Panayam kay ASec. Irene Dumlao ng DSWD tungkol sa produksiyon ng family food packs

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00:00And here we are with Disaster Response Efforts for the March Flood.

00:05We have with us Assistant Secretary Irene Dumlao, Disaster Response Management and OSEC Concerns,

00:12and the spokesperson of DSWD.

00:15Asek Dumlao, good afternoon.

00:18Good afternoon, Ma'am Nina, and to our colleagues in the Public Service, Commissioner, and Asek.

00:25And good afternoon to everyone who is watching this program.

00:28In the continued efforts of DSWD in relief operations for the floods of Christine and Leon,

00:35even this March Flood, how is the production of our Family Food Packs?

00:41And is there a target of food packs per day by DSWD?

00:47Yes, Ma'am Nina, the production continues here at the National Resource Operations Center

00:52and the Visayas Disaster Response Center of the Family Food Packs.

00:56Our target is 20,000 Family Food Packs a day.

01:00We also opened an additional production hub here in Central Luzon,

01:06particularly in San Simón, Pampanga. It's one of our warehouses

01:10where we are also targeting 20,000 to 25,000 Family Food Packs a day.

01:16This is to ensure that we can sustain the delivery of aid,

01:20especially here in Northern Luzon where the flood affected.

01:27So we are also in close coordination with our field offices

01:34to monitor our existing stockpiles in Regions 1, 2 and 3.

01:43We are confident that we can deliver aid to those affected.

01:48Sec. Irene, what are the challenges that DSWD is facing in your relief operations,

01:55especially with the calamity that hit Luzon and Visayas?

02:01Well, actually, we see this as an opportunity for us to strengthen our supply chain.

02:09That's why we added production hubs

02:15to increase the number of Food Packs that we provide to local government units

02:22as part of our augmentation support.

02:24More than challenges, we find this again as an opportunity to strengthen our collaboration

02:29with other agencies of the government, particularly with the logistics cluster

02:34under the MVC so that we can borrow air, water and land assets

02:41that can help in delivering food packs to affected areas.

02:49It's also an opportunity to foster and nurture partnerships with other organizations,

02:56not only from the government but also from the private sector

02:59that we can benefit from in delivering aid.

03:05Sec., what are the steps that DSWD is taking to speed up the distribution of aid

03:11to our affected countrymen?

03:14As mentioned, we are coordinating with the logistics cluster under the MVC

03:21so that we can borrow assets that we can use to speed up the distribution of aid.

03:29Also, under the guidance of DND and OCD, we can borrow assets from other governments

03:39and other countries.

03:41For example, we borrowed air assets from the Singapore government

03:46where we can use to deliver family food packs to Garcia Dorena and Marina Sur.

03:52Also, we borrowed assets from the Philippine Coast Guard

03:57where we can use to deliver family food packs to the province of Bataan.

04:04These are just some of the examples that show how different agencies of the government

04:12are working together to deliver aid to our affected countrymen.

04:19How are the social workers of DSWD, especially those in Central Visayas?

04:26We asked for data on the number of deployment of your social workers and volunteers

04:31in your operations.

04:34That's right.

04:35We have volunteers, especially in the National Resource Operations Center here in Pasay

04:42that help us with the repacking activities.

04:45At the moment, we have 149 volunteers

04:50from different barangays near Chapel Road, Pasay.

05:00There are also different groups that are heading to the area to help with our repacking activities.

05:08We also would like to add that we also have uniformed personnel,

05:13about 594 of them are helping with the repacking.

05:19Also, we would like to mention that in the Bicol Region, we have deployed personnel.

05:26We have staff from Region 1, Region 4, and Region 7

05:32that augmented in Region 5 for the camp coordination and camp management.

05:39It is important to emphasize that our internally displaced persons are protected

05:44and necessary interventions are being provided.

05:47So, our offices are helping each other

05:51so that our staff from the Bicol Region can also rest

06:01from the effects of the typhoon,

06:03but at the same time, we are conducting response operations.

06:07This is just a message to our fellow countrymen who are here with us today.

06:14Thank you very much for the opportunity to be part of the DSWD

06:17which is the government of our fellow countrymen,

06:20especially those who are here in the northern tip of our country,

06:25in Cagayan, in Apayao, in Ilocos Norte,

06:29and other parts of Region 1, Region 2 and CAR.

06:33The National Government and of course the DSWD

06:37under the leadership of Secretary Miguel Echallan

06:40are here to augment the resources of your local government units.

06:45We have prepositioned family food packs in different municipalities and places.

06:50There are also food packs in transit

06:56to add these family food packs to the preposition.

07:00More than 200,000 family food packs are prepositioned

07:04in those areas that I've mentioned,

07:06but we are sending additional.

07:09We have sent additional 40,000 plus to Region 1.

07:13There are also 10,000 family food packs from Benguet Province.

07:18They are prepositioned in our warehouse that is directed to Region 2.

07:22There are also food packs, around 3,000,

07:27that are prepositioned in Kalinga,

07:30but will be brought to Cagayan

07:33to add those prepositioned goods.

07:37We are sure that we will be able to provide assistance

07:42to our affected countrymen.

07:44Again, we would like to assure the public

07:46that the National Government through the DSWD

07:49is ready to meet the needs of our affected countrymen.

07:55With that, we would like to thank Bagong Pilipinas for this opportunity.

08:02Thank you very much.

08:03Thank you very much for your time,

08:06Assistant Secretary Irene Dumlao,

08:09Disaster Response Management and OSEC Concerns,

08:12and spokesperson of the DSWD.

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