DSWD-7 delivers over P1 million aid to Lapu-Lapu fire victims

CEBU, Philippines —  The Department of Social Welfare and Development-7 has delivered more than P1 million worth of assistance to families affected by the two fires in Lapu-Lapu City.

DSWD-7 provided P891,135.50 worth of assistance to the 167 families composed of 486 individuals affected by the fire in barangay Ibo on January 16, 2023.

The assistance includes family food packs, family clothing, hygiene kits, kitchen kits, sleeping kits, and laminated sacs.

While 26 affected families of the January 18, 2023 fire that devastated Purok Super Sunlight in Barangay Babag also received a total of P134,552 from DSWD.

The affected residents from barangay Babag likewise received family food packs, hygiene kits, and kitchen kits.

The city government of Lapu-Lapu has also provided hot meals, bottled water, modular tents with insulation foams, beds, portalets, non-food items including hygiene kits, food packs, medical assistance and facilitated play therapy for the children.

Various agencies such as the Department of Public Works and Highways, the Philippine Air Force, the City Investigation and Detection Group as well as the Philippine Red Cross, and a non-government organization also extended help.

All the affected families are temporarily sheltered at Ibo Gymnasium.

The DSWD-7 City Action Team in Lapu-Lapu City also assisted in managing both evacuation camps, monitoring the living conditions of the internally displaced families, and gathering data for submission to the Disaster Response Management Division for the Disaster Response Operations Monitoring and Information Center (DROMIC) Report.

The DROMIC Report reflects data on monitored incidents and may serve as the basis for the augmentation of support and delivery of relief items to disaster-affected areas by various sectors such as the national government, local and international organizations, and private institutions. — FPL (FREEMAN)