FINANCIAL AID. Mayor John Dalipe (left) leads the distribution of financial aid to persons with disabilities (PWDs) at the activity area of the KCC Mall in Zamboanga City on Wednesday (June 28, 2023). A total of 994 PWDs each received PHP3,000 for a total of PHP2.9 million. (Photo courtesy of John Dalipe)
ZAMBOANGA CITY – The city government here has released about PHP2.9 million in financial aid to 994 indigent persons with disabilities (PWDs), a local official said Thursday.
Ma. Socorro Rojas, City Social Welfare and Development Office chief, said the recipients of the Assistance to Individuals in Crisis Situation (AICS) comprised 431 PWDs who received their financial aid on Tuesday and 563 who got their aid on Wednesday.
Each of them received PHP3,000, according to Rojas.
Mayor John Dalipe, together with Vice Mayor Josephine Pareja, led the distribution of financial aid.
“The financial assistance forms part of the program of the current administration to help alleviate the plight of indigents and the vulnerable sector in the city,” Dalipe said in a statement Thursday. (PNA)
