More than 60,000 indigent families in Davao Oriental to receive SAP assistance
By Warren Elijah E. Valdez
DAVAO CITY - A total of 64,344 families in the province of Davao Oriental will be receiving the P6,000-cash assistance from the Social Amelioration Program (SAP) of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD).
According to Social Welfare and Development Officer Reynante Cruz, around P617 million have already been downloaded to all the 11 local government units (LGUs) of the province, and are now ready for disbursement.
The disbursement of the financial aid will proceed once the final lists of the beneficiaries are submitted by the LGUs, and validated by the DSWD.
“Once the lists are finalized, the social amelioration cards will be distributed house-to-house to be filled out by the head of the household,” Cruz said.
The statement said that the DSWD has already disbursed cash assistance in some barangays in the municipalities of Boston, Tarragona, and Baganga while the distribution in the rest of the municipalities and the city will immediately follow as the department targets to finish the disbursement by next week.
Under the program, qualified family beneficiaries will receive P6,000 cash assistance for the month of April and another P6,000 for the month of May. The P6,000-subsidy was computed based on the prevailing minimum wage rate in the region.
On the other hand, around 44,000 Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) beneficiaries are automatically considered recipients of the program. They have already received P4,650 which is part of the total P6,000 emergency subsidy downloaded directly to their cash cards. The remaining P1,350 covers the beneficiaries’ rice subsidy and health grants amounting to P600, and P750, respectively.