This blogger posts photos of a DSWD warehouse literally jammed with
untouched foreign relief goods, a full month after Ondoy hit, and weeks
after the goods arrived. Local relief goods (meaning, from local donors)
are what gets sent to disaster victims.

http://www.ellaganda.com/?p=1759

The blogger does not do a thorough job of investigating several possible
reasons for the delay, but the photos are very troubling.

h.

thought the link was ****...



boo


:D

This blogger posts photos of a DSWD warehouse literally jammed with
untouched foreign relief goods, a full month after Ondoy hit, and weeks
after the goods arrived. Local relief goods (meaning, from local donors)
are what gets sent to disaster victims.

http://www.ellaganda.com/?p=1759

The blogger does not do a thorough job of investigating several possible
reasons for the delay, but the photos are very troubling.

h.

It's been almost a month after Ondoy left Metro Manila devastated. You cannot call it delay of relief distribution anymore. DSWD is intentionally holding it back. Why? The DSWD chief reasoned they lack volunteers to help them distribute the relief goods. Not buying that ****. They distributed the cheap items to the poor victims and held back the pricey or imported ones.

Parang gusto ko talaga mag-mura ng isang napakalutong ng PUTANG-INA NILANG LAHAT!!!!

http://services.inquirer.net/mobile/09/10/25/html_output/xmlhtml/20091025-232125-xml.html


Blogger stands by claim of rotting relief goods

It's been almost a month after Ondoy left Metro Manila devastated. You cannot call it delay of relief distribution anymore. DSWD is intentionally holding it back. Why? The DSWD chief reasoned they lack volunteers to help them distribute the relief goods. Not buying that ****. They distributed the cheap items to the poor victims and held back the pricey or imported ones.

Parang gusto ko talaga mag-mura ng isang napakalutong ng PUTANG-INA NILANG LAHAT!!!!


There are quite a few reasons to "hold back" certain relief goods.
First there is lack of infrastructure to receive/distribute/store said goods
at the disaster site. Second is to prevent misdelivery of goods to where they
are not needed: we are not privy to the feedback reports from relief
distribution centers. Third is inapplicability of relief goods: thick
blankets are often inappropriate, and tents might sound good, unless there
are no safe tent-grounds at the disaster site, etc..; Fourth is that many
foreign aid organizations require special accounting, to wit, done by their
own people, who unfortunately are slow in showing up. Fifth is prudent
reserve considerations: the day of Ondoy, PAGASA was already warning of
4-6 more strong typhoons to possibly threaten the country before year's end,
so DSWD has to maintain a reserve... kung bara-bara ang pag-release, you
have the sort of shoddy planning that left NDCC at a loss in the first 48 hrs.

The fact that Spanish relief goods which were bought from local Philippine
sources have not been delivered discourages a suspicion that only imported
goods are being witheld. US and Russian (UN charters) helos have been
delivering a great deal of relief goods --there are photos-- to the North,
post-Pepeng.

My gut feel is that there is malicious motive behind the bias towards
foreign goods being retained at DSWD. However, it may not be the only factor
actually working to keep these goods in DSWD's warehouses. Baka meron din
mga legit reasons. The next 2-3 weeks will tell, which is why I'm bringing this
up NOW: I'm not interested in a blame-game, as much as I want to help
make sure the goods are delivered where needed, while they still can be.

Cabral's "lack of volunteers" excuse is a load of crap, and if that was
indeed her response, and the telephoned question wasn't merely
misunderstood, then that is genuine cause to be suspicious.


Cheers,
h.

Ano ba naman yan pati pa ba mga relief goods eh titirahin pa!!! Anak ng hudas naman mga yan!!! packing shyet!!!

We need to send PrtyBoyDlicious to the Philippines for him to supervise the distribution of relief goods.

the worst part is, contrary to popular belief, the US is too f*ckin broke to afford this ****...

we're giving the philippines relief goods, and getting credit for it, yet we're purchasing the relief goods with borrowed money we never plan on repaying...

china would be much better off if they would just donate the goods themselves!!!

boss horge mukang pinagpipilian nga ang karamihan. nakaka lungkot man isipin pero may katunayan din ng konti. ang isa pa karamihan ng pagkain panis na nung naipadala. dapat kasi yan agad agad eh at instant. lalo na at ang weather sa pilipinas eh di tulad dito sa america na pwede ang pagkain sa labas ng ref ng ilang araw. at ang nakapag tataka din diba marame nag donate ng million million asan na yun? di na nga binigay ang donations sa politicians pero mukang nadale parin. pero sana mali ako, kawawa naman kasi kung ganun ang nangyayare.

This blogger posts photos of a DSWD warehouse literally jammed with
untouched foreign relief goods, a full month after Ondoy hit, and weeks
after the goods arrived. Local relief goods (meaning, from local donors)
are what gets sent to disaster victims.

http://www.ellaganda.com/?p=1759

The blogger does not do a thorough job of investigating several possible
reasons for the delay, but the photos are very troubling.

h.

Actually, it was tackled here on GMA7. They claimed it was due to lack of volunteers. WTF? They could always hire people even for just a contractual basis.

IMO, They should hire some of the victims so it can work both ways. The victims turned distributors have income while those that need it would get it.

thats really fukd up.

There are quite a few reasons to "hold back" certain relief goods.
First there is lack of infrastructure to receive/distribute/store said goods
at the disaster site. Second is to prevent misdelivery of goods to where they
are not needed: we are not privy to the feedback reports from relief
distribution centers. Third is inapplicability of relief goods: thick
blankets are often inappropriate, and tents might sound good, unless there
are no safe tent-grounds at the disaster site, etc..; Fourth is that many
foreign aid organizations require special accounting, to wit, done by their
own people, who unfortunately are slow in showing up. Fifth is prudent
reserve considerations: the day of Ondoy, PAGASA was already warning of
4-6 more strong typhoons to possibly threaten the country before year's end,
so DSWD has to maintain a reserve... kung bara-bara ang pag-release, you
have the sort of shoddy planning that left NDCC at a loss in the first 48 hrs.

The fact that Spanish relief goods which were bought from local Philippine
sources have not been delivered discourages a suspicion that only imported
goods are being witheld. US and Russian (UN charters) helos have been
delivering a great deal of relief goods --there are photos-- to the North,
post-Pepeng.

My gut feel is that there is malicious motive behind the bias towards
foreign goods being retained at DSWD. However, it may not be the only factor
actually working to keep these goods in DSWD's warehouses. Baka meron din
mga legit reasons. The next 2-3 weeks will tell, which is why I'm bringing this
up NOW: I'm not interested in a blame-game, as much as I want to help
make sure the goods are delivered where needed, while they still can be.

Cabral's "lack of volunteers" excuse is a load of crap, and if that was
indeed her response, and the telephoned question wasn't merely
misunderstood, then that is genuine cause to be suspicious.


Cheers,
h.

I agree, relief distribution is not a simple task. I would have understood DSWD's situation if hoarding of imported donated items didn't happen in the past. Remember the 2006 Leyte landslide? Relief goods from foreign countries over pours DSWD but what did the landslide survivors receive? Expired rotten local products... :grumpy::no:


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