Sisbén: how to see the family group and what subsidies can it receive? - Colombia

There are more than 3 million Colombian households that are part of the program Solidarity Income and they are already receiving the payments corresponding to January and February 2022 for a value of $320,000.

However, to be a candidate for this subsidy, one of the most important aspects is to have the personal information updated in the Identification System for Potential Beneficiaries of Social Programs (Sisbén).

If you want to check if you are part of the Solidarity Income, the first thing you should do is enter the official page of the Department of Social Prosperity through this link: https://ingresosolidario.prosperidadsocial.gov.co/. It is important to have the ID at hand to fill in the fields that are requested. You can also check if you have drafts in process.

(You can read: Non-VIS housing subsidy: this is how you can access this benefit in 2022).

How to check if you are a Sisbén beneficiary

-Go to the website www.sisben.gov.co.

-Click on the option ‘consult your Sisbén group‘, located at the top of the web page.

-At the bottom, enter your identification document number and click on the ‘consult’ option.

What does each group mean?

–Group A: extreme poverty (population with less capacity to generate income).

–B Group: moderate poverty (population with greater capacity to generate income than those in group A).

–Group C: vulnerable (population at risk of falling into poverty).

–Group D: non-poor, non-vulnerable population.

(You can read: Open call for the program ‘Casa Digna, Vida Digna’).

According to the new Sisbén IV methodologythe classification is no longer done quantitatively, which means that there is no longer a score from 0 to 100 but a new classification that orders the population by groups: A, B, C and D, according to their ability to generate income and their living conditions.

Tutela, ranchers from La Mojana seek subsidies promised by the Government - Other Cities - Colombia

Through a guardianship, the ranchers of La Mojana (Between Bolívar and Sucre) hope that the Ministry of Agriculture opens the platform for the registration of 1,800 members and they can cancel the promised subsidies, as a result of the damage suffered by the floods.

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According to Enrique Martínez, president of the Cattlemen’s Association of La Mojana, the vast majority of the members of the association went bankrupt and could not register their names to receive aid from the National Government.

platform for recognition
of all the farmers affected

… could not do anything, only through a court order could the platform be put at the service of the guild again

He said that the registration platform was open for 8 days and 1,800 of the affected ranchers were unable to access the registry.

“Ariel Zambrano, deputy director of the National Risk Management Unit, said that he could not do anything and that only through a court order could the platform be put at the service of the union again,” explained Enrique Martínez.

He pointed out that this is how they agreed to make use of that tool that seeks to open the platform for the recognition of all affected ranchers.

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“There are more than 20,000 head of cattle that were lost during the floods. All the ranchers suffered with the emergency caused by the Cauca River and now it is expected that we will be able to access those resources”, they specified.

controversy over the situation

80,000 cattle are not moved from one place to another in two or three days. This takes time and it was not possible to register all the small farmers who lost everything

The situation suffered by ranchers and the non-registration of the vast majority of small and medium-sized owners in the single registry of the Ministry of Agriculture to receive aid has caused much controversy in the region.

Enrique Martínez, president of the union, said that when the registration platform opened, the ranchers were taking the animals to dry places to avoid further damage and could not register.

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“80,000 cattle are not moved from one place to another in two or three days. This takes time and it was not possible to register all the small ranchers who lost everything, ”he explained.

He also said that the deputy director of the Risk Unit was intransigent with the union, by not wanting to open the registration platform again and telling them that “too bad if they could not register.”

He affirmed that the guardianship was filed by ranchers from Majagual, Guaranda and Sucre, all from the La Mojana sub-region, that it was admitted and that the Ministry of the Interior, the Presidential Council for the Regions, the National Unit for Risk Management and the three municipalities.

They hope that the guardianship in its entirety will be ruled in favor of the ranchers and that they will be able to receive the promised aid.

Francis Xavier Barrios
Special for WEATHER
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Barranquilla: housing improvement program subsidies - Barranquilla - Colombia

Andry Ortega Polo was satisfied and honored to be one of the first seven beneficiaries of the program ‘Dignified House, Dignified Life‘ from the La Chinita neighborhood, in Barranquilla, who have started 2022 with housing improvement subsidies, for representing a longing that their mother had in life.

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“This is a very big achievement for me, because things have happened and I know that it will benefit my family a lot, especially in the presentation of the home,” said Ortega, full of nostalgia, a beneficiary of the home improvement subsidy. living place.

In a field visit, the District Planning Secretary, Juan Manuel Alvarado, and the head of the Habitat Office, Daniel Navarro D’Anetra, put The first rock to a group of seven households that were assigned the benefits.

The ‘Dignified House, Dignified Life’ program, of the Ministry of Housing, City and Territory, consists of a series of interventions that are adapted to the particular needs of each household to improve the conditions of their housing.

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In this sense, the head of the Habitat Office stated that the implementation of this program is achieved thanks to co-financing by the District and the national government, “and 325 improvements will be made in the La Chinita and La Luz neighborhoods.” housing that will be of great benefit to these inhabitants”.

He also pointed out that “this program is very strong in the city, because not only does the Planning Secretariat work in alliance with the Ministry of Housing, but also from the District, with its own resources through the Public Works Secretariat.”

This is how, as he added, it reaches many more neighborhoods in the capital of Atlántico, where they need the benefits that the breeding program of housing.

Aldemar Castro is another of the beneficiaries of the program. He expresses his gratitude, because at first he had doubts about the registration process in the call, but with the accompaniment of the authorities he was able to clear his concerns.

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The story of a beneficiary

“My mother is the founder of the neighborhood (La Chinita) when we swallowed ashes and this was an invasion, where we lived in deplorable conditions. And now with this pandemic, the situation has become complicated again due to unemployment and lack of opportunities,” the man recalled.

But nevertheless, Aldemar Castro He added that, with the arrival of the benefits of the project, they feel grateful “for this blessing from God.”

Just like these, there are a large number of stories of Barranquilla families that, although they own their properties, have economic limitations to improve the infrastructure conditions in which they live.

The District Secretary of Planning weighed the support of the national government in the face of the management that has been carried out for a year before the Ministry of Housing and that today is reflected in the materialization of dreams.

“For us it will be very important from the Barranquilla Mayor’s Office because what we want is to make Barranquilla a City of Owners, and also for people to live in decent housing, and we are achieving this with all these programs financed with national resources. and their own”, concluded the District Planning Secretary, Juan Manuel Alvarado.

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