00:00 This month, under the validation and registration,
00:04 300,000 more families will be added to be beneficiaries of the food stamp program in July.
00:09 Here's the news, Jonathan Addal.
00:11 Maria still has eggs, vegetables, and rice.
00:18 She got free food stamps for 2 weeks under the 3,000 pesos per month food stamp program of the government.
00:24 She has been a beneficiary here for 6 months and before, 2.
00:28 Now, they eat 3 times a day.
00:31 Before, we only had breakfast and lunch for one meal.
00:36 Back then, it was just pork, eggs, and fried food.
00:42 That's the only thing I could buy that I could provide to them, that's fast-cooked.
00:47 Now, it's almost complete.
00:49 String beans, squash, and chayote.
00:51 They can eat vegetables now.
00:54 Beneficiaries like Maria will be added.
00:58 The Social Welfare Department will start the validation and registration
01:02 for the additional 300,000 food poor families who will be beneficiaries of the food stamp program starting in July.
01:08 These families will come from 21 provinces that have high cases of poverty, malnutrition, and hunger, like BARMM.
01:16 They don't need to apply because the DSWD has already identified the poor families
01:20 who have only 8,300 pesos less in their food budget per month.
01:24 The agency will validate them if they are still poor so that the list will be clean.
01:28 But Mrs. Marcelina asked, "How can she be poor but not on the list?"
01:33 I don't have a job. I'm just living with my relatives.
01:37 So what I want to happen is, I hope I can apply, I hope I can join.
01:42 So far, we don't have an on-demand registration.
01:46 We are still studying.
01:48 The DSWD said that the beneficiaries of the 4Ps will not be included in the food stamp program
01:53 because they already received a 600 pesos monthly rights subsidy.
01:57 Unlike other aid, there are conditions for the beneficiaries of the food stamp program.
02:01 They need to attend the nutrition educational session for six months.
02:05 A family member should be allowed to attend the test and training and look for a job.
02:10 They are not looking for a job in the dollar.
02:13 They are looking for a job in the test to do a job slip, training again in other states.
02:17 The government is giving them free food for three years
02:23 so that they can help them build their own houses.
02:27 This is the first news. Jonathan Andal for GMA Integrated News.
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