LGU-SoLeyte provides cash assistance to 777 distressed persons
By ES GORNE, PIA Southern
Leyte
January 16, 2012
MAASIN CITY, Southern
Leyte – A total of 777 distressed persons availed of the Assistance
for Individuals in Crisis Situation (AICS) by the local government of
Southern Leyte, a regular social services program designed to provide
relief to needy individuals and their families particularly in times
of crisis situations.
Together with the
Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) of the Southern Leyte
Congressional District thru the initiatives of Congressman Roger
Mercado and the PAGCOR, the assistance for individuals in crisis
situations totaled to P1.294 M, Provincial Social Welfare and
Development Office (PSWDO) Social Welfare Assistant Amelia Malazarte
reported to PIA.
Malazarte said the
provincial government appropriated in the amount of P956,800 for AICS
while the PDAF reached to P290,500 and P47,300 from PAGCOR were being
utilized for its social services last year.
She added that said
cash assistance were intended for the purchase of medicines, burial
assistance, educational assistance, transportation needs, emergency
food, laboratory examinations, CT scan, confirmatory test, vitamins,
heart examinations, among other needs.
Cash assistance
releases varies from the urgency of an individuals’ needs from P500 up
to P2,000 from the AICS, however, P500 up to P5,000 varied assistance
also were availed from the PDAF and PAGCOR, she added.
While, another relief
augmentation in the amount of P720,000 were being released to at least
1,000 families in the municipalities of Hinundayan, Sogod, St. Bernard
and Bontoc during the evacuations in the early months of 2011 due to
floodings.
That the assistance
came in the form of rice, canned goods and mineral waters to affected
families mentioned, she added.