To help poor families cope with economic difficulties, the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) recently distributed vegetable packs from various agrarian reform beneficiaries’ organizations (ARBOs) in Nueva Ecija and Benguet.
In a news statement, DAR Support Services Office Undersecretary Emily Padilla said a total of 1,585 families received the vegetable packs from DAR.
“We are distributing this food relief in different areas in Metro Manila to help indigent families cope in this time of the pandemic,” Padilla said.
She said the vegetable distribution was made possible through the generous contribution of ARBOs who continue to share their harvests to poor families in Metro Manila.
DAR Undersecretary for Policy, Planning and Research Office Virginia Orogo, who assisted in the distribution, said that the activity was undertaken in coordination with Caritas Manila.
The vegetables were distributed to indigent families living in Barangays Zapiro in Sta. Cruz; Rasac in Sta. Ana and Magsaysay in Tondo, the same areas where Jollibee Food Corp. (JFC) had earlier distributed chicken guisado food packs.
The food relief drive of the DAR, Caritas Manila and JFC will run from October until December this year.