A man carries a DSWD family food pack at the Oval Plaza in General Santos City during the relief distribution for around 4,000 residents and workers displaced by the magnitude 7.8 earthquake. Photo by Guia A. Rebollido
MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has released a total of P124,946,118.48 in humanitarian assistance for communities affected by the magnitude 7.8 earthquake that struck Mindanao last week, the agency said Monday.
In a teleconference briefing, DSWD Disaster Response Management Bureau Director Maria Isabel Lanada reported that as of 6 a.m. on June 15, the agency had distributed 125,242 family food packs, 7,428 ready-to-eat food items, and 6,990 non-food relief items to affected residents.
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