Mindanaotoday.com | DSWD leads ECT payout to 6,166 flood-affected families in MisOcc
By: Shaine Mae R. Nagtalon
OROQUIETA CITY, Misamis Occidental – Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Rex Gatchalian, with the support of Governor Henry Oaminal, spearheaded the distribution of Emergency Cash Transfer (ECT) to the families affected by the shearline in the province of Misamis Occidental on Saturday, June 17, 2023.
The DSWD, through the efforts of the provincial government of Misamis Occidental, provided financial assistance to 4,194 beneficiaries, consisting of Oroquieta City (1,304), Panaon (328), Jimenez (994), Baliangao (295), Aloran (387), Plaridel (291), Concepcion (297), Lopez Jaena (298) at the BayFront Arena, Oroquieta, and 1,972 beneficiaries consisting of Ozamiz City (785), Tudela (146), Sinacaban (496), and Clarin (545) at the Municipal Gymnasium, Tudela.
Each beneficiary received P13,680 under the ECT program.
Gatchalian said the president assures continuous support to the victims of the shear line.
“Ang mandato ng DSWD sa utos ng ating Pangulong BongBong Marcos na tulungan kayong maka-recover hanggang sa next week tuloy-tuloy parin ang ECT sa bawat pamilya na nabiktima para masigurado natin makabalik kayo sa normal niyong buhay,” Gatchalian said.
(The mandate of the DSWD, on the order of our president BongBong Marcos, is to help you recover until next week. ECT will continue to reach out to every family that has been victimized so that we can make sure that you can return to your normal life)
The secretary also promised to provide assistance through the Sustainable Livelihood Program (SLP), and he asked the governor to have a warehouse for the storage of relief goods in response to unprecedented calamities and other emergencies.
Meanwhile, Gov. Henry Oaminal vowed to continue providing aid to the affected families until they were able to recover from the calamity.
“Kaning nadawat nato nga mga ayuda dli lang kini ang mga ayuda nga food packs ug cash assistance ang atong nadawat aduna sa’y mga ayuda nato diri nga miabot sa pag-enhance sa atong governance in addressing the needs of the people,” Oaminal said.
(The aid we have received is not only food packs and cash assistance; we also have aid that has come to enhance our governance by addressing the needs of the people)
Oaminal is optimistic that, through the collaboration of DSWD and the provincial government and LGUs, the residents of MisOcc will recover from the devastating effects brought by Shearline.
Jimmy Almario, a resident of Oroquieta City and a recipient of the financial aid, said he is grateful to the government for adding the money to their business.
“Daghang salamat sa assistance nga gihatag, dako kaayo ni og tabang sa amoa, sa amoang negosyo kay ipuno namo ni og puhunan. Mas maayo nga naa’y assistance nga gihatag ang atong gobyerno para makatabang sama namo nga mga kabos nga lumulopyo dinhi sa Oroquieta City,” he said.
(Thank you very much for the assistance; it is a great help to us and to our business because we will fill it with investment. It is better that there is assistance given by our government to help poor people like us here in Oroquieta City)
The ECT program aims to provide assistance to the more than 21,000 flood-affected families in the province of Misamis Occidental. (SMRN/PIA-10/Misamis Occidental)
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