Social Welfare Secretary Rex Gatchalian says he will tap the private sector to help with the logistics of disaster response.
This was Secretary Rex Gatchalian’s message to regional directors during his first week at the Department of Social Welfare and Development , he told reporters in his first meeting with the press on Friday afternoon, February 3.
While there would be no “purge” of the current staff, Gatchalian said he would be “strict” and a disciplinarian. Gatchalian is now in charge of a department with a P200-billion budget for 2023, and is one of the lead agencies in disaster preparedness and response in a country that is hit by dozens of typhoons and other disasters yearly.
One proposal Gatchalian is considering is to divide regional office logistics even further to smaller areas, and use disaster mapping to help prepare for distribution.“In normal times, the private sector knows how to get food and supply to even far-flung areas. We have to engage with them,” Gatchalian said in Filipino.Gatchalian said that easing social welfare is a “multi-pronged approach.”
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