The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Field Office Central Luzon started the distribution of Emergency Cash Transfer (ECT) to families and individuals affected by Super Typhoon “Carina” in July 2024.
The ECT payouts began on June 24 in the municipalities of Abucay in Bataan, as well as Arayat and Candaba in Pampanga.
These will continue until the first week of July, benefiting more than 62,000 families in the affected areas in the region, according to the DSWD.
“As ordered by President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., we cannot just give relief goods during and after the typhoon. We also need to monitor and help the affected families until they recover or get back on their feet,” DSWD Disaster Response Management Group Assistant Secretary and spokesperson Irene Dumlao said in a mix of English and Filipino.
Each beneficiary is set to receive P5,625, which can be used to meet their basic needs such as food, drinking water, medicine, and other daily necessities.
Dumlao said strict security measures are in place at the payout sites, with support from the Provincial and Local Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Offices and the Philippine National Police (PNP).
The ECT is part of DSWD’s disaster response efforts and an adaptive strategy for bridging the gaps between immediate disaster relief, humanitarian response, and early recovery support through outright cash aid for disaster-affected families in areas under a state of calamity.
