Red Cross turns over houses to Ompong-displaced families in Cagayan
Credit to Author: The Manila Times| Date: Thu, 13 Feb 2020 17:36:47 +0000
MORE than a year after the destruction of Typhoon “Ompong” (international name: “Mangkhut”), the Philippine Red Cross (PRC) enabled affected families in Cagayan get back their lives.
PRC chairman and Chief Executive Officer Sen. Richard J. Gordon led on February 7 the turnover of houses to some 244 families in Amulung, Gattaran and Alcala in Cagayan and in Kalinga.
Typhoon “Ompong” made landfall in Baggao, Cagayan on Sept. 15, 2018, affecting more than 2.5 million people when it badly hit Regions I and II. A state of calamity was declared in the following areas: Provinces of Cagayan, Isabela, Abra, Kalinga, Benguet, Ilocos Norte, La Union, Quirino, Apayao and Mountain Province; cities of Vigan, Ilagan and Tuguegarao; and the municipalities of Luna (La Union), San Fabian (Pangasinan) and Mayoyao and Aguinaldo (Ifugao).
The PRC, upon instructions of its chairman, immediately extended assistance. The country’s foremost humanitarian organization served 17,778 individuals with hot meals; 3,700 families with food items, consisting of 2-3 day rations and assorted packs; and rescued 53 individuals, among others.
To enable the affected families to get back on their own feet again, the PRC, in partnership with its Movement Partners, gave 244 families full shelter assistance with houses complete latrine and septic tank and distributed agricultural assistance worth P15,000 each to some 198 families in order that they could make their damaged farms become productive again.