Tacloban City, Leyte – The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) received recently some 5,000 metric tons of rice from the Thailand Government through the efforts of the Department of Agriculture (DA) and the National Food Authority (NFA) for Typhoon Yolanda survivors in Eastern Visayas.

As shown in photo, DSWD-Field Office VIII Regional Director Nestor Ramos (center) and DA Secretary Proceso Alcala (2nd from right) accept from Nongnoch Deetae (2nd from left), Acting General Manager of the Asean Plus Three Emergency Rice Reserve (APTERR) and  Khanit Likhitvidhayavuth (left), Deputy Secretary General of the Agricultural Economics Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives of Thailand, a sack of rice during the ceremonial turn-over in Barangay Apitong, with Governor Leopoldo Dominico Petilla (right)  as witness.

Dir. Ramos assured the Thai officials that the donation will reach the disaster-affected families in the region. ###