The Navotas City Government distributed anew financial assistance to qualified solo parents through its Saya All, Angat All program.
Some 450 Navoteños received P2,000 cash aids following the verification of their newly-applied and renewed solo parent identification cards.
The fourth batch of beneficiaries included Angelica Ebrole, 33, a single mother from Barangay Sipac-Almacen. She plans to use the money for the daily school expenses of her children.
Jopel Pastrana, 35, a single father from Barangay. Navotas East intends to do the same.
The Saya All, Angat All Tulong Pinansyal ng city government para sa mga solo parents is part of the city government’s series of pandemic recovery programs which aim to benefit 1,500 registered Navoteño solo parents this year.
“Our social welfare and development office is already preparing for the fifth and final batch of beneficiaries this year. We encourage Navoteño solo parents to secure their 2022 solo parent ID to qualify for the next payout,” Mayor John Rey Tiangco said.
The Navotas Vocational Training and Assessment Institute, also conducted a five-day skills training in foot spa services to give registered solo parents another means to earn a living.
The city government, through City Ordinance No. 2019-17, also provides indigent solo parents with P1,000 educational assistance every school year.