The Department of Social Welfare and Development has a national stockpile of 1.3 million family food packs to augment the needs of local government units still recovering from the effects of previous storms and those that may be affected by Super Typhoon “Pepito.”
“We maintain a 1.3 million stockpile of FFPs nationwide. We’re not dropping that. Then we’re now utilizing two supply lines. Simultaneously, we’re producing from Central Luzon, Pasay City, and Cebu,” DSWD Secretary Rex Gatchalian said.
“We’re already getting our suppliers delivered to us prepacked. So while we’re producing, we’re also receiving prepacked levels,” he said.
Gatchalian said the agency is enhancing its repacking efforts while procuring prepacked food packs to expedite preparations for “Pepito.”
He said the first supply chain focuses on improving the production capabilities and processes at the DSWD’s National Resource Operations Center (NROC) in Pasay City, the Visayas Disaster Resource Center (VDRC) in Cebu, and various warehouse and storage facilities across the 16 DSWD Field Offices.
According to Gatchalian, this system was fully activated at the DSWD Central Luzon hub in San Simon, Pampanga to accelerate relief support for families affected by Typhoon “Kristine” and for previous storms that impacted northern Luzon.
Gatchalian said the second supply chain involves collaborations with the private sector to meet the needs of families in various disaster-stricken areas.
