DSWD: Food packs, augmentation funds in place for ‘Enteng’-affected areas

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<div><ivs-player data-ivs-key="e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603" data-ivs-spid="3001339" data-ivs-vid="3067449"></ivs-player></div><script src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/js/loader.js"></script><p style="margin-bottom:0px;line-height:normal">MANILA — The Department of Social Welfare and Development has prepositioned food packs and has readied augmentation funds to help local government units, it said Monday, as tropical storm Enteng brought heavy rains to southern Luzon and other parts of the island.</p><div style="margin-bottom:0px;line-height:normal;min-height:15px"><br/></div><p style="margin-bottom:0px;line-height:normal">Speaking on ANC’s “Headstart”, DSWD spokesperson Irene Dumlao said the department has prepositioned “more than P970 million in family food packs and non-food items” with local government units across the country.</p><div style="margin-bottom:0px;line-height:normal;min-height:15px"><br/></div><p style="margin-bottom:0px;line-height:normal">A family food pack contains rice, canned sardines, tuna flakes, corned beef, coffee and chocolates and is meant to help feed a family of five for two to three days, she said.</p><div style="margin-bottom:0px;line-height:normal"><br/></div><div style="margin-bottom:0px;line-height:normal"><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/9/2/marikina-river-water-level-hits-first-alarm-as-enteng-lashes-ph-800">RELATED: Marikina River water level hits First Alarm as ‘Enteng’ lashes PH</a></div><div><br/></div><p style="margin-bottom:0px;line-height:normal">These food packs have already been distributed in parts of the Bicol region, which is bearing the brunt of the storm.</p><div style="margin-bottom:0px;line-height:normal;min-height:15px"><br/></div><p style="margin-bottom:0px;line-height:normal">The DSWD can also activate its partnership agreements with private distributors to complement the Family Food Packs already prepared, she said.</p><div style="margin-bottom:0px;line-height:normal;min-height:15px"><br/></div><p style="margin-bottom:0px;line-height:normal">DSWD has also assisted passengers stranded at the Tabaco Port in Albay by providing hot meals for them.</p><div style="margin-bottom:0px;line-height:normal;min-height:15px"><br/></div><p style="margin-bottom:0px;line-height:normal">Field offices are also on standby and are in close coordination with local government units in the region, she said.</p><div style="margin-bottom:0px;line-height:normal"><br/></div><div style="margin-bottom:0px;line-height:normal"><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/regions/2024/9/1/enteng-slows-down-powers-up-over-vinzons-camarines-norte-612">READ: ‘Enteng’ slows down, powers up over Vinzons, Camarines Norte</a></div><div style="margin-bottom:0px;line-height:normal"><br/></div><p style="margin-bottom:0px;line-height:normal">Once the storm has passed, LGUs and the national government will conduct assessments to see what additional assistance residents of storm-affected areas may need, including cash-for-work programs to help with cleanup.</p><div style="margin-bottom:0px;line-height:normal;min-height:15px"><br/></div><p style="margin-bottom:0px;line-height:normal">Emergency cash transfers can also be made available in areas where a state of calamity has been declared, Dumlao said.</p><div style="margin-bottom:0px;line-height:normal;min-height:15px"><br/></div><p style="margin-bottom:0px;line-height:normal">Packing 75 kph winds and gusts of up to 90 kph, the storm was moving west northwestward at 10 kph as of early Monday morning and might make landfall over Isabela or Cagayan by Monday afternoon or evening.</p><div style="margin-bottom:0px;line-height:normal"><br/></div><div style="margin-bottom:0px;line-height:normal"><strong>RELATED VIDEO</strong></div><div style="margin-bottom:0px;line-height:normal"><br/></div><div style="margin-bottom:0px;line-height:normal"><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/MHhqZj0-EBI?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><br/></div><div style="margin-bottom:0px;line-height:normal"><br/></div>

<p>A family food pack contains rice, canned sardines, tuna flakes, corned beef, coffee and chocolates and is meant to help feed a family of five for two to three days.</p>

A family food pack contains rice, canned sardines, tuna flakes, corned beef, coffee and chocolates and is meant to help feed a family of five for two to three days.

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DSWD: Food packs, augmentation funds in place for Enteng-affected areas

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