BAGUIO CITY — Vulnerable households would continue to receive food assistance from the city government from May to December, as the Baguio economy rebuilds once critical businesses are allowed to operate, according to a draft recovery plan. As many as 10,000 families have been guaranteed aid under a social welfare proposal being drawn up for a transition plan, which would gradually reopen vital retail, manufacturing, and transport enterprises. ADVERTISEMENTThe Office of the City Social Welfare and Development has also laid out stress counseling sessions after May for medical and security frontliners who fought to contain the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the summer capital. Psychological counseling would also be given to barangay officials who managed the neighborhood curfew and distributed food and cash grants to families who have stayed indoors for more than a month, said Betty Fangasan, Baguio social welfare officer. Social workers are currently helping stranded workers and around 5,000 transient students who did not leave Baguio after the lockdown, she said.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer April 26, 2020 04:52 UTC