The foundation involves Air Asia, Aboitiz Foundation and Aboitiz Power, AirBnB Foundation, Air 21, Ayala Foundation, A-PAD Philippines, Bank of the Philippine Islands, Cebuana Lhuillier, Coca-Cola Foundation, Energy Development Corp.
The efforts of the private sector complements the assistance provided by the Department of Social Welfare and Development . The DSWD has also issued access cards to families identified by local governments as quake survivors so they can receive relief and other forms of assistance.Aside from food and shelter, the department is providing “psychosocial counseling for adults and play therapy for children,” Dumlao said.The head of the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council , meanwhile, claimed that communist rebels were using the disasters to embarrass the government.
It was for this and other reasons that checkpoints were being set up along highways, he said. These would serve as initial contact for donors on their way to the evacuation centers without prior coordination with the incident command posts, he added.