DSWD gives food packs to Central Visayas LGUs

CEBU, Philippines —  The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD)-7  has released a total of 99,256 family food packs to 71 local government units (LGU) equivalent to P39.1 million worth of relief assistance.

The DSWD-7, in a statement, said that among those who received the family food packs are 3,400 stranded individuals from the different provinces and regions, including students and displaced workers.

This is part of the relief augmentation effort of the national government during the community quarantine against the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).

Each family food pack contains six kilos of rice, four canned sardines, four canned meat and six sachets 3-in-1 coffee, which is good for two days for at least five members in a family.

DSWD-7’s warehouses located in the provinces of Cebu, Bohol and Negros Oriental are continuously repacking family food packs together with DSWD-7 staff and 35 Pantawid Pamilyang Program Program (4Ps) partner-beneficiaries. The 35 4Ps beneficiaries will receive a minimum daily wage through the cash-for-work program of the department.

The volunteer groups who help in the repacking of relief goods include the Philippine National Police (PNP), Philippine Coast Guard (PCG), Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), Bohol Island State University (BISU) and the Philippine Maritime Institute through their Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) from Dauis, Bohol.

As of May 20, the DSWD-7 has a stockpile of 27,051 family food packs.

Meanwhile, the DSWD-7 received a total of P76,170 worth of donations which include food items from McDonalds, Starbucks, Waterfront Cebu City Hotel and Casino, Jollibee and Miggab Eatery provided to the volunteers at the regional warehouse in Cebu, alcohol from IPI Foundation, Inc. and thermal scanners, face masks and alcohol from Tzu Chi Foundation. GAN (FREEMAN)