 (LEFT) After receiving their P1,500 first quarter stipend from DSWD, an elderly couple immediately went to the market to buy rice, meat, and milk. Social pensioners were advised to spend their money wisely. (Right) DSWD staff conducted home visits to far barangays to provide bed-ridden and disabled indigent senior citizens with P1,500, covering the first three months of the year. The Social Pension for Indigent Senior Citizens is a program of the national government which provides impoverished seniors with a monthly stipend of P500 to help them with their needs. (DSWD) |