GENERAL SANTOS CITY -- The city government has allocated some
P5 million to augment the relief operations for residents who were displaced by
the continuing conflict in Marawi City.
City Mayor Ronnel Rivera said Wednesday the release of the assistance
was endorsed in a recent meeting by the City Disaster Risk Reduction and
Management Council (CDRRMC), which he heads.
He said the local government will provide financial assistance to
national government agencies and local governments units that are leading the
relief operations in evacuation centers in the cities of Marawi and Iligan.
Part of the funds will be utilized to assist the needs of evacuees from
Marawi who have resettled in the city, he said.
“There are also ongoing campaigns by some offices and the private
sector to generate additional assistance for the Marawi evacuees,” the mayor
said.
Since June 3, the city government has already documented a total of 330
families or 1,563 individuals from Marawi who have relocated to the area.
Rebecca Magante, chief of the City Social Welfare and Development
Office, said they monitored the arrival of the evacuees through reports from
four main checkpoints of the Army-led Joint Task Force GenSan.
She said the evacuees, who were mostly accommodated by relatives and
friends, are settled in Barangays Bula, Dadiangas South, Labangal, San Isidro,
Calumpang, Baluan and Fatima.
Barangay Bula hosts the most number of evacuees with 135 families,
followed by Labangal with 67, and San Isidro with 42.
Magante said the city government, in coordination with the barangays,
has already released relief assistance to the evacuees.
“We’re very grateful because their host families are also making ways
to provide some of their basic needs,” she said.
The official said they are working on providing educational cash
assistance to the children of the displaced families to ensure that they would
continue with their studies.
Citing a directive from the national government, she added they will
make sure that all displaced children of school age will be enrolled in local
schools.(AVE/PNA) posted by Becky D. de Asis - The Redline News
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