
bunkhouses which will house 702 families is underway, priority of which
are the fire victims. The AFP Engineering Brigade is now constructing 21
bunkhouses inside the JFE Sports Complex, while an additional 20
bunkhouses shall be constructed with the IOM.
In partnership with the Habitat for Humanity,
20 more bunkhouses will be constructed at Brgy. Taluksangay intended
for 210 families. Priority families for the said bunkhouses are the
Badjao evacuees.
Secretary Corazon Juliano-Soliman said that the government is “fast-tracking the construction of bunkhouses.”
Despite the immediacy, however, she ensured that the bunkhouses are built in accordance to the standards set by the agencies.
Social protection measures are also being strengthened by the Department in collaboration with partner agencies.
Recently, the United Nations Children
Emergency Fund (UNICEF) held a training for the camp managers of the
different evacuation centers in handling cases of gender based
violence. The Community and Family Services International (CFSI) shared
some strategies in handling cases of children separated from their
families in times of disaster.
A referral system in handling cases on
gender-based violence was also established in the evacuation centers as
an additional measure to protect the women and children evacuees.
To date, 22 evacuation centers remain
open, which caters to the welfare and protection of 9,338 families or
41,863 individuals. In coordination with the city government, DSWD
also provides food packs to 10,678 affected families staying with their
friends or relatives.###
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