links: http://www.gov.ph/2014/02/05/10000-yolanda-survivors-in-e-visayas-to-receive-cash-grants/
10,000 Yolanda survivors in E. Visayas to receive cash grants
Secretary of Social Welfare and
Development Corazon Juliano-Soliman and the United Nations Children’s
Fund (UNICEF) Representative to the Philippines Angela Kearney signed
yesterday a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for the implementation of
the Emergency Unconditional Cash Transfer for vulnerable households
affected by Typhoon Yolanda in Eastern Visayas.
Under the MOU, cash grants amounting to
$100 or about P4,370 will be given to each of the 10,000 eligible
households from Tacloban City and municipalities in upland areas every
month for a period of six months.
UNICEF has allotted $6 million for this initiative.
Recipients of the emergency cash grants
are those of the most vulnerable sectors including pregnant and
lactating women, children suffering from moderate to severe acute
malnutrition or at risk of malnutrition, persons with disabilities and
chronic illness, elderly persons, single-female headed households,
child-headed households, and households hosting separated children.
They will be included in the Family
Development Sessions under the DSWD’s Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino
Program and will be evaluated for possible inclusion in the list of
regular recipients of the program.
Secretary Soliman is grateful to UNICEF for coming up with this strategy.
“This will not only change the beneficiaries’ lives but it will be their hope after Yolanda,” Sec. Soliman said.
Kearney believes that providing this emergency intervention will help the vulnerable households to rebuild their lives faster.
“By making this cash grant available to
the most disadvantaged, we empower households to take charge of their
own healing and rebuilding,” Kearney remarked.
The cash transfer will be implemented by
Action Contre la Faim (ACF), an international nongovernment
organization that has demonstrated expertise on cash distribution, and
will involve community consultations, coordination with humanitarian
organizations, monitoring and post-survey.
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