At least 1.7 million people have already been affected by the El Niño phenomenon as of Friday, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) stated Saturday.
These people are in Regions 2, 3, Mimaropa, 5, 6, 7, 9, 12 and Cordillera Administrative Region, DSWD spokesperson and Assistant Secretary for Legislative Affairs Irene Dumlao stated in an interview on Super Radyo dzBB.
“Batay sa patuloy na pagmo-monitor ng DSWD through our field offices, babantayan natin ang movement or development ng families and affected persons,” Dumlao stated.
(Based on the continual monitoring of DSWD by our subject workplaces, we are going to monitor the motion or the event of households and affected individuals.)
“Medyo tumataas po ang biling ng mga apektado,” she added.
(The variety of these affected goes up barely.)
So far no people have been evacuated or displaced on account of El Niño, she stated.
Dumlao additionally stated the DSWD has been giving household meals packs and monetary help, amongst others, to help these affected by the climate phenomenon.
“Unang-una, ang DSWD ay mayroong mga ibinabahagi na family food packs. Ito ay bahagi ng humanitarian response doon nga sa mga lugar na naapektuhan ng El Niño. Lalo na ‘yung mga pamilya na nakakaranas ng kakulangan sa pagkain dahil sa tagtuyot o severe drought,” she stated.
(First, the DSWD is distributing household meals packs. This is a part of the humanitarian response in areas affected by El Niño, particularly for households experiencing lack of meals on account of extreme drought.)
“In fact, ang DSWD ay nakapamahagi na nang mahigit P58 million worth of family food packs dito sa mga lugar na naapektuhan,” Dumlao added.
(In reality, the DSWD has already distributed greater than P58 million value of household meals packs in these affected areas.)
Project Lawa, Project Binhi
Dumlao additionally stated the DSWD has Project Lawa and Project Binhi which intention to assist El Niño-affected communities have entry to water.
“Aside from the humanitarian response action, mayroon din tayong proactive intervention and sustainable solutions upang labanan ‘yung kagutuman at pababain ‘yung economc vulnerabilities ng isang komunidad na naapektuhan ng climate change o ng El Niño by addressing ‘yung food insecurity and water scarcity na mas pinalalala pa ng disasters. ‘Yan nga ‘yung Project Lawa at Binhi ng DSWD,” she stated.
(Aside from the humanitarian response motion, we even have proactive intervention and sustainable options to handle starvation and reduce the financial vulnerabilities of a group affected by local weather change or El Niño by addressing meals insecurity and water shortage. These are Project Lawa and Binhi of the DSWD.)
“‘Yung Project Lawa, ‘yan ‘yung local adaptation to water access. ‘Yung Project Binhi ‘yung breaking insufficiency through nutritious harvest for the impoverished,” she stated.
Beneficiaries of the tasks are given non permanent earnings by way of the money for coaching and money for work elements. They are assisted in constructing water cisterns or small farm reservoirs, that are sized 20 x 24 sq. meters and 50 ft deep, that can be utilized as water supply for his or her farms, Dumlao stated. The Department of Agriculture supplies technical experience, she stated.
“Ang priority natin dito ang mga farmers, mga fisherfolk, mga indigenous peoples, ‘yung mga persons with disability, sila ‘yung mga ina-assist natin dahil nga nakita natin na natukoy natin na sila po talaga ang mas nangangailangan. Pinaka-vulnerable,” Dumlao stated.
(Our precedence listed below are farmers, fisherfolk, indigenous peoples, individuals with incapacity. They are those assisted as a result of we noticed that they’re those most in want. Most susceptible.)
Under the pilot program of Project Lawa and Project Binhi, small farm reservoirs had been already constructed in Ifugao, Antique, and Davao.
“We will be covering more than 300 municipalities. We intend to have more than 4,500 na mga partner-beneficiaries na magbe-benefit,” Dumlao stated.
Aside from the household meals packs and Project Lawa and Binhi, the DSWD additionally has the Assistance to Individuals in Crisis Situation (AICS) Program for added help, she stated. —KG, GMA Integrated News
Source: www.gmanetwork.com
