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Candon - Act Program

The City Government of Candon, Ilocos Sur launched the "Agkasapulan a Candonians Tulungan (ACT)" program to provide assistance to residents most affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. The ACT program aims to promote community support and augment government assistance by encouraging individuals, households and organizations to adopt families in need in their barangays. It provides short-term relief to beneficiaries, such as food and essential goods, until the enhanced community quarantine is lifted. The city council adopted the ACT program through Resolution No. 33-2020 to encourage adoption of families struggling economically due to the pandemic.

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Candon - Act Program

The City Government of Candon, Ilocos Sur launched the "Agkasapulan a Candonians Tulungan (ACT)" program to provide assistance to residents most affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. The ACT program aims to promote community support and augment government assistance by encouraging individuals, households and organizations to adopt families in need in their barangays. It provides short-term relief to beneficiaries, such as food and essential goods, until the enhanced community quarantine is lifted. The city council adopted the ACT program through Resolution No. 33-2020 to encourage adoption of families struggling economically due to the pandemic.

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Agkasapulan a Candonians Tulungan (ACT) Program

The City Government of Candon, Ilocos Sur, realizing the severe


impact of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, launched
their local initiative program called “Agkasapulan a Candonians Tulungan
(ACT)” to provide assistance to the most affected Candonians.
The ACT program aims to promote the Bayanihan spirit during the
pandemic crisis by encouraging voluntary participation of individuals,
households and organizations to extend help to families who are in need
within their respectively barangays.
It is also a means to augment the assistance and support coming
from the national government through various Social Amelioration
Programs of different government agencies and from the city government
and the barangays through its own initiatives.
Another objective of ACT program is to provide short term relief to the
identified family beneficiaries in the form of relief goods, food packs,
groceries and other essential goods until the Enhanced Community
Quarantine is lifted.
The ACT program was immediately adopted by the City Council
presided by City Vice Mayor Kristelle Singson through Resolution No. 33-
2020 entitled Adopting the “Agkasapulan A Candonians, Tulungan
Program” and encouraging Individuals, Households and Organizations to
Adopt a Family in need in the City of Candon during the Enhanced
Community Quarantine Period.
The adopter as defined in the resolution is any individual, household
and organization who willingly participated to provide support and hope to
its identified adoptee/s provides the adoptee relief goods, groceries, food
packs or other essential goods worth 300 or higher every 15 days or more
often at the discretion of the adopter.
Adoptee meanwhile as stated also in the said resolution is any family
whose economic life has been severely compromised by the COVID-19
pandemic or those who belong to the low-income sector or preferably those
who are not yet covered by any of the social amelioration programs of the
national government like DSWD, DOLE, DA and DTI.

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