At least 159 persons with disabilities (PWDs) from Kalinga received cash aid totaling PHP604,200 from the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) on Thursday.
Imelda Tuguinay, regional program coordinator of the Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan-Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services (KALAHI-CIDSS) said the assistance was provided under the Cash-for-Work program.
‘Each received the PHP3,800, corresponding to 10 days cash-for work for a minimum daily wage of PHP380 a day,’ she said.
There are 20 beneficiaries each in the municipalities of Balbalan, Lubuagan, Pinukpuk, Rizal and Tanudan; 15 in Pasil, 19 in Tinglayan, and 25 in Tabuk City.
‘The PWDs are the beneficiaries but it was the members of their families who did the work for them,’ Tuguinay said.
Among the tasks done for 10 days include clean-up drive along government or public places, gardening and tree planting, cleaning and declogging of canals, and picking-up of plastic bottles for recycling and sale, she said
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e from the cash aid for PWDs, the DSWD also simultaneously released livelihood assistance to four families who have availed of the ‘Balik Probinsiya’ program.
‘They will use the livelihood fund aid to establish businesses so that they can start a life at the villages where they came from,’ Taguinay added.
Source: Philippines News Agency