DSWD provides cash aid, food packs to vendors affected amid Asean Summit preps
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MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) said on Wednesday that it provided P10,000 each and family food packs to 54 vendors.The vendors were affected amid preparations for the 2026 Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) Summit.In a post on Facebook, the DSWD said that the distribution was conducted on Wednesday, Nov. 11, at the San Andres Bonifacio Elementary School in Pasay."Aside from cash assistance, the Department also provided family food packs (FFPs) as additional support," the DSWD said in Filipino and English.It added that it was set to distribute assistance for other vendors."This is part of the effort of the government, pursuant to the directive of President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr., to ensure that families who will be affected by the important national activity will receive support."On Nov. 8, the DSWD provided assistance to 30 vendors to offset income loss amid tighter security for the summit.It and related meets will be held in Pasay from Nov. 15 to 17 and security has been tightened around those dates.The DSWD, in a post on Facebook that Sunday, said FFPs were distributed for the affected vendors."They also received Php10,000 each to recover from the income that will be lost," the department said.
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