BANGUED, Abra (PIA) – More than 2,000 Abrenian minimum wage earners recently received cash assistance under the Ayuda para sa Kapos ang Kita Program (AKAP) of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD).
A total of 2,157 beneficiaries each received P3,000 during the payout held at the University of Abra in this capital town.
In an interview with Hazel Anne Dangsi, Crisis Intervention Section Focal of SWAD Abra, she explained that AKAP’s priority beneficiaries are low-income wage earners who are greatly affected by the impact of inflation.
“Ang programang ito ay para sa ating mga kababayan na low income wage earners na apektado ng inflation, and for Abra, we have a total of 2,157 beneficiaries for this payout,” Dangsi said.
Bangued resident Ronald Collado is grateful for the aid that he received which will he use to buy school needs of his children.
“Agyamanak a ma’am ta adda daytoy nga programa, naragsak ta adda nayon ti igatang ko iti notebook, bag dagiti annak ko ken adda pangnayun ko iti allowance da”, he said.
[I’m thankful for this program. I’m happy because I have additional money to buy notebooks, bags and other school supplies for my children, as well as for their allowance.]
The payout was done in partnership with Abra Congresswoman Menchie ‘Ching’ Bernos.
Under the General Appropriations Act, P26 billion was appropriated for the AKAP program for this Fiscal Year 2024. It is one of the government’s approaches in addressing inflation and protect the purchasing power of low-income earning Filipinos. (CAGT-PIA CAR, Abra)
