The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) announced that as of September 28, the department has already provided more than P22.7 million worth of food and non-food items (FNIs) as resource augmentation to concerned local government units (LGUs).

Through its field offices, the department also provided cash assistance amounting to a total of P2,730,000.00 under the Assistance to Individuals in Crisis Situation (AICS).

Of this amount, financial assistance worth P5,000 was given to each of the 475 families in the province of Aurora and 69 families in Quezon Province with partially-damaged houses; and P10,000 to one household that was totally damaged in Kabayan, Benguet.
They has also airlifted and delivered family food packs (FFPs) and other relief items to hard-to-reach areas in Quezon Province and other remote communities affected by the typhoon.

As of now, more than P103.01 million Quick Response Fund (QRF) at the DSWD Central Office, P43.08M at DSWD Field Offices (FOs) I, II, III, Calabarzon, Mimaropa, V, NCR, CAR, and P40.33 million in other DSWD FOs are still available to support the department's relief operations for the typhoon-affected LGU. (Cherk Balagtas)