The Department of Social Welfare and Development’s (DSWD) Field Office 5 – Bicol Region distributed on Friday (November 29) Php4.9 million in livelihood assistance to 245 Bicolano farmers and fisherfolk whose livelihoods were severely affected by the series of typhoons that battered the country in the recent months.

Disaster Response Management Group (DRMG) Assistant Secretary Irene Dumlao said the cash aid aimed to help in the recovery of those affected by the typhoons and help strengthen local economic activities in the region, particularly in the agriculture and fisheries sectors.

“The DSWD assures our kababayans that all forms of assistance, within the mandate of the Department, shall be provided to them until they attain full recovery,” DRMG Asst. Secretary Dumlao, who is also the agency spokesperson, said on Monday (December 2).

Each beneficiary from the coastal town of Jose Panganiban, Camarines Norte received Php20,000 Livelihood Settlement Grant (LSG) under the agency’s Sustainable Livelihood Program (SLP).

“The provision of the LSG through the SLP is one of the DSWD’s ongoing commitments to empower vulnerable communities and strengthen economic resilience across typhoon-hit areas,” the DSWD spokesperson said.

The SLP is one of the core programs of the DSWD that provides livelihood assistance to mitigate the impacts of natural or human-induced disasters.# (YADP)

 

Tagalog version

Php4.9M cash aid ng DSWD, naipamahagi sa mga magsasaka at mangingisda na nasalanta ng bagyo sa Bicol

Umabot na sa halagang Php4.9 milyong halaga ng tulong pangkabuhayan ang naipamahagi na ng Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Field Office 5 – Bicol Region sa may 245 na magsasaka at mangingisda sa rehiyon ng Bicol na pawang nasalanta ng magkakasunod na bagyo na dumating sa bansa.

Ayon kay Disaster Response Management Group (DRMG) Assistant Secretary at Spokesperson Irene Dumlao, ang cash aid na ipinaabot ng ahensya ay upang matulungang makarekober ang mga magsasaka at mangingisda.

“The DSWD assures our kababayans that all forms of assistance, within the mandate of the Department, shall be provided to them until they attain full recovery,” sabi ni DRMG Asst. Secretary Dumlao.

Nakatanggap ng halagang Php20,000 Livelihood Settlement Grant (LSG) ang bawat benepisyaryo mula sa coastal town ng Jose Panganiban, Camarines Norte. Ang LSG ay nasa ilalim ng Sustainable Livelihood Program (SLP) ng DSWD.

“The provision of the LSG through the SLP is one of the DSWD’s ongoing commitments to empower vulnerable communities and strengthen economic resilience across typhoon-hit areas,” sabi pa ni Asst Secretary Dumlao.

Ang SLP ay isa sa pangunahing programa ng DSWD na nagbibigay ng livelihood assistance upang matugunan at maalalayan ang mga naapektuhang pamilya at indibidwal dulot ng kalamidad.# (MVC)