Sealed with love and care -- From food packs to market needs made accessible to every Valenzuelano, the City Government of Valenzuela further extends its help to children with disabilities with its very own “Care Bags.”

Prescription medicines, special milk formula, basic supplies and diapers -- these are some of the contents of the Valenzuela City Care Bag for registered PWD kids with severe disabilities and impairment. The project, a part of the Alagang Valenzuelano initiative, answers the growing demands for specific necessities of families and individuals needing special needs.

On top of the situation, Mayor REX Gatchalian makes sure that needs are addressed especially for the City’s registered person with disability (PWD) children with helpless cases, are bedridden and with special conditions.

The identified children were based on the City Social Welfare and Development Office (CSWDO) PWD database and were further assessed and evaluated by homecare volunteers.

“The purpose of the homecare [team] is to visit selected PWD clients to check on them and verify what they need… Our beneficiaries have no capacity to go outside to have their medical check-up… So we [with Mayor REX] thought of giving care bags… We searched for their [PWDs] prescribed medicines and needed dosage,” Coun. Niña Lopez, Action Officer of the Persons with Disability Office (PDAO), said.

“We have cases where our PWDs were not able to have a medical consultation because of the enhanced community quarantine… We are receiving a lot of messages asking for assistance,” Coun. Lopez added.

Making PWDs’ day-to-day living not only difficult but even harder in this enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) period, the care bag is delivered to their homes and is followed by a medical consultation. This ensures that beneficiaries are given the highest priority, guaranteeing the importance of home health welfare and continuous medication.

Valenzuela City Care Bag is the 3^rd Alagang Valenzuelano project which caters to bedridden PWDs since the declaration of ECQ in Luzon. Last March 23, Valenzuela City Food Voucher was distributed to residents for redemption of food packs containing 5 kilos of rice, 5 pieces of packed noodles, 12 canned goods and half kilo of sugar. Valenzuela City Market on Wheels, a “mobile palengke” inspired from the concept of Pasig City, is now doing rounds in different barangays with e-trikes carrying vegetables and fruits, meat and poultry, seafood and grocery items since March 29.

Next in line is the distribution of the Valenzuela City Day Care NutriPacks -- where around 12,000 enrolled day care students in public day care centers are set to receive milk, probiotics drinks and snacks individually.