BACOLOD CITY, Aug. 9 -- About 300 residents of various barangays here received a total of PHP1 million in financial assistance for various purposes from the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD).
This was announced Wednesday by the Office of Bacolod City Lone District Representative Greg Gasataya, which facilitated the release of the aid with the DSWD-Negros Island Region.
The recipients were granted educational, burial, and medical assistance distributed during a two-day activity held on Tuesday and Wednesday at the Negros Occidental Multi-Purpose Activity Center in Bacolod.
The project was implemented through the Expanded Aid to Individuals in Crises Situation (EAICS) under the Protective Service Program (PSP) of the DSWD.
Last Monday, 200 vendors from various public markets of Bacolod also received a total of PHP2 million in livelihood assistance under the Sustainable Livelihood Program funded by the Bottom-up Budgeting of the DSWD.
Each vendor received an amount of PHP10,000 distributed by Mayor Evelio Leonardia, Vice Mayor El Cid Familiaran, and other city officials.
Department of Social Services and Development head Pacita Tero said the assistance was released in the form of a loan payable in three months.
The financial support is intended to empower the market vendors by providing them a cooperative loans system, she added.(Nanette L. Guadalquiver/PNA)
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