Cagayan de Oro City — The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Field Office 10 here has provided aids to the families affected by a recent fire in Purok Matinabangon, Barangay Ubaldo Laya, Iligan City, some 90.6 kilometers off west of here.

This is an augmentation support to the Local Government Unit of Iligan City.

DSWD Field Office 10 provided 195 hygiene kits, 195 kitchen kits, 195 blankets, 195 malong, and 195 mosquito nets and three family food packs for each of the reported 195 families whose houses were razed off by fire on Wednesday afternoon, May 29, 2019.

DSWD Undersecretary for operations, Aimee S. Torrefranca-Neri and DSWD Field Office 10 Regional Director Mari-Flor Dollaga-Libang supervised the relief distribution.

As initial response, the LGU has provided food packs and sleeping kits while some private groups gave relief assistance to the fire survivors. Other offices and national government agencies also responded and supported the victimized families like Department of Trade and Industry, Department of Health, and Office of Senator Bong Go.

Under the leadership of Secretary Rolando Joselito Bautista, DSWD ensures that families who are victimized by various calamities such as armed conflict and natural disasters are given immediate response, and that their rights are protected while disaster operations are going on.

The homeless survivors are temporarily staying at the barangay covered court in Matinabangon, where the distribution of DSWD assistance took place.

Written by Oliver B. Inodeo, Information Officer of Pantawid Pamilya