DSWD, tiniyak na may sapat na pondo para sa mga kalamidad

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DSWD, tiniyak na may sapat na pondo para sa mga kalamidad
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00:00 Meanwhile, the Department of Social Welfare and Development has confirmed that they have enough funds for the next calamities that may hit the country.
00:09 Ryan Leziguez has more.
00:13 To the houses that were destroyed, completely destroyed houses, there is emergency support that will be done by the Human Settlements and the NHA to help them.
00:30 There is assistance and they will also build houses.
00:33 Housing repair assistance and emergency support. This is what President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. promised to the residents of the destroyed houses because of the recent typhoons and floods.
00:45 That's why the Department of Social Welfare and Development is also concerned about the loss of homes.
00:53 This is our big concern. President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. mentioned this when he visited affected areas during the typhoon.
01:04 This is the concentration of the families that we want to help with our emergency cash transfer, cash for work and assistance that is available.
01:16 According to the Social Welfare Department, the affected houses have reached 60,000.
01:24 In total, the DSWD has provided assistance of P214.8 million.
01:32 The agency has enough funds for the next calamities that may hit the country.
01:38 In fact, the standby fund will reach P2.3 billion.
01:43 As long as there are calamities, as long as there are crises, we want to make sure that DSWD is on top of the situation.
01:52 We are there to help our countrymen.
01:56 According to the Ministry of Health, the affected are 2.9 million individuals affected by the typhoon and flood,
02:02 but more than 36,000 of them are staying in evacuation centers from Region 3, Calabarzon and Cordillera Administrative Region.
02:14 If they need to stay in evacuation centers, they should stay there first.
02:20 We want to make sure that you're safe because the time of the typhoon is not yet over.
02:27 Ryan Lizigues, Para sa Bayan.

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