Nasa 200 na mga benepisyaryo sa Manila, nakatanggap ng food voucher sa ilalim ng food stamp program ng DSWD

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00:00 The government is working hard to solve the problem of starvation in our country.

00:06 The food voucher given by the DSWD under the Food Stamp Program is from 200 beneficiaries in Manila.

00:15 This is what Kenneth Paciente reported.

00:18 When Rosalina sells the rice she earns,

00:22 she earns P200 per day, she admits that it is not enough for her daily needs, especially her four children.

00:31 I save money for electricity and water.

00:36 Sometimes, we just have enough, but we don't have enough.

00:40 She is very happy because she is one of the beneficiaries of the food voucher in Manila

00:45 under the Food Stamp Program of the Department of Social Welfare.

00:49 This is my first time, I don't know how to do this.

00:52 According to the DSWD, 200 individuals were given electronic benefit transfer cards

00:58 that contain P3,000 food credit that beneficiaries can use to buy their food within a month.

01:06 They are among the 3,000 beneficiaries for the pilot implementation of the program in different parts of the country.

01:13 It's a gradual scale-up.

01:14 We will finish the pilot of P3,000 and then hopefully by next summer, P300,000.

01:19 One year later, another P300,000 until another P300,000, P400,000, until we reach P1,000,000.

01:25 The Food Stamp is a big help because I can save money for the next day's food I buy

01:35 and for the children's food.

01:37 The program's last fund was estimated at P2 billion.

01:41 President Marcos Jr. promised that it will continue to fund the program

01:45 when it's effective after six months of pilot implementation.

01:50 The DSWD clarified that even though food vouchers are given to beneficiaries every month,

01:55 they should also do their part to make their livelihood better through work.

02:02 If they say they don't have a job, we will find them a job.

02:06 Our partner agency is DOLE.

02:08 If they don't have enough skills or ability, they will be tested through training.

02:13 So while we give them a flight, they should be working.

02:17 That's why our exit from them should be two to three years after they finish the program

02:22 because by that time, they should have stabilized.

02:24 They have a job and they are making money.

02:26 The Food Stamp Program is a step by the current administration

02:29 to end hunger in the country before President Marcos Jr. finishes his term.

02:35 Kenneth, patient.

02:37 Para sa Bayan.