State-owned Land Bank of the Philippines (LANDBANK), in partnership with other government agencies, continued to be a conduit of the social protection programs of the national government as it released a total of P94.36 billion in cash grants to 9,670,434 beneficiaries in 2019 for this purpose.
In partnership with the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), LANDBANK distributed a total of P73.94 billion to 4.4 million beneficiaries of the Conditional and Cash Transfer (CCT) Program, and P18.15 billion to 5.16 million beneficiaries of the Unconditional Cash Transfer (UCT) Program of the Department.
The Bank also supported the Pantawid Pasada Program (PPP), a fuel subsidy program of the Department of Transportation (DOTr) and the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) for jeepney drivers and operators, with a total of P2.27 billion released to 110,434 beneficiaries nationwide.
“As LANDBANK aggressively pursues programs that intensifies our support to the agriculture sector, we have complemented this with our continuous efforts to support the national developmental agenda especially in alleviating poverty, and to fulfill our function as the main depository and servicing bank of the government,” said LANDBANK President and CEO Cecilia C. Borromeo.
The identified beneficiaries under these social intervention programs were given LANDBANK ATM Cash Cards where cash grants are credited every two months for CCT, while the UCT and PPP are credited only upon the request of DSWD and LTFRB, respectively.
Also in December last year, LANDBANK entered into a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) along with 13 other government agencies for the Expanded Partnership Against Hunger and Poverty Program (EPAHP), designed to mitigate hunger, promote food security, and reduce poverty in the country by year 2030. The Bank committed P2 billion to lend to community-based organizations that supply the requirements for feeding programs.
