ILOILO City – The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Region 6 has prepositioned 24,200 family food packs should local government units need more for their constituents adversely affected by the ongoing enhanced community quarantine aimed at containing the spread of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).
Each family food pack contains six sachets of coffee, 14 cans of sardines, 14 cans of corned beef, and six kilos of rice.
According to Luna Moscoso, chief of DSWD-6’s disaster response and management division, 1,700 family food packs have been allotted for Aklan (prepositioned in Kalibo, Buruanga and Makato).
The other allocations were:
* 2,600 for Antique (prepositioned in Barbaza, Tobias Fornier, Patnongon, and Bugasong)
* 4,000 for Capiz (prepositioned in Dumarao, Jamindan, Maayon, and Panit-an)
* 3,819 for Iloilo (prepositioned in Carles, 1,000; Calinog, 1,000; Concepcion, 819)
* 2,400 for Negros Occidental (prepositioned in Bago City, 1,000; Talisay City, 1,000; Bacolod City, 200)
* 2,000 for Guimaras.
The prepositioning aims to make the release of the food packs faster and more efficient.
The rest of the family food packs are at the DSWD-6 regional warehouse in Oton, Iloilo.
Moscoso said each family food pack costs P360.
The 24,200 family food packs have a total value of P8,712,000./PN
