At the age of 86, Lola Angelita Manalo tries to live independently. Not minding her physical limitations brought by her age, she still goes from house to house to deliver products and hopefully sell them for a living. Lola Angelita, a resident of Brgy. 8 in Talisay, Batangas Province, has seven children who have families continue reading : Old, but still being cared for
60K senior citizens receive monthly pension from DSWD
A total of 60,938 indigent senior citizens in the CALABARZON Region are being provided with monthly pension by the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) under its Social Pension for Indigent Senior Citizens program. Beneficiaries of the said program receive PhP500.00 monthly stipend to help improve their living condition, specifically in meeting their continue reading : 60K senior citizens receive monthly pension from DSWD
2014 Highlights: Php79.8M provided to pensioners
A total of 13,316 senior citizens from the CALABARZON Region were provided monthly subsidy by the Department of Social Welfare and Development under the program Social Pension for Indigent Senior Citizens for the year 2014. Under the program, the said senior citizens receive a subsidy of Php500.00 per month. The said amount is expected to continue reading : 2014 Highlights: Php79.8M provided to pensioners
The simple joy of the Senior Citizen
Ricardo Carpio has been working at the Office of the Senior Citizen Center in San Mateo, Rizal for the past 30 years and had witnessed the hardships of the elderly citizens and how badly they need assistance in order to meet their daily needs. Mr. Carpio added that since he began to serve the senior continue reading : The simple joy of the Senior Citizen
The 500 pesos pension for a poor family
Each time they would receive their pension, the Surio couple would buy vitamins and foods for themselves. For a short while, they feel that they are still able to support themselves. Ninety-nine years old Fructuso Surio, Sr. and his wife Isabel, 84 years old, live with their son at Brgy San Luis, Antipolo City, Rizal. continue reading : The 500 pesos pension for a poor family