TACLOBAN CITY – The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) in the region has extended assistance to fire victims in Barangay 45, this city.
The social welfare agency said that a total of over P455, 658 relief aid was provided by their office to several families who were displaced due to the blaze last Sept.30.
The assistance constituted 28 family food packs, 21 hygiene kits, 21 sleeping kits, 21 family kits, 21 kitchen kits, and 84 6.6L water bottles.
The DSWD also extended P290,000 cash relief assistance through the Assistance to Individuals in Crisis Situations (AICS) program to some fire victims.
At least 34 households were affected by the fire that happened on September 30 that gutted down residential and boarding houses.
Also affected were 90 students who are studying at the Leyte Normal University, Eastern Visayas State University, Leyte Colleges, Asian Development Foundation College, and the Leyte National High School, and several workers in business establishments in the city who were displaced when their boarding houses were burned down during the fire.
(ROEL T. AMAZONA)
