Bangsamoro Interim Chief Minister Abdulraof Macacua on Monday vowed to send more aid to the victims of Cebu earthquake following the initial relief that emergency responders from the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) sent to the quake-hit province on Saturday.
‘This is in pursuit of the Islamic tenet that helping the needy people is as good as helping the whole of humanity,’ Macacua told reporters Monday, Oct. 6. ‘We are always ready to help and to send more,’ he said.
On Macacua’s order, the Ministry of Social Services and Development (MSSD), the Bangsamoro Rapid Emergency Action on Disaster incidence (READi), the Office of Civil Defense in partnership with the Cotabato Regional and Medical Center (CRMC) and the Philippine Air Force Tactical Operations Group (TOG-12) sent non-food items for quake victims over the weekend. These included modular tents, dignity kits containing underwear for mothers, fathers and young girls and boys, as well as sanitary napkins, whistles and portable solar lamps and water kits.
‘The primary goal of sending these non-food items is to assist individuals, particularly women and young girls, with their urgent needs during times of displacement and severe crisis,’ the MSSD said.
CRMC also sent 445 bags of blood for those who would need it.