00:00The Department of Social Welfare and Development or DSWD has a new family food pack repacking system
00:05aiming to increase production of relief packages to aid more Filipinos during calamities, as our JM Pineda reports.
00:14A series of federal disturbances hit the Philippines last July, leaving many areas submerged in floods
00:19and millions of presidents were affected by the Department of Social Welfare and Development or DSWD quickly responded.
00:26They increased their stockpile of family food packs in warehouses nationwide to 3 million in line with the directive of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.
00:33Now, the repacking of food packs has also been made faster with the help of a new repacking system in their national warehouse.
00:40This morning, DSWD Secretary Rex Gatchalian presented to Budget Secretary Amena Pangandaman the machines and the process of preparing the relief food packs.
00:48Alam mo, ito po yung gusto natin eh, di ba sinabi ng ating Pangulong Bongbong Marcos ang kanyang last na sona na ayaw natin na parang nakatingga lang ang budget
00:57or guni-guni lang ang budget. Dito sa warehouse ng DSWD, makikita natin kung paano gumagana, nagagamit at nakakarating sa tao ang ating budget.
01:10With the new repacking system, the agency can now produce more family food packs.
01:14Previously, only about 15,000 relief packs were prepared per day. But now, production has reached 25,000 to 30,000 packs daily.
01:22This makes replenishment in warehouses faster and allows for quicker disaster preparedness.
01:27Kasi sa utos ng ating Pangulo, hindi naman tayo nagpre-prepare sa disaster. Kung nandyan na yung disaster, it's a whole year-long activity.
01:34So kahit mainit, trick yung araw, nakita nyo naman tuloy-tuloy tayo mag-stockpile.
01:37According to the DSWD, there are enough relief goods for upcoming calamities, supported by the Quick Response Fund released by the Department of Budget and Management or DBM.
01:47There is also a strong possibility that the DSWD will establish repacking systems in Mindanao.
01:52Nakita po natin na itong mga proyekto, eh, nangyayari at nakikita natin na may magandang na idudulot po, no, sa ating mga kababayan.
02:02Ah, meron, ang alam ko po, eh, meron ng available na property na paglalagyan sa Mindanao.
02:09So mag-uusap kami ni Secrec, sihingi natin kung magkano ang kanyang kinakailangan para makapagpatayo tayo ng ganito.
02:16Ah, sana masimulan natin within the year, at least yung, ah, yung infrastructure.
02:21Meanwhile, the DSWD is also providing emergency cash assistance from the QRF on the top of the A-Distributed under the Assistance to Individuals in Crisis Situation or AICS program.
02:33J.M. Pineda from the National TV Network for a new and better Philippines.
