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FOOD
DISTRIBUTION. A soldier
assists the personnel of the City Social Welfare and Development Office as the
Zamboanga City government starts the distribution of food packs to the poor
residents on Tuesday (March 31, 2020). The distribution focuses on five of the
city's 98 barangays. (PNA photo by Teofilo
P. Garcia, Jr.)
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March 31, 2020
ZAMBOANGA CITY -- The city government started on Tuesday the distribution
of food packs to the residents amid the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19)
health crisis.
City Social Welfare and Development Office (CSWDO) Chief Ma. Socorro Rojas said the local government is targeting to distribute food packs to some 150,000 poor families.
Each food pack contains three kilos of rice, three noodles, three canned sardines, and three canned beef loaf or corned beef.
Rojas said Tuesday's distribution was focused on five of this city’s 98 barangays. These are the barangays of Zone 1, Lumbangan, Lumayang, Sinunuc, and Tugbungan. It was supervised by the CSWDO staff and City Council members, in coordination with barangay officials.
City Councilor Elbert Atilano said they are going house-to-house to distribute the food packs to the identified beneficiaries.
“They don’t need to go out of their residence,” Atilano said.
City Information Officer Sheila Covarrubias earlier said the identification of beneficiaries was undertaken by the Tricycle Adjudication Board (TAB) and the City Administrator’s Office in collaboration with the Office of the Mayor.
Meanwhile, Rojas said that the next distribution of food packs will be undertaken by the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD).
President Rodrigo Duterte has ordered the distribution of food assistance to help alleviate the plight of the residents amid the enhanced community quarantine brought about by the Covid-19 health crisis. (PNA)
City Social Welfare and Development Office (CSWDO) Chief Ma. Socorro Rojas said the local government is targeting to distribute food packs to some 150,000 poor families.
Each food pack contains three kilos of rice, three noodles, three canned sardines, and three canned beef loaf or corned beef.
Rojas said Tuesday's distribution was focused on five of this city’s 98 barangays. These are the barangays of Zone 1, Lumbangan, Lumayang, Sinunuc, and Tugbungan. It was supervised by the CSWDO staff and City Council members, in coordination with barangay officials.
City Councilor Elbert Atilano said they are going house-to-house to distribute the food packs to the identified beneficiaries.
“They don’t need to go out of their residence,” Atilano said.
City Information Officer Sheila Covarrubias earlier said the identification of beneficiaries was undertaken by the Tricycle Adjudication Board (TAB) and the City Administrator’s Office in collaboration with the Office of the Mayor.
Meanwhile, Rojas said that the next distribution of food packs will be undertaken by the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD).
President Rodrigo Duterte has ordered the distribution of food assistance to help alleviate the plight of the residents amid the enhanced community quarantine brought about by the Covid-19 health crisis. (PNA)
