The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has provided humanitarian aid amounting to P7,102,442 to families affected by last Friday’s fire in Barangay Pinyahan, Quezon City that left about 4,000 families homeless.
DSWD Assistant Secretary Irene Dumlao said the agency immediately delivered 1,000 sleeping kits and 1,000 ready-to-eat food packs upon the request of the Quezon City government.
Follow-up assistance on March 8 included 1,000 family food packs, 954 ready-to-eat food packs, 900 kitchen kits, and 1,000 hygiene kits distributed to evacuation centers.
As of 11 p.m. on March 9, some 2,775 families or 8,289 individuals remain in evacuation centers, with the largest number staying at Barangay Pinyahan Hall and Pinyahan Elementary School.
The DSWD also deployed a mobile kitchen to serve hot meals to displaced residents. Authorities reported 488 houses were totally destroyed in the fire.
