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 of World Food Programme (WFP) reported in the recent TS Pablo Inter-Cluster meeting that 75 percent of family food packs came from Department of Social Welfare and Development and WFP, 18 percent from the Local Government Units while 7 percent 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. [DSWD]
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