Residents of Dauis, Bohol who were victims of Typhoon Odette received shelter assistance consisting of corrugated galvanized iron sheets, plain sheets, shovel, crowbar and other home construction tools, as part of the Philippine Red Cross' P13-M Humanitarian development Assistance Program in the Visayas. (RAHC/PIA7 Bohol)
TAGBILARAN CITY, Bohol, Sept. 9 (PIA) – The Philippine Red Cross (PRC) turned over P5,000 cash aid and P9,600 worth of emergency shelter kits for victims of Typhoon Odette in seven towns in Bohol.
PRC was able to consolidate help from the International Federation of the Red Cross (IFRC), American Red Cross, German Red Cross, Spanish Red Cross, the European Union, and the Red Crescent Societies to extend the assistance to families who have been unable to restore their storm-hit houses until now.
PRC Chairman Richard Gordon and American Red Cross Head of delegation Shir Shah Ayobi led the turn over of the P5,000 cash assistance to affected residents of Getafe town and the emergency shelter kits to Dauis residents.
The same assistance would soon be handed over to typhoon-affected families from Ubay, Talibon, President Carlos P. Garcia, Trinidad, San Miguel, Danao, and Getafe.
Beneficiaries were to show and surrender their assistance cards as soon as they claim their cash or goods, a system that allowed the PRC to double-check on the beneficiaries and keep the documents. (RAHC/PIA7 Bohol)
During the recent turnover held in Dauis Municipal Gym, Bohol mayors Ian Gil Mendez of San Miguel, Roberto Cajes of Trinidad, Vice Mayor Bonghanoy, and Councilor Violeta Reyes as well as town representatives were also present.
In Bohol, a total of 358 families would be getting P5,000 cash assistance and another 1,120 families would be given the corrugated and plain galvanized iron sheets and equipment to help them rebuild their houses, according to Gordon.
“Overall amount for Bohol from the PRC, which include the cash and kits assistance, reached P13 million, which also is part of the P455-million humanitarian development assistance which the PRC has allocated for the families affected by the Typhoon Odette and other calamities affecting Visayas and Mindanao, from December 2021 to September 2022,” Red Cross said.
While the government is also poised to continue bringing in social assistance to communities affected by the calamities, PRC does not use government funds for their activities.
“You have to thank the Red Cross volunteers. Without them, you would not have these,” Gordon told the crowd gathered inside the Dauis municipal Gymnasium on Sept. 6.
It may be recalled that the PRC also arrived in Bohol in January to distribute the same assistance to Ubay, Talibon, and Loboc. (RAHC/PIA7 Bohol)
