The government launched the “ReliefAgad” mobile application for a faster, contactless, efficient, and transparent Social Amelioration Program (SAP) distribution.
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) partnered with the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT), and Developers Connect Philippines to create online the “ReliefAgad” mobile application where the SAP beneficiaries can enroll and send their information to DSWD and local government units (LGUs).
“Taking note of all the feedback gathered from the first tranche implementation of SAP, we are streamlining our processes and adopting more effective measures to achieve more efficient, organized and speedy SAP distribution,” Undersecretary Danilo Pamonag said during the virtual launch of the “ReliefAgad” mobile app.
Pamonag said the mobile app will improve DSWD’s data gathering process and will expedite the cash aid delivery to Filipino families in need, especially with the second tranche of SAP.
“Delivering this much needed assistance to its beneficiaries in the soonest possible time is the priority of the Department in the SAP implementation,” the DSWD official said.
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Pamonag also said the mobile app would also prevent anomalies in the gathering of the beneficiaries’ data. Recipients will no longer need to go outside and be exposed to the virus.
The official thanked DSWD’s development partners, including the Developers Connect Philippines, and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) for making the “ReliefAgad” mobile app possible.
DSWD Director Andrew Ambubuyog demonstrated how to use the mobile app system during the virtual launch.
“Using the filled out SAC (Social Amelioration Card) , using the app, the beneficiaries can scan the bar code then fill up the form using the ReliefAgad app and this will be saved directly to our server, so mas mabilis ang gathering ng data with the digital flow,” he said.
Ambubuyog said SAP beneficiaries can register at the ReliefAgad self-registration app, www.reliefagad.ph.
“Using your phone, click on the browser and type this URL and you will be directed to the app. If you click register, you will go to Step. 1, In Step 1, the app will read the unique barcode which is printed on the lower right corner of the SAC. But in some cases, there are times that it cannot read the barcodes. There is an option to manually encode the SAC number,” Ambubuyog said.