WFP partners with DSWD to increase CCT assistance
By Pia Lee-Brago and Rainier Allan Ronda (The Philippine Star)
December 13, 2013 - 12:00am
MANILA, Philippines - The World Food Program (WFP) has partnered with
the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) to provide P260
million in additional cash assistance to 500,000 beneficiaries of the
conditional cash transfer (CCT) program who were affected by Typhoon
Yolanda.
WFP Philippines country director Praveen Agrawal and Social Welfare
Secretary Corazon Soliman on Wednesday signed a memorandum of
understanding for the cash distributions to CCT beneficiaries in 50
typhoon-hit municipalities in Leyte and Samar.
The cash grant will benefit around 100,000 families.
Each family will receive an emergency cash grant of P1,300 in addition
to their CCT cash grants for December and January. Each family will also
receive a month's supply of rice.
The most food insecure families were identified in WFP's post-Typhoon
Yolanda assessment among vulnerable families enrolled under the CCT program.
"We need to provide the right kind of assistance as circumstances change
and at this point in time, our assessments indicate that a combination
of cash support and in-kind rice is an effective approach," Agrawal said.
Soliman, for her part, said DSWD's partnership with the WFP is another
proof that during times of adversity, the CCT program becomes a good
avenue for humanitarian aid to reach its intended recipients.
"The local economy plays an important role in this recovery and in order
to put it back on track, the people need money that they can use to
purchase goods – goods that they need in order to survive," Soliman added.
The provision of cash support through the CCT program marks a step in
the strategic evolution of assistance provided by the WFP.
To date, the WFP has distributed nearly 6,000 metric tons of rice, 190
MT of high-energy biscuits and two MT of nutritional products for
children to three million people, in partnership with the DSWD and
non-government organizations. With Jaime Laude, Christina Mendez, Alexis
Romero, Artemio Dumlao
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