As damage to property and number of casualties continue to climb days after Typhoon Odette struck Visayas and Mindanao, Senator Win Gatchalian flew to the calamity-stricken areas on Tuesday to extend assistance and to personally assess the situation in the devastated areas.
The senator said he brought with him P26 million assistance in the form of cash and in kind from Valenzuela City, the senator’s hometown.
He will personally hand over the assistance to the local officials. The senator will be joined by Valenzuela Vice Mayor Lorie Natividad-Borja.
“Sa tindi at lawak ng pinsalang iniwan ng bagyong Odette, kailangang pagtulungan natin ang pagbibigay ng ayuda sa mga apektadong pamilya, maging sa mga lokal na pamahalaan. Makakatulong itong maibsan ang mga alalahanin nila sa kasalukuyan,” Gatchalian said.
He is set to visit Southern Leyte, Bohol, and Surigao del Norte until December 23 to distribute aid.
The Valenzuela City Council passed a resolution on Monday, December 20, authorizing Mayor Rex Gatchalian to release the said assistance from the quick response fund (QRF) of the Local Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Fund (LDRRMF) to Southern Leyte, Bohol, Surigao del Norte, Cebu, and Dinagat islands.
The senator will also donate sacks of rice to the local government units of the said affected areas.
Gatchalian is likewise set to make rounds in various evacuation centers to ascertain how the national government can step up the relief and rehabilitation efforts.
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