CLARK FREEPORT ZONE, Pampanga (PIA) — The Office of Civil Defense (OCD) has strengthened its partnership with various institutions to make Clark a humanitarian hub during calamities.
In a press briefing, OCD Regional Director Amador Corpus explained that partnerships with the Luzon International Premier Airport Development (LIPAD) Corporation, the operator of Clark International Airport, and the Clark Development Corporation (CDC) aim to ensure that the various assistance from local and foreign donors are seamlessly delivered to calamity victims in Central Luzon and other parts of the country.
He cited as an example the deployment of air assets by the United States Indo-Pacific Command to deliver humanitarian assistance as well as emergency relief items from the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) to areas in Northern Luzon that were affected by tropical disturbances Crising, Dante, and Emong last July.
“The OCD helps facilitate those flights through LIPAD Corporation, while the CDC has provided the warehouse for the necessary stockpiling,” he shared.
Meanwhile, Corpus disclosed that the national government has provided over P402 million worth of assistance to about 831,883 families or 2.8 million individuals in Central Luzon that were affected by the consecutive tropical disturbances.
From this figure, DSWD has provided P350 million worth of assistance through family food packs. (CLJD/SFV, PIA Region 3-Pampanga)
