Solidarity plan assisting low-income groups during pandemic

The Panama Solidarity plan to help low-income citizens living in multidimensional poverty, vulnerable families, people living in areas of difficult access, and those engaged in informal activities will be entitled to assistance from the Panama Solidarity.plan during the COVID-19 crisis through the delivery of food bags, solidarity bonus, and digital vouchers.

Other types of “solidarity support” may be implemented in response to circumstances generated by the development of the pandemic.

Sanctions
The incorrect or unauthorized use of the plan, according to a presidential decree, will mean the automatic loss of the benefit. And whoever misappropriates food bags, or vouchers, will be prosecuted..

The plan began distributions in different parts of the country last week. Aid is estimated to reach over a million people.