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Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Rex Gatchalian and Budget and Management (DBM) Secretary Amenah Pangandaman led a walkthrough of the DSWD National Resource Operations Center on Chapel Road, Pasay City, on Tuesday, August 19, 2025. Maria Tan, ABS-CBN News

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SOCIAL WELFARE-QUICK RESPONSE FUND

<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:960px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/175869959562020250819-dswd-warehouse-qucik-response-MT11.jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Rex Gatchalian and Budget and Management (DBM) Secretary Amenah Pangandaman led a walkthrough of the DSWD National Resource Operations Center on Chapel Road, Pasay City, on Tuesday, August 19, 2025. Maria Tan, ABS-CBN News</span></span></span></div><p>MANILA —The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) on Wednesday called for volunteers in its food repacking efforts as typhoon season begins in the Philippines.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/9/24/opong-widespread-flooding-may-hit-luzon-bicol-landfall-seen-1318">Opong: Widespread flooding may hit Luzon this week; Bicol landfall seen on Friday</a></div><p>The state weather bureau earlier warned that tropical storm Opong was forecast to dump heavy rains that could spawn widespread flooding and landslides in vast swaths of Luzon this week.</p><p>Opong is the fifteenth storm in the country this year and the fifth this September.</p><div><br/></div><div><strong>WHERE TO VOLUNTEER</strong></div><div><br/></div><p>The DSWD said it needed manpower at the Luzon Disaster Resource Center (LDRC) in Pasay City, where the production of family food packs (FFPs) is taking place.</p><p>The LDRC is located along Chapel Road, Barangay 195 in Pasay City, near the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP).</p><p>&quot;The help of volunteers will go a long way in our goal to ensure that sufficient FFPs are in store and can immediately be deployed for prepositioning before a typhoon strikes,” DSWD spokesperson Irene Dumalo said.</p><p>“We are currently in a season where typhoons enter our country almost at the same time, so we must always be prepared,&quot; she added.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/9/19/philippines-ghost-flood-projects-leave-residents-stranded-1129">Philippines &#x27;ghost&#x27; flood projects leave residents stranded</a></div><p>Dumlao reminded volunteers to come in comfortable clothing, closed footwear, and to bring bottled water and packed meals. </p><p>They will be briefed 30 minutes prior to the relief operation.</p><p>“Ngayon pa lang po ay nagpapasalamat na kami sa mga mag-boboluntaryo ng kanilang oras at kakayahan sa pagtulong,&quot; said Dumlao, who serves as assistant secretary of the Disaster Response Management Group (DRMG) of the welfare department.</p><p>Volunteers may contact Byron Benson Barrinuevo through Viber at 09629849002 or <a href="mailto:bbbbarrinuevo@dswd.gov.ph">bbbbarrinuevo@dswd.gov.ph</a> for more information.</p><div><br/></div><div><strong>RELATED VIDEOS</strong></div><div><br/></div><div><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/5kfa7kRnIp0?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/V3gPRTNMwbo?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/DnAr9hZIMIk?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><br/></div>

<p>The DSWD said it needed manpower at the Luzon Disaster Resource Center in Pasay City, where the production of family food packs is taking place.</p>

The DSWD said it needed manpower at the Luzon Disaster Resource Center in Pasay City, where the production of family food packs is taking place.

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DSWD seeks volunteers at Pasay packing facility as PH braces for more typhoons

Jose Raphael Gonzales,

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Published Sep 24, 2025 03:52 PM PHT

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