Davao City, April 18: A total of 230,000 typhoon-affected families received nearly 1.6 million food packs and other vital food assistance from the national government, local government units, the World Food Program and other United Nations groups and non-government organization, since the relief and rehabilitation started for the typhoon Pablo devastated areas in the region.
Beatrice Tapawan, Program Officer, World Food Programme (WFP in the recent TS Pablo Inter-Cluster meeting reported that 75% of family food packs came from Department of Social Welfare and Development and WFP, 18% from the Local Government Units while 7% was the share of other United Nations groups and international NGOs.
She said that for the Emergency School Feeding, almost 80,000 school children in 260 schools received hot and nutritious meals each day.
“The food and non-food cluster on TS Pablo has established four humanitarian hubs, transported cargo from 30 planes, deployed 1,200 trucks and delivered over 25,000 metric tons of food and non-food items,” Tapawan said
She said that through the Food for Work and Food for Training as well as Cash For Work and Cash for Training, the cluster carried out more than 200 projects with over 58,000 participants thus ensuring food security and spurring early recovery.
Tapawan said that among the projects undertaken are shelter construction, vegetable production, mud crab production and banca production.
“The cluster aims to link these livelihood ventures with government-led programs to ensure sustainability,” she said.
Tapawan said that rice production was initiated in agricultural rehabilitation, spanning 450 hectares and conversion of 280 hectares banana farms.
Rebecca Santamaria of the DSWD Protective Services Unit shared that family kits, hygiene kits, school supplies, used clothing, plastic mats, tarpaulins, solar panels, solar lanterns, chainsaws, generators and large tents measuring 10 x 24 and 10 x 32 meters used as hubs were among the non-food items provided to the affected families.
She said some of the generators will be turned over to the local government units, Incident Command Posts or to the Neighbourhood Association for Shelter Assistance while the wiikhalls will be handed down to DSWD and provincial LGUs.
The Food and Non-Food Cluster is composed of DSWD, provincial and municipal LGUs, WFP, International Committee of the Red Cross, ADRA, World Vision, International Organization for Migration and other national and international humanitarian groups. DSWD
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