After sending aid to affected residents two days after the eruption of Taal Volcano, the City of Taguig returned on Friday, Jan. 17, to provide free medical assistance and relief packs to over 122 families from Laurel, Batangas displaced by the calamity.
Different departments at the Taguig City Hall pooled a comprehensive response to the needs of 122 families or more than 500 individuals who were evacuated from their homes following the eruption in a medical mission and relief operation in an evacuation site at the Splendido Taal Country Club in Laurel.
The charitable effort began with a medical mission led by the Taguig City Health Office in response to the call of the local government of Laurel to provide medical services for its evacuees. An onsite pharmacy was set up for those needing medication and supplements.
Children were gathered for parlor games and a magic and puppetry show for psychosocial support. The kids and their parents alike were all smiles as they enjoyed the events.
After all the evacuees were given medical help, they received food packs, bottles of drinking water, hygiene kits, beddings, and N95 masks, among others.
They also received water jugs and packs of sodium hypochlorite, a liquid that purifies water for drinking purposes.
The Taguig City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office taught the evacuees how to chlorinate water to make it safe to drink.
Taguig rescue brought truckloads of water for the hygienic and cleaning needs of the evacuees.
Also joining the medical mission was the Taguig police.
The medical and relief effort was in cooperation with the offices of Sen. Pia Cayetano, House Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano, and Taguig Rep. Lani Cayetano.
