Donated Relief Goods For Typhoon Yolanda Victims Gets Spoiled And Wasted
Relief goods donated by Belgium and foreign countries for typhoon Yolanda victims gets spoiled and wasted after neglecting it for years.
Super Typhoon Yolanda devastated some areas of the country and destroyed numerous properties. It also took almost thousands of people’s lives and leave its victims hopeless. Yolanda’s devastation last 2013, has become one of the darkest time for some Filipinos.
Typhoon victims were extremely needing help from the government. Foreign countries such as Belgium donated millions worth of relief goods last January 2014. But it was only neglected by the previous government until it spoiled and wasted due to delays.
The relief goods cause of delay was said to be the transportation costs, compliance issues, and other hindrances. Almost 12 container vans of relief goods from Belgium led to spoilage, which was reported last January 31, 2017.
The incident was reported by the Department of Social Welfare and Development Field Office (DSWD FO) VII to DSWD Secretary Judy Taguiwalo explaining the spoilage of the donated goods for Yolanda victims.
According to the report, the relief goods was delivered by a container van from Well-made Motors Development Corporation (WMDC) last January 2014. DSWD FO VII released the Deed of Donation and Acceptance for WMDC’s container vans 10 months after the donated goods have arrived.
The vans were shipped via K-Line, while another five containers were sent through APL Shipping were not considered. The DSWD was informed that about P10 million was the fee for the release of five container vans.
P400, 000 were taken by DSWD FO VII from Yolanda funds for the release of five container vans because DSWD Central Office gave no response. The container vans were temporarily stored in CICC last March 20, 2015.
Last March 21, 2015, the authorities find out that the boxes and its content were already expired and damaged 14 months since it was delivered in the country. The two out of seven containers were left unwithdrawn due to spoilage.
“DSWD will learn from this most unfortunate event and the more enforce its internal measures to ensure that this will not happen again. We take responsibility for what happened and ask the Filipino people, especially the survivors of Yolanda to forgive us,” said by Taguiwalo quoted by news info learn.
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