The Makati City local government distributed food packs to registered residents belonging to the Persons with Disability (PWD) sector on Tuesday, Nov. 8.
According to the local government unit (LGU), 400 PWD residents have received their food subsidies distributed by the members of the Makati Action Center (MAC) and Makati Social Welfare Development (MSWD). It added that this is just a part of its program to help Makatizens get through the COVID-19 pandemic.
The LGU assured its residents that they will do their best to be able to distribute food subsidies to all registered PWDs in the city.
On Nov. 4, Makati City announced that it is already readying the gift bags to be distributed to its residents as Christmas draws near.
The LGU’s annual “Pamaskong Handog” program aims to provide the city residents with food and other freebies during Christmas.
In a Facebook post, the LGU said that each gift bag contains two Makatizen shirts, three cans of corned beef, two cans of Spam, two cans of Vienna sausage, ingredients for spaghetti and other pastas, and ingredients for fruit salad.