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DSWD receives 1,632 MT of rice from Korea for disaster relief

Social Welfare Secretary Rex Gatchalian receives 1,632 metric tons of rice from the Republic of Korea through the UN World Food Program (UNWFP). Korean Ambassador Lee Sang-Hwa and the UNWFP Country Director Regis Chapman were present at the turnover ceremony at the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) National Resource Operations Center in Pasay City on Aug. 6, 2025. The donation will be included in about 280,000 family boxes for disaster relief.

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00:00.
00:15.
00:20.
00:24.
00:26.
00:29It was the last year for the province.
00:32That's why we thank the DSW, the Republic of Korea,
00:36and our partners.
00:37Because we're always thinking,
00:39even though they're in the climate change struggles,
00:41they're going to take care of their customers.
00:43They're going to take care of their food,
00:46but despite that,
00:47they're going to help us.
00:49It's one of the partners that we're always relaxed on.
00:51The World Food Program,
00:53which is the supply of our customers.
00:57On top of the rents,
00:59the rents of the Trumps,
01:01they're going to pay their bills
01:03to help our families with funds
01:05at the same time.
01:09Do you want to say that we're not going to do this?
01:12No, actually,
01:13we're going to say that we're going to say that
01:15we're going to say that
01:17there are humanitarian outreach programs
01:19for our country.
01:21We're going to say that
01:23who are going to be the same for us.
01:25We're going to say that
01:27you're going to be the same for our families.
01:29Out of goodwill, sir,
01:31that there's no exchange?
01:33No, it's pure humanitarian efforts
01:35of the Republic of Korea.
01:37There are a lot of local donors
01:39that are helping us
01:42from the Indian Chamber of Commerce,
01:45and the DNP.
01:46There are local donors,
01:47but the third is
01:49one of the most foreign donors
01:51for our families.
01:53The two batches
01:55are the same for our families?
01:57We've completed that
01:59around 280,000 family food packs
02:02because we're 6 kilos per box.
02:04There are many of them
02:06because imagine,
02:07by the end of this disaster response,
02:10next to the stream,
02:112.5 million family food packs
02:13are available.
02:14So,
02:15i-halintulad natin,
02:16280,000,
02:17kulang-kulang 280,000
02:18on,
02:19may nilalaman na bigas
02:20na galing sa Republic of Korea.
02:22Hanggang ngayon,
02:23tuloy-tuloy pa rin
02:24ang disaster response natin
02:25sa mga naapektuhan
02:26ng sunod-sunod na patihan.
02:28As of this morning,
02:291.7 million na family food packs
02:31na ang ilabas natin.
02:33At nakita nyo naman sa labas,
02:34pinikip up siya
02:35ng iba't ibang mga
02:36local government units.
02:37By Tuesday,
02:39tapos na tayo
02:40sa disaster response natin.
02:41Ibig sabihin,
02:42lahat ng mga requests
02:43na comply na natin.
02:44Ang nakikita natin numero,
02:462.5 million
02:48family food packs
02:49ang mailalabas natin
02:50para sa incident.
02:51Ngayon,
02:52marami nagtatanong,
02:54saan ba nanggagaling
02:55yung laman
02:56ng mga family food packs?
02:57Ang mayorya nun
02:58ay galing sa mga buwis
02:59na pinabayad
03:00ng ating mga kababayan.
03:02Pero,
03:03talagang marami rin tayong
03:04mga kaibigan
03:06yung liga
03:07ng mga bansa
03:08na nag-donate.
03:09Ngayong araw,
03:10ang Korea ay nag-donate
03:11ng 40,000
03:12na sako
03:13ng bigas
03:14na nakikita nyo sa lito.
03:15May mga nagtatanong rin.
03:17Ito mga ganitong donation
03:18saan na pupunta.
03:19Inilalagyan na namin
03:20sa mga food boxes natin
03:22para lahat
03:23ang nangangailangan
03:24nakakatanggap.
03:25Walang isang entity
03:26na makakatanggap
03:27ng buong donation.
03:28Kung hindi,
03:29ikakalap natin yan,
03:30is-spread natin
03:31sa loob ng mga family food boxes
03:32na nakatarating
03:33sa mga taanan
03:34ng ating mga nangangailangan.
03:35P qualidade
03:38ng.
03:51Mon sug,
03:52I don't know her
03:54misandSome grief is
03:56my optimist animal.
03:57I have a good
03:57dog,
03:58I have an
03:59order exhausted
04:00I have a good
04:01um
04:01house o
04:02love
04:02ko
04:02mo
04:03You
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