The Metrobank Group, in partnership with the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), will be conducting “Bags of Blessings” project nationwide wherein Listahanan-identified poor families will receive food packages consisting of rice, canned goods, milk, coffee, noodles, and snack pack for children, among others.

It is a gift-giving activity to be spearheaded by Metrobank, GT-Metro Foundation (GTMF) and the Metrobank Foundation, Inc. (MBFI), in celebration of the Chinese New Year.

In the National Capital Region, some 3,500 families from Manila, Quezon City, Marikina, Pasay, Makati and Taguig will benefit from this project.

Further, Nicanor L. Torres Jr., GTMF Deputy Executive Director, said that the identification of beneficiaries through the National Household Targeting System for Poverty Reduction (NHTS-PR) or Listahanan supports the agency’s pro-poor initiatives.

Listahanan is an information management system that identifies who and where the poor are in the country.###