The City Government of Davao, through the City Social Welfare and Development (CSWDO), is still accepting donations for those affected by Typhoon Paeng.
The typhoon hit the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) on October 29, affecting 115,437 families (or 572,185 individuals) from 126 barangays and taking dozens of lives.
Davao City has sent out two teams to deliver the first batch of aid and relief goods to Maguindanao and Cotabato City over the weekend. A team of 44 people was deployed to Cotabato City while a team of 90, which will also be assisting in the ongoing search and rescue operations, was sent to Maguindanao.
The teams were made up of social workers, emergency responders, security forces, and medical personnel from the City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office’s Emergency Medical Services, Fire Auxiliary Services, Urban Search and Rescue, City Health Office, City Social Welfare and Development Office, Ancillary Services Unit, City Engineer’s Office, Davao City Police Office, Task Force Davao, and the Office of Civil Defense Region XI.
CSWDO Head Atty. Marlisa Gallo, during a Davao City Disaster Radio program on Wednesday, said the CSWDO is currently coordinating with social workers from the local governments of Cotabato and Maguindanao to determine the aid needed.
“Tan-awon pa nato ni karon kung unsa ang mga request sa atong mga social workers pud didtoa sa Maguindanao (We are waiting for the requests of our social worker counterparts there in Maguindanao),” she said.
Davao City will also deliver psychosocial services to the residents to help them deal with the trauma, Gallo said.
Gallo said basic needs such as food and drinking water are the top priority in aid distribution.
Hygiene kits, toiletries, sleeping materials and medicines are also very much needed.
Gallo said those who wish to donate are encouraged to give the aforementioned essential items which can be dropped off at the CSWDO main building on Pichon Street.
Relief donations can also be dropped at the Task Force Davao Headquarters in Sta. Ana Wharf and at the Rizal Park. CIO
