SOME 109 mostly poor families have benefitted from the government’s Livelihood Assistance Grant (LAG) - a program under the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) in coordination with the local government.
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| Mayor Beng Climaco speaks to the beneficiaries of the government’s Livelihood Assistance Grant during the distribution of cash aid to the beneficiaries. (Bong Serondo) |
Each family received P10,000 complementing the government's Covid-19
recovery program, according to Climaco.
The beneficiaries were identified and selected based on the criteria set by the DSWD.
They were also reminded to make proper use of the livelihood
assistance to achieve sustainable income.
LAG is the financial assistance granted to qualified Sustainable Livelihood
Program beneficiaries whose livelihoods were affected by the declaration of
community quarantine.
The SLP, on the other hand, is the capability-building program for
the poor, vulnerable and marginalized families and communities to help improve
their socio-economic conditions through accessing and acquiring necessary
assets to engage in and maintain thriving livelihoods. It is one of the core
programs of the DSWD providing livelihood assistance during natural or
human-induced disasters.
The LAG
aims to assist the SLP
beneficiaries’
recovery from economic losses and can be used as a seed capital to start-up new
or enhance existing feasible and viable micro-enterprises, purchase inputs or
starter kits needed for the identified micro-enterprise and/or for
employment-related activities such as, but not limited to, transportation or
fare expenses.
The LAG
will only be provided to SLP beneficiary families having at least one member who is a worker in the informal sector, and is
displaced by reason of the declaration. The family must be in the master list endorsed
by the local government to the DSWD and its eligibility for LAG shall be
subject to the assessment of the DSWD. (Zamboanga Post)
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