QUEZON CITY, July 21 -- Over the last five days of continuous relief operations in areas devastated by Typhoon Glenda, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has already provided 41, 642 food packs, 18, 725 additional food items, and 6,345 non-food items in Regions I, III, IV-A, IV-B, V, VIII, and the National Capital Region (NCR).
Social Welfare and Development (SWAD) Teams continue to conduct rapid assessment in typhoon-hit areas to determine the extent of damaged and to identify appropriate interventions to be provided to the affected families, DSWD said in a statement.
DSWD Secretary Corazon Juliano-Soliman assured that there are enough relief goods to augment the resources of the local government units of affected areas.
DSWD Field Offices were provided a total of P56,603,712.11 standby funds which can be used in the purchase of other emergency relief supplies that may be needed by the affected families.
In NCR, the DSWD has turned GRACES, a center for abandoned older persons, as a temporary warehouse where additional goods are stored.
As of 4 am, Sunday ,1,243 evacuation centers remain open providing temporary shelter to 104,607 families or 520,323 individuals.
DSWD said that majority of the evacuees who remain in the evacuation centers are those whose houses were heavily damaged by the typhoon.
As of Sunday, July 20, totally damaged houses has reached 51,199 while those partially damaged houses has totaled to 181,596 with Southern Luzon reporting the most number. These houses were mostly situated along coastal barangays. (DSWD)