Potable water needed in Davao de Oro’s evacuation centers

TheBureau of Fire Protection-Davao (BFP-Davao), Davao City Water District (DCWD), and Davao City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (CDRRMO) are closely coordinating the supply of drinking water at the evacuation centers in Davao de Oro.

The Camp Coordination and Camp Management Cluster identified nine evacuation centers in Davao de Oro: five in Maco, three in Nabunturan, and one in New Bataan, which need potable water.

The Regional Disaster Risk

Reduction and Management Council (RDRRMC) reported that drinking water is what the quake victims being housed in the evacuation centers need most today.

Based on the report of RDRRMC as of 7 a.m. of Sunday, March 12, 2023, there are 70 quake-affected barangays in Davao de Oro with 6,720 families or 31,120 individuals. Of the total number families, 1,826 families or 7,923 individuals are housed at the evacuation centers.

Relief assistance from other provinces and cities continues to arrive in the earthquake-stricken municipalities in Davao de Oro.

The regional office of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD 11) distributed relief goods over the weekend to the people of Sitio Kilabot in Barangay Ngan, Compostela, and Barangay Prosperidad, Montevista.

Last week, DSWD Secretary Rex Gatchalian, together with Governor Dorothy Gonzaga, among other officials, led the distribution of financial and food aid to affected families in several barangays in Andap, New Bataan;