About 695,000 families or 2.9 million people nationwide have been assisted, DSWD spokesperson Irene Dumlao yesterday told reporters during a weekly forum.
Beneficiaries came from Northern Luzon, Visayas and the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, Dumlao noted.
Dumlao said this was done under Social Welfare Secretary Rex Gatchalian’s leadership and his water sufficiency and food security programs.
These programs are Projects LAWA or Local Adaptation to Water Access and BINHI or Breaking Insufficiency through Nutritious Harvest for the Impoverished.
Last month, 166 residents of Patnanungan town in Quezon started building water harvesting systems and gardening projects through these two programs, Dumlao said.
From April 17 to 19, project beneficiaries underwent comprehensive training encompassing disaster risk reduction, climate change adaptation and practical skills for water harvesting, gardening, vermicomposting and hydroponics.
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Angat Dam in Bulacan yesterday suffered the biggest water level drop amid extreme heat caused by El Niño and the dry season.
Its water level dropped to 187.13 meters or just 7.13 meters before its minimum operating level of 180 meters.
On Wednesday, Angat Dam’s water level was 187.65 meters.
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ابدأ النسخة التجريبية المجانية من Magzter GOLD لمدة 7 أيام للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة وأكثر من 8500 مجلة وصحيفة.
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