The Philippine Red Cross (PRC) provided hot meals and psychological first aid to the victims of the 6.0-magnitude earthquake in Mindanao.
The Philippine Red Cross provided hot meals and psychological first aid to the victims of the 6.0-magnitude earthquake in Mindanao.Seven hundred individuals from the municipalities of Montevista and Nabunturan, Davao de Oro, and in Kiamba, Sarangani were given hot meals while 300 individuals received psychological first aid, PRC said in a statement on Sunday, Feb. 5.
“PRC’s Welfare Services Team set up Child-Friendly Spaces in areas affected by hazard events as a standard component of PRC’s disaster responses,” PRC added.Also, 27 patients from Davao De Oro Provincial Hospital were evacuated by PRC volunteers after the quake. The organization added that its Health Services team also set up a medical tent and dispensed potable water for the locals through the PRC water tanker and bladders.
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