The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) called for volunteers to help produce family food packs (FFPs) for the agency’s disaster preparedness and response efforts, including the ongoing relief operations for Kanlaon Volcano-affected citizens in Negros Island.
The DSWD Field Office Central Visayas, which is providing resource augmentation to the local government units (LGUs) affected by Kanlaon Volcano’s restiveness, is urging volunteers to help produce FFPs at the Visayas Disaster Resource Center (VDRC) in Mandaue City, Cebu.
VDRC Officer-In-Charge Jun Eso sounded the call on Sunday. He cited the importance of expanded manpower to sustain the resource augmentation to Kanlaon-hit LGUs as well as the proactive preparation for other disasters and emergencies.
“We actually need more people to help us repack the goods. Thus, we call for more volunteers from either the government or private sector to help fast-track the production of FFPs and increase the stockpile should the worst-case scenario of Mt. Kanlaon occur,” Eso said in a statement.
The VDRC warehouse is located at the Wicker and Vine compound, B. Suico Street, Upper Tingub, Mandaue City. It is the main production hub of the DSWD serving the whole Visayas and Mindanao regions, mandated to maintain at least 100,000 boxes of FFPs a day.
Interested volunteers may contact Anniebelle Diaz (09617211127) for scheduling and related inquiries.
The agency’s main repacking hub, the National Resource Operations Center (NROC) in Pasay City, is also open for volunteers, according to the Facebook post of the National Resource and Logistics Management Bureau (NRLMB) that manages the warehouse.
Those interested in volunteering may contact the DSWD-NROC volunteer team’s Shara Lee (09260612646), Kevin Sanchez (09764803953), and Wea Buranday (09260612646) for scheduling.
“The DSWD repacking center is at the NROC warehouse located along Chapel Road, Barangay 195 in Pasay City,” the NRLMB Facebook post read.
Volunteers are urged to wear comfortable clothes and closed-toe shoes, as well as to bring water bottle containers and their own food.
