GRANT. A recipient of the livelihood assistance grant from Dumangas, Iloilo is being assisted by a staff of the Department of Social Welfare and Development during the distribution on Aug. 15, 2022. The department has released PHP223.81 million worth of livelihood assistance grant as part of the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) response of the department in Iloilo from June 2020 until Sept. 13, 2022. (Photo courtesy of DSWD Western Visayas Facebook page) ILOILO CITY - Some PHP223.81 million livelihood assistance grant was provided to 27,364 individual recipients from Iloilo as part of the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) response of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Western Visayas from June 2020 until Sept. 13, 2022. Anthony Laruan, Iloilo provincial coordinator for the Sustainable Livelihood Program (SLP) of DSWD-6, said that in 2020 they have invested PHP119.61 million for 1,447 recipients; PHP77.9 million for 10,295 in 2021 and PHP26.3 million for 2,622