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DSWD Visayas disaster center sends 15K food packs to Bicol
The DSWD has prepared 15,000 family food packs worth P6.57 million for distribution in Bicol, sent from the Visayas Disaster Resource Center.
These food packs, containing rice, canned goods, and powdered drinks, are part of the DSWD's continuous augmentation support to typhoon-affected LGUs.
The DSWD also has a P3 million standby fund and P15 million allocated for welfare goods, along with substantial reserves of NFA rice, canned goods, coffee, tents, sleeping kits, hygiene kits, and blankets.
Typhoon Ulysses has affected 121,152 families across six provinces, 88 cities and municipalities, and 1,312 barangays.
DSWD Secretary Rolando Bautista personally led the distribution of food packs to 500 families in Sta. Cruz, Laguna, where many residents remain in evacuation centers due to severe flooding.
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