Dumagats in Antipolo receive gov't cash aid, others say left out

Dumagats in Antipolo receive gov't cash aid, others say left out COVID19 COVID19Quarantine

Dumagat Leticia Doroteo, 50, left her home in Sitio Paglitao, Antipolo City at dawn Friday to make it to the Department of Social Welfare and Development's distribution of cash aid in Barangay Calawis at 8 a.m.

When a social worker handed over the money to Doroteo and advised her to count it first before leaving the area, she shyly asked the former to count it for her.Life during the lockdown in Sitio Paglitao, according to Doroteo, is harder than usual. “Sasalitan namin 'yung kamoteng kahoy ng kaunting bigas, tatadtaran namin ng kamote 'yung bigas,” she added.While the situation is hard for residents under the lockdown, there is no COVID-19 or any health problem reported in the Dumagat community, she said.

Antipolo Civil Social Welfare Department assistant head Frescuan Canlas said the DSWD covers 407 families in Barangay Calawis.Of this number, around 200 families are covered under the social amelioration program. “Minsan po nababaligtad po nila 'yung babae at lalaki... tinutulungan po namin, ginagawan po namin ng sertipikasyon na ito pong taong ito ay pareho lamang,” he said.

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