Keanu Aebramh G. Costales
CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, PAMPANGA – – Some 2, 886 persons with disabilities (PWDs) benefitted from the educational assistance with the total of P7, 215,000 million distributed by the provincial government led by Governor Dennis ‘Delta’ Pineda.
The provincial government, through the Provincial Social Welfare and Development Office (PSWDO), gathered the PWD cash recipients at Bren Z. Guiao Convention Center here to give them P2, 500 each.
Governor Pineda, in his message, pleaded the youth to finish their studies despite challenges they face.
He said, “Reng kayanakan, mayari kayu pu keng pa magaral yu. Apin yan ing priority project ming Nanay.” (Young ones, please finish your studies because your education is our priority project.)
“Jang yaku pu ing nilukluk governor, eya pu mag-stop ing programang simulan ng Nanay,” he added. (Although I assumed as governor, the programs pioneered by Nanay will still continue.)
According to Persons with Disabilities Affairs Officer Mary Ann Zamora, the PWDs who qualified for the educational assistance must have presented their PWD ID, general intake-shit, certificate of enrollment, and student ID to get their cash.
The governor was assisted during the distribution by Committee Chairperson for PWDs and Senior Citizens Board Member Nelson Calara, Board Member Olga Frances “Fritzie David Dizon, Board Member Pol Balingit, Board Member Cherry Manalo, Board Member Benjamin Jocson, among others.
Aside from educational assistance, the governor assured them of the full support of the Capitol in boosting health care services for all Kapampangans.
Governor Pineda further discussed Capitol’s new health program called Alagang Nanay to continue the legacy of her mother in helping the sick and the needy in the province.
He said through the program, PWDs are eligible to receive hospital services without paying professional fees or hospital bills in the 11 district hospitals around the province.
The Alagang Nanay health care program covers 9 cases for operation: goiter, hernia, breast mastitis, prostate, kidney and gall stones, myoma, polyps, and ovarian cysts.
PWD ASSISTANCE. Governor Dennis “Delta” Pineda distributes educational aid to some 2, 886 PWDs at the Bren Z. Guiao Convention Center, here.
