COA finds P48.8-M Yolanda donations sleeping in banks

The Commission on Audit report was heartbreaking as Yolanda victims supposed to received aid from other countries.

“The Office of Civil Defense (OCD) kept in banks more than P48.8 million in local and foreign donations for victims of Super Typhoon Yolanda instead of using the funds to help those in dire need of aid, according to a Commission on Audit (COA) report. COA said such act deprived typhoon victims of needed assistance in their lowest times, defeating the purpose of the donations.”  Reports Micheal Punongbayan in Philstar.

COA immediately task OCD together with NDRRMC to utilize the funds with its intended purpose by determining the needs of the victims in order to improve their condition.

The report revealed that “that the donations for Typhoon Yolanda remained intact with the depository bank. There were no disbursements out of the donations received,”