Celebrity UN Food program pour aid to San Fernando

CITY OF SAN FERNANDO -- Actress KC Concepcion and officials of the United Nations World Food Programme (UNWFP) distributed Tuesday hundreds of ready-to-eat, nutrient-filled food packages, including infant formula, to flood-affected residents of this city.

Concepcion, who has Kapampangan roots in mother Sharon Cuneta as well as influence from Senator Francis Pangilinan, arrived around 10 a.m. with UNWFP Representative and Country Director Stephen Anderson and Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) officials at Heroes Hall for a briefing on the current situation of the city from Mayor Oscar Rodriguez, City Administrator Ferdinand Caylao and members of the City Disaster Risk Reduction Management Office.

Surprisingly fluent in the Pampanga native tongue, Concepcion said it was her advocacy to help fellow Kapampangans and Filipinos in times of disaster and calamities, much that she is very involved with the UNWFP: “We came here in San Fernando to contribute what we can in the rehabilitation and relief of those affected by the calamity.”

Anderson, for his part, told Sun.Star Pampanga that the UNWFP is in full support of relief efforts particularly through the DSWD.

“We have been pouring a lot of aid in the Philippines like here in Central Luzon. We have partnered with the DSWD to facilitate the distribution of the aid packages including transportation and delivery in affected areas. We will definitely extend more assistance in the coming days,” said Anderson.

Rodriguez thanked Concepcion and Anderson for the assistance: “I am very happy that a popular actress with Kapampangan blood is very much involved in efforts to help victims of the calamity.”