Iriga City, Camarines Sur – The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Field Office V-Bicol Region provided set of essential aid to the families affected by the fire incident occurred on March 21, 2025 in Barangay San Isidro, Iriga City, Camarines Sur.

Two families, the home owner and their tenant, were impacted by the incident after the fire partially burned their house, leaving significant damages to their properties.

As part of the continuous support to help the fire-stricken families recover, on March 27, 2025, the DSWD Bicol’s Assistance to Individuals in Crisis Situation (AICS) Program extended Php5,000 in financial assistance to each family. These cash aid programs are intended to supplement families’ basic needs.

Prior to this relief effort, on March 22, 2025, the Angels in Red Vests swiftly visited the area to conduct assessment and provide psychosocial intervention, while family food packs and non-food items were distributed on March 24, 2025.

In an interview with Ms. Nerma N. Campillas, 42, a solo parent, and the affected tenant, she expressed profound gratitude towards DSWD, as the Department helped her during her trying times.

“𝘐𝘴𝘢 𝘢𝘬𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘰 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘯𝘢 𝘮𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘬, 𝘢𝘵 𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘖𝘍𝘞. 𝘕𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘭𝘶𝘯𝘨𝘢𝘯 𝘯𝘢 𝘢𝘬𝘰 𝘯𝘰𝘰𝘯 𝘯𝘨 𝘋𝘚𝘞𝘋 𝘈𝘐𝘊𝘚 𝘯𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘢-𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘢𝘬𝘰 𝘥𝘢𝘩𝘪𝘭 𝘴𝘢 𝘥𝘪𝘨𝘮𝘢𝘢𝘯 𝘴𝘢 𝘓𝘦𝘣𝘢𝘯𝘰𝘯, 𝘯𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘨𝘺𝘢𝘯 𝘯𝘨 Php10,000 𝘶𝘱𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘢𝘣𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘰𝘯 𝘮𝘶𝘭𝘪 𝘮𝘶𝘭𝘢 𝘴𝘢 𝘩𝘪𝘳𝘢𝘱 𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘶𝘩𝘢𝘺 𝘢𝘵 𝘬𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘴 𝘮𝘶𝘭𝘢 𝘯𝘰𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘬 𝘯𝘨 𝘗𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘴. 𝘕𝘨𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵 𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘪 𝘱𝘢 𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘯𝘢𝘬𝘢𝘬𝘢-𝘣𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘰𝘯 𝘶𝘭𝘪𝘵 𝘢𝘺 𝘪𝘴𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘶𝘯𝘰𝘴 𝘮𝘶𝘭𝘪 𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘥𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘕𝘰𝘰𝘯𝘨 March 21, 2025 𝘣𝘪𝘨𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘶𝘮𝘪𝘬𝘭𝘢𝘣 𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘶𝘯𝘰𝘨 𝘴𝘢 𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯𝘶𝘶𝘱𝘢𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘬𝘶𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘢𝘢𝘯 𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘱𝘰𝘬 𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘢𝘭𝘢 𝘢𝘵 𝘬𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘰. 𝘔𝘢𝘭𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘢𝘴𝘢𝘭𝘢𝘮𝘢𝘵 𝘬𝘰 𝘯𝘢 𝘭𝘢𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘥𝘢𝘩𝘪𝘭 𝘴𝘢 𝘱𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘢𝘭𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘢𝘨𝘬𝘢𝘬𝘢𝘵𝘢𝘰𝘯, 𝘮𝘶𝘭𝘪 𝘢𝘬𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘶𝘭𝘶𝘯𝘨𝘢𝘯 𝘯𝘨 𝘋𝘚𝘞𝘋. 𝘈𝘬𝘰 𝘢𝘺 𝘯𝘢𝘬𝘢𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘨𝘢𝘱 𝘯𝘨 Php5,000 𝘯𝘢 𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘶𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘢 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪 𝘬𝘢𝘮𝘪 𝘯𝘨 𝘨𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘵 𝘴𝘢 𝘣𝘢𝘩𝘢𝘺 𝘢𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘢 𝘶𝘴𝘢𝘥 𝘮𝘶𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘢 𝘣𝘶𝘩𝘢𝘺. 𝘔𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘨𝘢𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘯𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘺𝘢𝘳𝘪, 𝘯𝘨𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘱𝘢𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘭𝘰𝘺 𝘴𝘢 𝘣𝘶𝘩𝘢𝘺. 𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘢𝘭𝘢𝘮𝘢𝘵 𝘋𝘚𝘞𝘋 𝘴𝘢 𝘮𝘢𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘱 𝘯𝘢 𝘱𝘢𝘨-𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘣𝘢𝘺,” Ms. Campillas said.

This initiative reflects the dedication and commitment of the DSWD Bicol headed by the Regional Director Norman S. Laurio, following the directives of Secretary Rex Gatchalian to provide immediate assistance to in crisis families.