BY: AMOR Y. SALUDAR
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Central Visayas, March 14 (PIA) --- The
Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD-7) in Central Visayas has
allocated some P70.94 million for the implementation of its Emergency
Employment Program for Yolanda victims in northern Cebu and Bohol.
DSWD-7 community driven enterprise
development officer, Jennifer Quimno said the Emergency
Employment or Cash for Work Program gives income to Yolanda victims in a
short-term period of 15 days as an immediate relief to address financial needs.
Quimno said for northern Cebu, DSWD-7
set aside P58.854 million funding for 15,056 recipients under the program. This
included the P3.1 million given to some 2,200 Yolanda victims in Bantayan
Island as payout for labor services during the recent visit of President
Benigno Aquino III, said the DSWD-7 officer.
“In Bohol, DSWD-7 allocated P12.089
million for 1,212 beneficiaries of the same program,” said Quimno.
The program is implemented in 13 towns
in Bohol including Ubay, Antequerra, Calape, Bien Unido, Getafe, Talibon and
Buenavista and in partnership with the Bohol Provincial Agriculture Office,
bared Quimno.
Beneficiaries, identified by their
local government units, are paid based on the daily minimum wage classification
of the area.
According to Quimno, the program
involves the payment of labor services on clearing operations, rehab and repair
of government owned buildings and facilities, bridges, public roads,
drainage system, spill way and cleaning of canals; shelter reconstruction;
community livelihood; communal gardening; communal farm preparation; vegetable
farm or green valley project; mangrove clearing and rehabilitation; clearing
and cleaning of coastal areas.
Labor services also included
agricultural rehabilitation and vermin-composting; coconut tree plantation;
seaweed planting.
Quimno was one of the guests during the press briefing on
Post-Yolanda Rehabilitation Phase yesterday at the AFP- Central Command
with the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE-7) and the Cebu Chamber of
Commerce and Industry (CCCI). (mbcn/AYS/PIA 7)