A Food Cart With a Way to Move
GENERAL SANTOS CITY - Thirteen beneficiaries in General Santos City received a livelihood boost valued at PHP100,000 each, with Mayor Lorelie G. Pacquiao personally turning over the Livelihood Food Cart with Motorcycle Packages. According to the LGU GenSan post, the recipients included three couples who took part in Kasalan sa Bayan and 10 fisherfolk connected with the Tuna Handline Summit. They were selected through a raffle. Rather than receiving cash alone, the beneficiaries were given business equipment they can use for food vending. The combination of a cart and motorcycle also gives the package a practical setup for moving a small food operation from one location to another.
More Than the Cart Itself
Each package came with several additional items to help recipients prepare for their livelihood activity. The city government said the beneficiaries also received kitchenware, 15 kilograms of chicken, and five kilograms of peanuts as starting supplies. That combination makes the assistance different from a simple equipment distribution because recipients received both tools and initial products for their intended food-related activity. The PHP100,000 valuation covers the package rather than being described as unrestricted cash assistance. The approach gives the beneficiaries something tangible to work with while allowing them to develop their own way of selling and managing the food cart according to their circumstances.
Linking Fisherfolk and Small Enterprise
The livelihood turnover also adds another example to General Santos City’s broader efforts to provide livelihood and social assistance to residents. In March 2026, the Philippine Information Agency reported that the city government provided fuel assistance to 4,386 tricycle franchise holders, while a separate PIA report in July described national Local Government Support Fund allocations being used for assistance and recovery programs in the city. The latest food-cart packages take a different route: instead of short-term relief, recipients receive equipment that can be used for income-generating activity. For the 10 fisherfolk included in the group, the package offers another possible source of earnings alongside their existing livelihood.
