A total of six (6) associations covering 167 families received a total amount of Php 1,210,000 livelihood assistance through the Support Service Intervention (SSI) of the Modified Conditional Cash Transfer in a turn-over activity held at Sta.Barbara Health Center, Zamboanga City on February 10.
from DSWD Community Facilitators, Association President.
The beneficiaries are Indigenous People covered by the said program under the barangays of Campo Islam, Kasanyangan, Sta.Barbara, Rio Hondo and Sta.Catalina, Zamboanga City.
The said assistance will create opportunities for beneficiaries to start-up livelihood plans through their group and individual income-generating projects. This will further help them earn, augment and sustain the income of their families by building their capacity to be engaged in economic activities. With this, the families are capable to stand on their own and improve their level of well-being.
The beneficiaries underwent Social Preparation and series of meetings through the Sustainable Livelihood Program to ensure that proper management of grants and savings will be practiced.
The six associations are only part of the total 13 associations created for the said livelihood aid. There were already 2 clusters that have been provided with the same intervention and the remaining clusters of Masepla and Magay are expected to be given in few weeks’ time.
The association is led by a President with maximum of 30 members. Each family receives a minimum of Php 7,000 to Php 10,000 maximum grants with spreading payments over multiple periods to be deposited by the beneficiaries in their respective association’s savings account in zero interest. This will enable them to further expand and increase their livelihood opportunities among its members. Some of the livelihood projects initiated were Rice dealership, Soft drinks dealership, Fruit and Fish vending.
To date, MCCT is being implemented across the region with a total number of 31,189 households covering Indigenous People in GIDAs, Itinerant Indigenous people and Homeless street families. Other support service interventions provided to these beneficiaries were skills training and cash for work activities.
Modified Conditional Cash Transfer is designed to reach out to families who are definitely poor and more vulnerable and disadvantaged but are not covered of the regular CCT because of their being excluded in the enumeration of the National Household Targeting System for Poverty Reduction (NHTS-PR) or Listahanan. ###
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