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Article: DSWD to oversee relief efforts as Cebuanos come in droves to help Ondoy victims.
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- Philippines News Agency
- Article date:
- October 5, 2009
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CEBU CITY, Oct. 5 (PNA) --- People from all walks of life throughout Cebu have contributed millions of pesos worth of goods to the relief efforts for victims of tropical storm Ondoy, prompting the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) 7 to oversee the distribution of relief goods to make sure these are delivered quickly, intact and into the right hands.
DSWD 7 Public Information Officer Jaybee Carillo said the DSWD national office led by Secretary Esperanza Cabral will oversee the distribution of relief goods and donations.
She clarified that the agency is not there to get in the way of non-government organizations (NGOs) that raise goods ...