“The DSWD helps grieving families in crisis situations through the provision of burial assistance under the AICS. This way, they can focus on celebrating the life and legacy of their departed loved ones, instead of worrying where they can get the funds to properly lay to rest their departed family members,” DSWD Undersecretary for Operations Monina Josefina Romualdez said on Thursday (October 31).
From January to September 2024, the agency has already provided more than Php1.7 billion in burial assistance to 165,907 clients across the country.
As the nation observes All Souls Day on November 2, Undersecretary Romualdez extended the agency’s deepest condolences to all the individuals who perished at the height of Severe Tropical Storm Kristine saying that the Department is ready to provide the bereaved families with appropriate services under the AICS as they go through these difficult times in their lives.
Undersecretary Romualdez said agency-issued Guarantee Letters (GLs) can also be accepted in funeral parlors and memorial service providers that have existing Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with the DSWD.
Some of the service providers that accept DSWD-issued GLs from the DSWD Central Office are the Nieto Funeral Services; Mother Jeronima Funeral Services; and the BVL Funeral Homes Services.
Funeral parlors and memorial service providers that accommodate GLs issued by the DSWD Field Office (FO) National Capital Region include the A & J Biglang-Awa Funeral Homes; Bernadette Memorial Chapel and Funeral Services; Biglang Awa PJ Funeral Services; Blue Rose Memorial Services; Bonita Memorial Homes; C. Santiago Memorial Homes; Carenzo Funeral Service; Catalonia Funeral Homes.
Dayao Funeral Homes; Funeraria Basilica; Funeraria De Giganan-Magdaraog; Gospel Memorial Homes; Heavenly-Grace Funeral Service; Ilagan Memorial Homes; Imelda Labalan-Giganan Funeral Homes; J. Roa Funeral Services; Ka Andres Memorial Chapel; King Funeral Homes; LG Flores Memorial Chapels Inc.; M. Umipig Funeral Service.
Malaya Funeral Corporation (Funeraria Malaya); MBQ Funeral Services; Mother Jeronima Funeral Services; Nate Memorial Homes Incorporated; Nieto Funeral Services; Puneraria ni Bossing Nards; Rizalde Funeral Services; St. Andrew’s Funeral Service; St. James Memorial Chapel-Branch; and, Vivs Funeral Homes.
Clients in the regions may coordinate with any DSWD Field Office in their areas of residence for the complete list of funeral service providers.
The AICS is one of the social protection services of the DSWD that provides medical, burial, transportation, education, food, or financial assistance to individuals who are in crisis as assessed by social workers. #
Tagalog Version
Mga nabigyan ng burial assistance ng DSWD-AICS, umabot na sa 166K ngayong 2024
Sa ilalim ng Assistance to Individuals in Crisis Situation (AICS) program ng Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) ay patuloy na natutulungan ng ahensya ang mga mahihirap na Pilipino na maibsan ang kanilang gastusin para sa pagpapalibing ng namayapang kaanak.
Sa pamamagitan ng burial assistance na nakapaloob sa programa ng AICS ay natutulungan ang pamilyang namatayan na makaagapay sa gastusin partikular na ng paglilibing.
“The DSWD helps grieving families in crisis situations through the provision of burial assistance under the AICS. This way, they can focus on celebrating the life and legacy of their departed loved ones, instead of worrying where they can get the funds to properly lay to rest their departed family members,”sabi ni DSWD Undersecretary for Operations Monina Josefina Romualdez.
Batay sa record, mula January hanggang September ngayong taon, nakapagtala na ang ahensya ng mahigit sa Php1.7 billion na burial assistance. Ang nasabing halaga ay naipaabot sa 165,907 clients sa iba’t-ibang panig sa bansa.
Kasabay nito, nagpahayag naman ng taos pusong pakikiramay si DSWD Undersecretary Romualdez sa mga nasawi dulot ng pananalasa ng bagyong Kristine sa bansa kung saan halos mahigit sa isang daang katao ang naitalang namatay habang marami pa din ang naiulat na nawawala.
Ayon sa opisyal, nakahanda ang ahensya na magbigay ng tulong at serbisyo sa mga kaanak ng mga nasawi sa bagyo sa pamamagitan ng AICS. Ang tulong ay nakabatay sa assessment ng mga social workers.
Sabi pa ni Undersecretary Romualdez maaaring gamitin ng beneficiaries ang DSWD issued Guarantee Letters (GLs) sa mga funeral parlors at memorial service providers na may existing Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) sa ahensya.
Kabilang sa mga service providers na tumatanggap ng DSWD-issued GLs mulsa sa DSWD Central Office ay ang Nieto Funeral Services; Mother Jeronima Funeral Services; at BVL Funeral Homes Services.
Ang mga funeral parlors at memorial service providers naman na tumatanggap ng GLs na ini-isyu ng DSWD Field Office (FO) National Capital Regionay ang A & J Biglang-Awa Funeral Homes; Bernadette Memorial Chapel and Funeral Services; Biglang Awa PJ Funeral Services; Blue Rose Memorial Services; Bonita Memorial Homes; C. Santiago Memorial Homes; Carenzo Funeral Service; Catalonia Funeral Homes.
Dayao Funeral Homes; Funeraria Basilica; Funeraria De Giganan-Magdaraog; Gospel Memorial Homes; Heavenly-Grace Funeral Service; Ilagan Memorial Homes; Imelda Labalan-Giganan Funeral Homes; J. Roa Funeral Services; Ka Andres Memorial Chapel; King Funeral Homes; LG Flores Memorial Chapels Inc.; M. Umipig Funeral Service.
Malaya Funeral Corporation (Funeraria Malaya); MBQ Funeral Services; Mother Jeronima Funeral Services; Nate Memorial Homes Incorporated; Nieto Funeral Services; Puneraria ni Bossing Nards; Rizalde Funeral Services; St. Andrew’s Funeral Service; St. James Memorial Chapel-Branch; and, Vivs Funeral Homes.
Samantala, ang mga clients naman n amula sa regions ay maaaring makipag-ugnayan sa DSWD Field Office sa kanilang lugar upang mabatid ang kumpletong listahan ng mga service providers na tumatanggap ng DSWD issued GLs. #
