A total of 275 households from barangay Barubaybay in Lavezares town were spared from the wrath and destruction of Typhoon Nona when it made landfall in Northern Samar Province, December 14, 2015.

This was made possible due to Kalahi-CIDSS’ 97-Linear meter Seawall which was constructed by the community folks themselves.

“Malaki talaga ang naging tulong ng Seawall na ‘yan sa amin noong bagyo. Kung wala yan, makakapasok ang tubig sa … Click here to read more...

Brgy. Aguadahan, Laoang in Northern Samar is just 30-minute boat ride away from Batag Island where Tropical Storm Nona made landfall on December 14, 2015.

Though categorized as a small village with only 188 households, said barangay was able to received four sub-projects under DSWD’s poverty alleviation program, Kalahi-CIDSS (Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services).

Projects like their seawall and drainage canal which were chosen … Click here to read more...

A total of 25 families took refuge into Kalahi-CIDSS school buildings in Brgy. Arellano in Bobon town, the day Tropical Storm Nona hit the Northern Samar province.

Rosana Bumacod, 41, said she was very thankful when the school buildings were completed since the project was for their children’s education. But, Rosana never thought the project could also serve their community during disasters like that of TS Nona.

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Spearheading the DSWD relief operations in Northern Samar, Assistant Regional Director for Operations Restituto Macuto bared today the latest assistance extended to Northern Samar.
Via a C130 plane, the DSWD National Relief Operations Center in Manila delivered yesterday, Dec. 16, 2015 to Catarman, some 1, 075 family food packs, ten generator sets, and 250 rolls of tarpaulin. Also, the Field Office newly purchased some 5, 115 boxes of canned … Click here to read more...

With a total of 7, 414 houses wrecked down by typhoon Nona, there are still some 2, 349 families of 9, 371 individuals temporarily staying at 28 evacuation centers of Northern Samar province. The DSWD’s Disaster Response Monitoring and Information Center (DROMIC) also bared some 80, 405 houses from same province which were partially damaged.

As of this reporting, the DROMIC reveals that reports coming in from the DSWD’s … Click here to read more...

Assistant Regional Director for Operations Restituto Macuto returned to field office yesterday night from his land and aerial survey in the Samar provinces, with updates that a total of 72 evacuation centers have already closed and a total of 3,690 families have now returned to their respective homes.

Now, there are just 51 existing evacuation centers with 4,025 affected families in Northern Samar, Eastern Samar, and (Western) Samar.
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