As of July 5, 2020, the Department of Social Welfare and Development Office Field Office-10 has disbursed Php20, 023, 103 worth of food and non-food items (FNI) augmentation support to local government units in Region 10 since the imposition of community quarantine measures began, March this year.

A total of 46, 723 family food packs (FFP) have been delivered to LGUs throughout the region to augment LGU food ration efforts. DSWD facilitates the request per LGU and entrusts the distribution of FFPs to them on the ground. Each family food pack contains six canned goods, six coffee sachets, and 6 kilograms of rice.

This is part of DSWD’s role to provide Technical Assistance and Resource Augmentation (TARA) to LGUs such as the distribution of FNIs, especially when their resources are all used up. Aside from LGUs, Returning Oversees Filipinos (ROFs) and Locally Stranded Individuals (LSIs) have also been assisted by DSWD through the provision of welfare goods.

DSWD responds to the call to mitigate the socio-economic impact of COVID-19 by tying up with local government units in reaching the grassroots of society during this time of pandemic.

The distribution of FNIs is one of the social amelioration programs under the Bayanihan to Heal as One Act (Republic Act No. 11469) in efforts to weather the challenges brought by COVID-19 and recover with resilience.