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DSWD-8 needs volunteers to pack relief goods
The DSWD E. Visayas field office is preparing 10,000 family food packs to support relief efforts in typhoon-affected areas of Luzon.
The preparation is in response to a request from the National Resource and Logistic Management Bureau's central office.
DSWD will use its existing stockpile of over 20,000 food packs for the relief distribution.
The agency is also replenishing its stock through ongoing repacking at its regional warehouse in Abucay village.
The typhoon-affected areas include regions hit by Super Typhoon Rolly and Typhoon Ulysses, which caused significant damage in Bicol, Cagayan, Isabela, and parts of Metro Manila.
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