Social workers from the Department of Social Welfare and
Development (DSWD) continue to conduct home visits to the families of soldiers
either killed or wounded in action (KIA/WIA) for possible counseling, medical,
financial and other appropriate services according to their needs.
The initiative is in line with the directive of President
Rodrigo R. Duterte to assist the said families.
To date, DSWD social workers have already visited 53 out of
the 95 families of KIA/WIA soldiers.
The families are from the National Capital Region,
Cordillera Administrative Region, Regions I, II, III, IV-B, V, VI, X, XII and
the Negros Island Region.
The social workers continue to locate the other families in
their declared addresses.
Most of the evaluated soldiers were recommended for
livelihood, extension of financial and medical assistance and inclusion of the
parents in DSWD’s programs such as the Social Pension Program for Indigent
Senior Citizens.
The DSWD’s Crisis Intervention Unit (CIU) has given initial
financial assistance that covers the educational, transportation, medical and
food subsidy to the wounded soldiers and their dependents.
If deemed necessary, the Department is ready to provide more
resources for them as directed by DSWD Secretary Judy M. Taguiwalo.
“Almost all of the soldiers assessed by our social workers
lack the resources for daily subsistence because their salaries are not enough
to sustain the needs of their families. DSWD is ready to provide extended aid
to them. However, what we really want is a just and lasting peace to prevent
any social injustice and where people’s rights are protected and promoted,”
Taguiwalo said.
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