DATU BLAH SINSUAT, Maguindanao del Norte -- Ministry of Social Services and Development (MSSD), led by Minister Raissa H. Jajurie, delivered 12 truckloads of food and non-food items for the typhoon-affected internally displaced persons (IDPs) on Saturday, 05 November 2022.

The 565 IDPs staying at Datu Mohammad A. Sinsuat Integrated School are the first batch of beneficiaries here, who received assistance from the Ministry. Each family received a relief package, which comprises of 25 kilogram-rice, family food pack (FFP), dignity kit, hygiene kit, water kit, cooking kit, and sleeping kit.

All the affected families in this municipality are set to receive the same relief supplies in coordination with its MLGU and BLGUs.

MSSD provided a total of 2,207 sacks of 25 kilo-rice; 2,207 FFPs; 2,207 dignity kits; 2,207 sleeping kits; 2, 207 cooking kits; 1,066 hygiene kits; and 1,066 water kits with water purification tablets for the said IDPs. Also among the delivered items are donations comprised of 1,400 bottles of 500ml mineral water; 432 pouches of noodles; 2 sacks of clothes; 3 boxes of canned goods; and 45 bottles of 6.6L of water. All of these were dispatched to the municipal hall at Barangay Pura.

MSSD-BARMM ensures to continue to work with LGUs and concerned line agencies to serve all the residents affected by Typhoon Paeng in the region. (NNM / BARMM - MSSD)