DSWD Central Visayas provides aid
Lucero said the DSWD Field Office provided the assistance following request by both LGUs for resource augmentation to ensure that the affected families can immediately resume their normal lives

Lucero said the DSWD Field Office provided the assistance following request by both LGUs for resource augmentation to ensure that the affected families can immediately resume their normal lives

The Department of Social Welfare and Development on Sunday announced that its Field Office in Central Visayas has continued coordination with concerned local government units in the region for the monitoring and provision of appropriate interventions to families affected by flooding incidents and other emergencies that occurred in the last quarter of 2023.
On the flooding incidents due to localized thunderstorms that occurred in September 2023 in Compostela and Danao City in Cebu province, the DSWD Field Office-7 has provided a total of P223,462 worth of humanitarian assistance to the affected families.
In her 11 January terminal report to DSWD-Disaster Response and Management Group Undersecretary Diana Rose Cajipe, DSWD-Field Office-7 regional director Shalaine Marie Lucero said the assistance extended to the 632 families or 2,666 individuals affected by the weather disturbance in both towns included 231 family food packs and 16 sets of hygiene, sleeping and family kits.
The DSWD regional director also mentioned that the concerned LGUs assisted their own constituents providing them with food and rice packs, canned goods, and cash aid to those whose houses were totally and partially damaged by the flooding incidents.
Lucero added that the DSWD Field Office provided the assistance following request by both LGUs for resource augmentation to ensure that the affected families can immediately resume their normal lives.
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