NorMin agencies, groups continue relief ops for ‘Odette’ victims
RELIEF DISTRIBUTION. The team from the Department of Public Works and Highways in Northern Mindanao (DPWH10) unloads relief packs in Surigao City on Tuesday (Jan. 4, 2022). The packs were donated by different groups and organizations from the Northern Mindanao region. (Photo courtesy of DPWH-10)
Government agencies and private organizations in the Northern Mindanao Region on Tuesday continued to conduct relief operations in communities affected by Typhoon Odette that hit parts of the Visayas and Mindanao last month. In a Facebook post on Tuesday, the Department of Public Works and Highways in Northern Mindanao (DPWH10), along with civic organizations, distributed relief packs to 1,145 families in Surigao City. In a statement, the DPWH-
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10 received an instruction from Secretary Roger Mercado to extend immediate assistance to the survivors, which has now been dubbed as “Tabangan ta ‘Kaw Surigao”. “The relief operations were coordinated with the Barangay Government Units (BGUs) which were greatly affected by the typhoon, particularly, Barangay Rizal and Barangay San Juan in Surigao City. They have lost homes, livelihoods, and other necessities,” the statement said.
The agency has pooled its resources through various district engineering offices in Bukidnon and Lanao del Norte. It also received donations from the District Engineers’ League of the Philippines (DELP), Inc., and the Philippine Institute of Civil Engineers (PICE) – Iligan Bay Lanao del Norte Chapters. Bags of rice The National Food Authority (NFA-10) also shipped a total of 4,499 bags to NFA-7 to replenish Caraga INFOCUS
