DESPITE THE Covid-19 pandemic, Zamboanga Mayor Beng Climaco continues to help families in crisis situation as part of the local government’s social welfare program.
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| Mayor Beng Climaco distributes financial aid to families in crisis situation as part of the local government's social welfare program. (Bong Serondo) |
Climaco recently distributed financial aid to residents, mostly families in dire needs. The beneficiaries were all identified, assessed and validated by the City Social Welfare and Development Office under Socorro Rojas.
Many of those who sought aid from the local government are either victims of fire or those who needed medicines or burial assistance.
Just this year, the local government has for the first time distributed cash incentives to hundreds of elderly residents as part of a program pursuant to the Ordinance 539 which provides benefits to octogenarian or those who are 80-years old and nonagenarian or 90-years old.
For centenarians or those who are 100-years old, they will receive P50,000 cash incentive which is the local government’s counterpart to the DSWD’s P100,000 cash grant.
It is also the first time in Zamboanga’s history and the latest benefit package for senior citizens by the Climaco administration, according to Rojas, who said a total of 437 senior citizens across the city received P20,000 which they can use to buy basic necessities such as medicines.
Councilwoman Josephine Pareja, who authored the ordinance, was also present during the pay-out together with Rojas and Vice Mayor Rommel Agan, Arturo Onrubia, the focal person for senior citizens; and officers from the Federation of Senior Citizens Association of the Philippines in Zamboanga. (Zamboanga Post)
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