The Philippine Red Cross (PRC) in partnership with American Red Cross, USAid, International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, and Qatar Red Crescent, distributed cash grants and shelter tool kits for typhoon-affected families in Catanduanes and Camarines Sur.

With the unbearable damages left by Super Typhoon Rolly and Typhoon Ulysses last month, PRC Chairman and CEO Senator Richard Gordon recently visited Bicol Region for the third time to ensure consistent rehabilitation efforts for the residents.

PRC Ambassador and 2018 Ms. Universe Catriona Gray accompanied Gordon, volunteers, and staff of PRC to personally assess the situation and development of Catanduanes and Camarines Sur.

The humanitarian organization distributed PHP500,000 worth of shelter tool kits and galvanized iron sheets to 61 families whose homes have been hit hard by the successive typhoons. PRC also provided tarpaulin and sleeping kits as part of its shelter rebuilding efforts.

A total of 200 families in Tigaon, Camarines Sur, and 364 families in Brgy. Palnab Del Sur, Virac, Catanduanes received PHP3,500 cash grant each from PRC.

“This cash assistance will jumpstart the livelihoods of the affected families in Bicol. After the typhoons which hit their area, this relief provision can ensure their recovery and help them start anew,” Gordon said. (PNA)