The question is, will this be enough?
“At least P3.5 million worth of capital assistance has been released by the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) for Metro Manila’s poor households who intend to start their own business, such as a sari-sari store,” reports Ellalyn De Vera in Manila Bulletin.
The report noted that “DSWD-National Capital Region (NCR) has awarded the capital assistance to 27 associations in the cities of Malabon, Valenzuela, San Juan, Caloocan, Marikina, and municipality of Pateros through the DSWD’s Self-Employment Assistance-Kaunlaran (SEA-K) program.”
The capital assistance to be received by each household-beneficiary ranges from PHP5,000 to PHP10,000 depending on the type of business they intend to put up. According to the report, putting up a sari-sari store is the most common business that the beneficiaries prefer.
So, what happens if they all decide to put up sari-sari stores?
