The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) said it has allocated a P3-billion standby fund and prepositioned relief stockpiles ready for calamities nationwide this year.
Interviewed over Super Radyo dzBB, Assistant Secretary and spokesperson Irene Dumlao said “this will be used to respond to different requests of calamity-affected local government units (LGUs).”
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More than three million family food packs have already been prepositioned at the DSWD warehouses nationwide, she said.
The agency has also tapped LGUs’ and private organizations’ warehouses to support its calamity response operations.