TRUE to its vision to efficiently deliver humanitarian services to the most vulnerable communities in the country, the Philippine Red Cross (PRC), together with the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), crossed Abra River to reach the coastal Barangay Puro, in Caoayan town, Ilocos Sur, south of Vigan, to provide hygiene kits and other immediate needs on August 2.

There are 200 families in Barangay Puro who received 200 hygiene kits and 400 jerry cans. In addition, PRC volunteers conducted hygiene promotion for 12 families, or 92 individuals, and distributed 5,000 liters of water through a water storage bladder in Barangay Villamar.

“Walang maiiwan sa pagbangon sa nagdaang lindol. Laging handa ang Red Cross na tunguhin ang pinakamalalayong komunidad sa Ilocos Sur at iba pang probinsiyang naapektuhan upang maipaabot natin ang ating tulong sa kanila,” (“No one will be left behind in the recovery from the last earthquake. The Red Cross is always ready to target the most remote communities in Ilocos Sur and other affected provinces so that we can extend our help to them,”) PRC Chairman and CEO Richard Gordon assured.

As of 8:00 pm on August 7, the PRC Ilocos Sur Chapter has distributed 235,500 liters of water through the PRC water tankers, conducted hygiene promotion activities among 7,196 individuals, provided 2,589 hot meals, supplied 2,700 face masks, and given 645 hygiene kits to affected residents.