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LEGAZPI CITY, Dec. 1 (PIA) -- The Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth), in partnership with the JCI Legazpi Dawani and Aquinas University of Legazpi, conducted the first "SNAC Attack" for some 467 graduating students as part of the AUL PABALON: A Comprehensive Guide to Career and Employment late last month here.
The Social Safety Nets, Social Protection Awareness Campaign (SNAC) Attack aims to raise awareness about the government’s social protection services and social safety nets to prepare these students as they transition towards financial independence after graduation.
PhilHealth PR officer and JCI Legazpi Dawani president Annielyn Z. San Pablo, discussed the important role each person plays in social safety nets, posing the question: “would you rather be the one holding the safety net, or the one falling into the net?”.
She delved how resource pooling or the Bayanihan system works in the Philippine setting, citing agencies like the SSS, GSIS, PAG- IBIG Fund, and PhilHealth as the prime movers in social protection.
San Pablo explained how the whole social protection and safety nets system works to provide each citizen with decent jobs, healthcare, social insurance for housing, education, trainings, and pension as well as death benefits.
She also shared with the participants how the Bayanihan System helps the poorest of the poor thru social safety nets like the DSWD’s Conditional Cash Transfer Programs.
San Pablo encouraged the participants to take a more pro- active role in their future membership to these agencies and be empowered about their rights as well as responsibilities.
She further challenged the participants to get PhilHealth- insured, citing that “It’s easier to live on the edge when you’re insured, because then you wouldn’t be a financial burden to your loved ones should anything happen to you”.
The SNAC Attack is as a way to encourage appreciation of government services so the younger generation would have a better grasp of their bigger role in the society once they step out of the campus into employment or entrepreneurship. PhilHealth, in partnership with the JCI Legazpi Dawani is set to conduct this activity in other campuses across the region. (MAL/ASP-Philhealth5/PIA5/Albay)