5 days ago
US provides P13.8M relief aid for PH
The United States is providing approximately P13.8 million to the Philippines to help the govenment's disaster response operations in areas affected by more than a week of back-to-back typhoons and severe tropical storms.
At least 25 were reported dead and hundreds were evacuated due to landslides and flooding across Metro Manila and central and northern Philippines.
'We are tracking the devastation caused by the storms and floods and are deeply concerned for all those affected,' US Ambassador to the Philippines MaryKay Carlson said.
The US funding equivalent to $250,000 intends to augment the Philippine government's "life-saving response to severe rains and flooding caused by consecutive storms and the enhanced southwest monsoon," a US Embassy statement said. Assistance will be coursed to the United Nations World Food Programme.
"This funding, provided through the US Department of State's Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration, will support government relief operations by facilitating the transport of food to flood-affected communities in Metro Manila, Northern and Central Luzon, and Calabarzon," the US Embassy said.
An embassy interagency team is coordinating closely with the Philippine government and the WFP to ensure aid reaches those in need, Carlson said. — BAP, GMA Integrated News
