The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has joined international partners in a multi-donor support mission in areas hardest hit by the series of typhoons in Bicol in 2024.
Assistant Secretary Irene Dumlao of the agency’s Disaster Response Management Group, along with regional director Norman Laurio of the Field Office5~Bicol, accompaned the dignitaries from the Embassies of Australia, Canada, Republic of Korea. and the United Kingdom as well as officials of the United Nation Children’s Fund and World Food Programm in their two-day mission on March 26 to March 27 in Albay.
“We are grateful to our international partners for holding this mission to help the people of Albay recover from the devastating impacts of severe tropical storm “Kristine‚” and super typhoon “Pepito.” This mission is a good opportunity to learn from each other to improve our delivery of social protection programs during disasters, as well as to help build the resilience of poor communities from environmental shocks,” she said on Sunday.