The Negros Occidental provincial government will resume providing meals to 6,000 residents displaced by Kanlaon Volcano’s unrest in 14 evacuation centers starting Tuesday, Feb. 4, Provincial Administrator Rayfrando Diaz said.
There are 4,511 evacuees in La Castellana, 1,213 in La Carlota City and 76 in Bago City, he said.
The provincial government has allocated P11.9 million for the community kitchen feeding program for 30 days, he said.
An orientation and briefing for 40 job order workers who will serve as community kitchen cooks was held Monday, Diaz said.
The provincial government has also started buying supplies for the feeding program.*