The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Field Office VI has released P24,090,978 in assistance to families affected by the June 3 eruption of Kanlaon Volcano in Negros Island.
Released were P3,214,550 worth of family food packs, P4,896,428 in non-food items and P15,980,000 in cash assistance, a DSWD report said Wednesday, July 10.
Distributed were to 4,334 family food packs, while the non-food items included sleeping kits and hygiene kits, the DSWD said.
The cash assistance provided was P10,000 each for 1,598 displaced families who evacuated immediately after the eruption of Kanlaon, it added.
Ten families composed of 34 individuals remain in two evacuation centers, it said.
The 10 families live within the four-kilometer permanent danger zone and were not given permission to return to their residences, the DSWD said.*