To help ease the burden of people affected by the eruption of Taal Volcano, Senator Cynthia A. Villar extended immediate assistance to them over the weekend.
Villar distributed relief packs to the evacuees from the restive volcano in the towns of Laurel and Agoncillo in Batangas.
The senator also gave food packs and boxes of alcohol in Laurel and Agoncillo.
“By giving food packs to the victim, we are helping our government feed our people, especially the families who were displaced due to the volcanic activity,” said Villar.
“We also gave them alcohol as a way to protect themselves as we are facing a global health crisis,” she added.
During this time, the senator cited the need for the so-called “Bayanihan spirit” among Filipinos.
“Let us join forces and extend a helping hand to alleviate the plight of the people who were victims of the volcanic eruption,” Villar said.
Last Wednesday, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said a “short-lived” phreatomagmatic eruption occurred at the main crater of Taal Volcano.