Pag-IBIG Fund’s 1 Plus 1 Raffle Promo targets underserved sectors

In a bid to produce more members and serve the underserved sectors, Pag-IBIG Fund on Thursday formally launched its 1 PLUS 1 Raffle Promo in Makati City.

“This is our initiative aimed at encouraging more overseas Filipino workers, more self-employed individuals, online sellers, and informal sector workers to register as members. This raffle promo will provide future members with more avenues to receive the benefits of the Pag-IBIG Fund,” said PAG-Ibig Fund vice president Jack Jacinto in his speech during the unveiling.

The raffle promo encourages active members to recruit new members, including family, friends, and neighbors.

Recruiters, dubbed "influencers," are assigned with unique codes.

New members or those reactivating their membership should use the codes when depositing savings and generating raffle tickets for both the influencer and the recruit.

Jacinto said both recruiters and the recruit have the chance to win the grand prize of P500,000.

“Also, the Pag-IBIG Fund program mainly benefits OFWs, self-employed individuals, and underserved segments of the workforce who, unlike private and government employees, do not have employers to register them. These sectors of the labor force are left on their own in social security institutions,” Jacinto maintained.

“Sharing is caring, and that’s what 1 PLUS 1 Raffle Promo is all about,” Jacinto added.

For his part, Pag-IBIG Fund Board of Trustees chairperson, Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development (DHSUD) Secretary Jose Rizalino Acuzar, disclosed that OFWs and informal sector workers are increasingly accessing Pag-IBIG’s programs via the raffle promo.

“Through the 1 Plus 1 Raffle Promo, we can reach more Filipino workers and provide them with avenues to save for their future and obtain affordable homes, especially under our Pambansang Pabahay Para sa Pilipino Housing (4PH) Program. This is in line with the directive of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to ensure that every Filipino, regardless of location or financial capacity, has a fair opportunity to own a home and secure a stable future,” Acuzar said in a separate statement.

To date, roughly 7,000 new and reactivating members joined the promo, Pag-IBIG Fund said.