ROXAS City — Some 1,596 internally displaced Capiceños have already started getting temporary employment from the national government.
Beneficiaries of the Department of Social Welfare and Development’s (DSWD) Cash for Work program have started work, as planned by identified local government units (LGUs), said DSWD-Capiz Field Office head Josephine Degala.
Cash for Work is a short-term intervention to provide temporary employment to internally displaced persons (IDPs) by participating in or undertaking preparedness, mitigation, relief, rehabilitation or risk reduction projects and activities in their communities or in evacuation centers.
Degala said 11 LGUs — Panitan, Pilar, Maayon, Mambusao, Dumarao, Panay, Dao, Jamindan, Pontevedra, Sigma and Roxas City with 2,715 IDPs — have been identified for the program.
These LGUs were affected by recent calamities such as flooding and fire, among others.
The first six towns, with 1,596 beneficiaries, will get Cash for Work funds after submitting their proposals, as required by DSWD-6.
“The budget for the remaining five towns is ready and will be immediately released if they can comply with the requirements, such as the program proposal,” Degala said.
She added that beneficiaries of Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) will be given priority.
Wenna Berondo of DSWD-6 revealed that the regional office was set to release P3.625million for the said program to seven towns in Western Visayas.
The amount will benefit 1,726 IDPs in the region who were affected by calamities such as flooding, typhoon and landslides, among others, Berondo explained.
Each program beneficiary was required to render 10 days of work and will receive P208 per day as their salary (a total of P2,080), she added.
