Additional support, benefits mapped out for elderly indigenous people

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Additional support, benefits mapped out for elderly indigenous people

Job Manahan,

ABS-CBN News

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MANILA – The National Commission of Senior Citizens (NCSC) and the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP) on Monday signed an agreement enhancing the support and benefits to elderly indigenous peoples.

The memorandum of understanding includes strengthening their provisions on data-sharing, joint advocacy efforts, healthcare and social services, and discounts and privileges to the sector, among others.

The two agencies hailed the partnership as something that would empower elderly IPs to “actively participate in social, cultural, and economic developments.”

NCSC officer-in-charge Mary Jean Loreche said the partnership was long overdue to elderly IPs.

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“Alam niyo ang aming indigenous peoples, mga senior citizens, sila ay repository of wisdom… Yung ating mga kababayan sa indigenous peoples ang magiging gabay natin upang maging legitimate ang ating history at kung saan patutungo ang ating kabataan,” said Loreche.

“Ang ating mga programa at advocacies on livelihood are opportunities for them to have a dignified living, quality holistic lives… in their last years,” she said.

NCIP Chairperson Jennifer Sibug-Las said the partnership aims to provide a sustainable and equitable future to IP senior citizens.

“Binibigyan natin ng opportunities at maayos na pagkakakilala ang ating mga senior citizens. Yung mga elderly natin, katutubong Pilipino,” Sibug-Las said.

In 2022, the Commission on Population and Development said nearly half of Filipino senior citizens are still working and many face health risks due to poverty.

Of 9.2 million Filipinos aged 60 years and above, 46 percent are still engaged in economic activity or have to work for a living, according to a report released by the University of the Philippines Population Institute that year.

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