00:00The Department of Social Welfare and Development, or DSWD,
00:04has promised that they are ready to help our fellow countrymen
00:07who are in danger of the next wave of infections in our country.
00:11This is also in line with the Directive of President Lucas Jr.
00:15that the Proactive Disaster Response Effort is still under consideration.
00:19As of now, there are more than 1.4 million family food banks
00:23and more than one billion pesos in humanitarian assistance
00:26distributed by the DSWD.
00:29The agency has also reached out to local governments
00:32for the installation of warehouses
00:34where relief items and family food banks will be placed
00:38to speed up the response.
00:41According to the agency,
00:42more than 2.7 million families have been affected by the typhoons,
00:47most of them from the Central and Northern Luzon,
00:51while more than 700,000 families
00:53have been affected by the flood in Bicol Region.
00:56The agency will also continue to distribute cash assistance
01:00under the Assistance to Individuals in Crisis Situation
01:04and Emergency Cash Transfer Assistance
01:07for the construction of damaged homes.
01:11We call for volunteers.
01:13We are posting our calls
01:15to help our fellow countrymen in the fight.
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