Two programs initiated last year by Speaker Martin Romualdez yesterday benefited a total of 8,000 qualified residents in Leyte, each receiving P5,000 in financial assistance as well as rice packages.
Romualdez personally led the distribution ceremonies of the Cash and Rice Distribution (CARD) Program and the Integrated Scholarship and Incentives for the Youth (ISIP for the Youth) Program in the province.
“We will continue to help our countrymen who need help, those from vulnerable sectors and our college students,” he said.
The CARD and ISIP Program distribution usually coincides with the Bagong Pilipinas Serbisyo Fair (BPSF), which rolls out millions of pesos in services and financial assistance to many qualified sectors in the country.
“These two programs are important for us in Congress because they directly help the sector of qualified students, senior citizens, PWDs, indigenous peoples, single parents and many others,” the Speaker said.
For the CARD program, a total of 5,000 qualified beneficiaries from Leyte each received P5,000 in financial aid through the DSWD’s Assistance to Individuals in Crisis Situations (AICS) Program and 20 kilograms of rice in a simple ceremony held at the Tacloban Astrodome in Tacloban City.
A total of 3,000 qualified beneficiaries in Leyte under the ISIP program each received P5,000 each, also through the DSWD’s AICS, and 5 kilograms of rice at the Alba Hall of the Leyte Normal University.
Identified student beneficiaries will also be enrolled under CHED’s Tulong Dunong Program (TDP) where students can get scholarship assistance per semester amounting to a total of P15,000.
They will also get priority slots under the Government Internship Program (GIP) for employment after graduation, and their unemployed parents or guardians may also be enrolled in the DOLE-TUPAD Program.