THE Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) in Northern Mindanao has sent personnel to augment the response efforts of the government to the affected families in the aftermath of the earthquakes in Cotabato and Davao Region.
DSWD-Northern Mindanao director Mari-Flor Dollaga-Libang said some 8,700 family food packs, 9,000 drinking kits, and 3,000 malongs were delivered to Cotabato while 3,000 sleeping kits, 5,000 drinking kits, 100 laminated sacks were sent to Davao.
A 10-men personnel composed of social workers and engineers was also sent to Bansalan, Davao del Sur, to set up evacuation camps and give psycho-social intervention to children.
A magnitude-6.5 earthquake rocked parts of southern Philippines on October 31, following big ones occurring on October 29 with magnitude 6.6 and on October 16 with magnitude 6.3.