SENIOR citizens in Mandaue City are encouraged to post their names and their Office of the Senior Citizens Affairs (Osca) numbers outside their homes for faster distribution of their financial assistance.
The 81 employees of the City Treasurer’s Office and the Osca gathered at the Mandaue City Hall around 1 p.m. of Dec. 7, 2020, to begin the distribution of the P4,000 financial assistance to senior citizens.
In an interview, Melinda Bihag, the president of the Osca, said the financial distribution will be held simultaneously in the city’s 27 barangays. All the barangays have sent their vehicles to fetch the 81 personnel who will go to the houses of the senior citizens.
To make it easier for the distributors, they encourage households with senior citizens to post a piece of paper outside their homes bearing the names of the senior citizens and their Osca numbers.
Through this, Bihag said, they can also easily check the names on their master list.
Bihag said each barangay distributor aims to give the financial aid to 100 to 150 senior citizens every day.
The distributors are allowed to extend the distribution at night as long as the place is safe and the distribution is approved by the barangay.
Bihag said their target date to complete the distribution is December 18, 2020. They will distribute the aid even on weekends, she added.
A total of 22,856 senior citizens will receive the P4,000 aid. There are 1,880 senior citizens who have yet to receive their assistance last April so they will receive P8,000 in total.
Senior citizens who have yet to return to Mandaue City from the provinces may authorize a representative to claim their financial aid on their behalf. Those who are unable to do so during the period of the distribution may claim their financial assistance from their respective barangays. (KFD)