A total of 112,515 indigent senior citizens in region VII have already received their social pension cash stipend from the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Field Office VII. As of November 4, 2020, the Field Office VII has already disbursed a total of Php 362,110,000.00 to the 112,515 indigent senior citizens who received continue reading : Social Pensioners receive 2nd semester cash stipend
The distribution this semester of the cash grants for the social pensioners in Central Visayas nears completion at 95.76% as of yesterday, June 11. This is equivalent to 265,055 beneficiaries that are indigent senior citizens who received their social pension which sums up to Php 813,837,000.00. Regional Director Rebecca Geamala said that those remaining 11,233 continue reading : First sem Social Pension distribution nears completion
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) reiterates that beneficiaries of the Social Pension for Indigent Senior Citizens who are sickly, frail, fragile, with disability are not required to personally claim their stipend during payout to avoid untoward incidents that may be detrimental to their well-being. According to the DSWD Omnibus Guidelines in the Implementation of continue reading : Sickly and fragile social pensioners not required to attend payout
The Department of Social Welfare and Development Field Office VII has conducted the updating the information of the indigent senior citizens in the region who are included in the Social Pension program. The updating aims to gather new information from the existing beneficiaries of the social pension program. The Field Office started the updating in continue reading : DSWD-7 starts social pension updating