The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) reported on Friday (October 18) that 9,116 families from the Bicol Region have already benefited from the Walang Gutom Program (WGP).

According to DSWD Field Office 5 – Bicol Region WGP Coordinator Sherryl Lofamia, these beneficiaries are from the provinces of Sorsogon and Camarines Sur who have already claimed their electronic benefit transfer (EBT) cards from August to September this year.

“Each household-beneficiary was able to utilize Php3,000 worth of food credits. With these, they were able to put healthy meals on the table,” WGP Coordinator Lofamia said in an interview with local media.

The program coordinator explained that Php3,000 food credits loaded into the EBT cards of the household-beneficiaries can be used to buy high-nutrition food items from the DSWD’s partner merchants. Recipients are required to allocate 50 percent of the credit for carbohydrates, 30 percent for protein, and 20 percent for fiber-rich foods.

“They will receive a monthly credit of Php3,000 for 3 years until 2027,” WGP Coordinator Lofamia pointed out.

DSWD’s WGP, created through Executive Order No. 44, is the national government’s anti-hunger and poverty reduction program aimed at decreasing the incidence of involuntary hunger experienced by Filipinos from low-income households.

The WFP aims to feed 1 million food poor families by 2027.

 

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9K Bicolano, napasali sa Walang Gutom Program ng DSWD

Iniulat ng Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) na halos 9,116 families mula sa Bicol Region ang nakinabang sa Walang Gutom Program (WGP).

Ayon sa DSWD Field Office 5 – Bicol Region WGP Coordinator Sherryl Lofamia, ang mga benepisyaryong ito na nagmula sa mga lalawigan ng Sorsogon at Camarines Sur ay nakatanggap na ng electronic benefit transfer (EBT) cards mula August hanggang September ngayong taon.

“Each household-beneficiary was able to utilize Php3,000 worth of food credits. With these, they were able to put healthy meals on the table,” sabi ni WGP Coordinator Lofamia sa isang panayam.

Pinaliwanag nito ang Php3,000 food credits na laman ng EBT cards para sa mga household-beneficiaries ay maaaring gamitin pambili ng mga high-nutrition food items mula sa mga partner beneficiaries ng DSWD

Ang mga recipients nito ay kinakailangang bumili ng 50 percent ng kanilang credit load para sa carbohydrates, 30 percent para sa protein, at 20 percent naman para sa fiber-rich foods.

“They will receive a monthly credit of Php3,000 for 3 years until 2027,” sabinpa ni WGP Coordinator Lofamia.

Ang WGP, isa sa flagship program ng pamahalaan para sa anti hunger and poverty reduction na naglalayon na wakasan ang kagutuman sa bansa.

Ito rin ay naisabatas batay sa Executive Order No. 44.

Layon ng programa na mapakain ang 1 million food poor families pagdating ng 2027.