The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) hopes to complete by June, the distribution of P 5,000 financial assistance to the survivors of Super Typhoon Yolanda (Haiyan).

Hope Hervilla, DSWD Undersecretary for Operations and Protective Programs disclosed that as of April 18, the agency has validated 75 percent or 147,027 of the 196,258 beneficiaries of the financial assistance funded by the socio-civic fund of President Rodrigo Duterte.

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