334 Kalinga families to get livelihood grant

By Peter A. Balocnit

CITY OF TABUK, Kalinga – A total of 334 families in the municipalities of Balbalan, Pasil, Lubuagan and Pinukpuk are awaiting the release of livelihood assistance grant approved last quarter of 2020 from the Dept. of Social Welfare and Development.
    Macfarlyne Bumosao, focal person on the Livelihood Assistance Grant (LAG), said they were waiting for downloading of funds   for these beneficiaries under LAG 3 whose project proposals were assessed and approved.   
    Each family-beneficiary affected by calamity will receive P15,000” he said.
    Bumosao said under LAG 4 this first quarter of 2021, assessment for eligibility are applications of 337 families of displaced persons   from the Balbalan, Pinukpuk, Tanudan, Lubuagan and Tabuk  City which were shortlisted by their respective disaster risk reduction management offices.
    Under LAG 5, the Social Welfare and Development team was targeting 635 families in municipalities of Lubuagan, Tinglayan, Tanudan and Tabuk City.
    Bumosao said their applications were being processed for the DSWD-CAR region’s approval. 
    Meanwhile, liquidation is ongoing for LAG 1 and 2.
    Beneficiaries were told procurement must be based on the proposal. “Anything procured or paid not in the proposal is passed to the proponent as his personal expense,” Bumosao said.
     Proposed livelihood are short term for victims of calamities to   earn and recover early, he said. – PIA Kalinga