Relief Missions
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Relief Missions
ALBAY, BICOL
Mt. Mayon started its volcanic activities in January 2018 and many of the families were evacuated from the 6- to 7-kilometer permanent danger zone, extending up to 9 kilometers. Several families were displaced and remained in the evacuation shelters until May of the same year. The long period of displacement of the families meant that they were unable to return to normalcy right away as their livelihoods were affected. In response and after decampment, PBSP provided relief assistance through the provision of 280 sets of Sphere Family Food Packs containing 10kgs of rice, 3 cans of sardines, ½kgs of monggo beans, ½kgs of dried fish, 1-pint cooking oil, 1kg of sugar, ¼kgs of iodized salt, 1 bar of soap, and 1 non-food item. In addition, 70 sets of teacher’s kits for PBSP-adopted schools were provided to serve as startup kits for the school opening. Furthermore, 2 farmer’s organizations were provided with farming tools for livelihood assistance. Telstra Philippines and Realpage, Inc. supported this recovery assistance, and the relief mission was conducted on June 2018.
JOLO, SULU
A massive fire incident that occurred in Jolo, Sulu on July 25, 2018 which affected three barangays prompted PBSP to conduct a donation drive called “United for Jolo”. This campaign raised PhP 100,000.00 from the Roman Catholic Diocese of Cubao. The funds were subsequently turned over to Notre Dame College of Jolo to provide recovery assistance to the survivors of the fire incident.
CAGAYAN PROVINCE
Another major disaster was when Typhoon Ompong made landfall last September and heavily affected Northern Luzon including Cagayan Province. The International Rescue Committee (IRC), an international NGO and a partner of PBSP in implementing initiatives for disaster response since 2014, contributed funding support for Shelter Kits and cash assistance to help repair damaged homes and augment needed resources of 779 families in 34 barangays from Baggao City and Municipality of Rizal in Cagayan Province. The Shelter Kit contains 10 pcs of plywood, 10 pcs corrugated GI sheets, 2 pcs plain GI sheets, 3kg umbrella nails and 4.5kgs various nail sizes. Likewise, through the support of PBSP member companies, Sphere Family Food Packs were also distributed as additional relief support to 286 families from 4 barangays in Baggao City.