DSWD-10 distributes P3,000 to indigent senior citizens in Iligan City under the Social Pension Program of the Department.

5,996 indigent senior citizens in Iligan City claimed their Social Pension subsidy from the Department of Social Welfare and Development Field Office 10, yesterday.

The Social Pension is a program under Republic Act No. 9994 or the “Expanded Senior Citizens Act of 2010” which provides monthly stipend amounting to PHP500 to indigent senior citizens to augment their daily subsistence and other medical needs.

The DSWD continues to work with local government units and Land Bank of the Philippines in finalizing schedules in the conduct of payout under the said program, especially that the indigent senior citizens are in dire need of finances due to the onset of the coronavirus pandemic.###

Photo credits: Joy O. Lim-Zuson, DSWD-10