COTABATO CITY – A 28-year-old housewife’s decision to return the extra PHP5,000 financial assistance from the government has gone viral, as she appealed to fellow citizens to give way to the needy.
Whendy Pido of Barangay Basak, Magpet, North Cotabato politely turned down the PHP5,000 from the Social Amelioration Program (SAP) aimed at helping the poor amid the enhanced community quarantine and lockdowns across the country to contain the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19).
Pido, a housewife, gave back the extra PHP5,000 cash because her husband, who resides in another barangay, already received the financial aid.
She said in the vernacular, “I am poor and I know this is a big help for me but I also know there are others who need it more than I do. I will give way (to) them.”
North Cotabato Governor Nancy Catamco has lauded Pido for her act of kindness and consideration.
“All of us are affected by this pandemic, yet there is a mother who also deserved the assistance but decided to beg off the SAP and asked the social workers to give it to others who also deserved the amount,” Catamco said in the vernacular.
Informed that her upright action landed on social media, Pido said she was not expecting it.
“All I want is (for) others to also receive the assistance so all of us are happy,” she added, appealing to other residents who are economically stable to instead refuse the SAP so it can be given to thsoe who are in dire need.
Pido is a former overseas worker whose husband, a tenant farmer from another village, only earns PHP200 daily during planting and harvest season. (PNA)
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