Kabayan PNP, LGU adopt poor folks amid Covid-19

KABAYAN, Benguet – Police led by town chief Cpt. Peter D. Camsol Jr partnered with the local government through Councilor Ghislyn Marave in a program dubbed “Adoption of indigent family” to help those most in need during Enhanced Community Quarantine(ECQ) to curb the spread of Covid-19. 

This initiative involves the identification of an indigent family or individual who will receive relief goods for a period of time. 

Identified initially as recipient based on economic profiling was 74 year old Simeona Alperes, a farmer of Barangay Pacso.

A widow with poor health condition and living alone as his only child was murdered years ago, and with no known immediate family members, she earns a through daily labor at a farm.

“Since the implementation of the Enhanced Community Quarantine, farming which is the main livelihood of this municipality was in some degree restricted and has a limited operation. As a result, Alperes services was no longer required and essential to the farmers, hence, no source of income to pull her through this time of crisis,”  according to a facebook post of the Kabayan police. 

On April 1, Camsol, Marave and Municipal Social Welfare and Development Officer Edilyn M. Pacatiw delivered to Alperes relief goods such as rice, canned goods, condiments and other food essentials from the LGU and  pooled voluntary resources from the local police. 

                A continuing undertaking during the ECQ period, a new family will be identified weekly as recipient of relief goods, said Marave adding she  will suggest to the local government programs to adopt to help alleviate and sustain the living condition of the recipients who are less fortunate. (JDP/SCA-PIA-CAR, Benguet)