US govt delivers P11.5-M crisis aid

By Leander C. Domingo

Oct 07, 2022 12:05 am

THE United States government through the United States Agency for International Development (USAid) has delivered a total of P11.5 million ($200,000) worth of response supplies, equipment and humanitarian assistance to Surigao del Norte.

According to the US Embassy in Manila, the assistance was to help communities in that province recover from the dual effects of Typhoon 'Odette' and the Covid-19 pandemic.

SUPPORT FOR SURIGAO USAid Office of Health Director Michelle Lang-Alli and Humanitarian Assistance Officer Rachel Gallagher join Surigao del Norte Gov. Robert Lyndon Barbers at the turnover of Covid-19 response supplies and equipment on Sept. 27, 2022. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO

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