00:00The Department of Social Welfare and Development, or DSWD, will deploy 15 mobile kitchens in their field offices.
00:08In a radio interview, DSWD Assistant Secretary Irene Dumlao said that it will be used by the government to strengthen disaster response operations.
00:18A mobile kitchen can serve 500 hot meals in evacuation centers and port terminals that are stranded in bad weather.
00:27Meanwhile, more than 18,000 individuals have been fed by DSWD's hunger-free kitchen.
00:34More than 23,000 hot meals have been served to our countrymen who are experiencing involuntary hunger.
00:42The majority of those are families and children in the country.
00:46The hunger-free kitchen is open to all individuals who are experiencing hunger.