Who are eligible for the DSWD senior citizen social pension program?

Posted By : Admin    August 30, 2017

The target beneficiaries are seniors: 1. aging 60 years old and above 2. who are frail, sickly or with disability 3. with no regular income or support from family and relatives, and 4. without pension from private or government institutions According to the DSWD, a total of 1,331,747 senior citizens or 96.79 percent of the target 1,375,970 beneficiaries for 2016 were able to receive their social pension as of January 31. The conduct of payout is still ongoing for the remaining 44,223 beneficiaries. Source: http://philnewsph.com/2017/02/18/dswd-social-pension-program-for-indigent-senior-citizens-spisc-2017-how-to-apply-requirements/

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