The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has released, as of March 19, approximately P73.1 million to nine local government units (LGUs) in Eastern Visayas for the continuing implementation of the cash-for-work program (CFW) for Typhoon Yolanda survivors in the region.

DSWD Secretary Corazon Juliano-Soliman said that this fund release is meant for the second wave of CFW in the region.

From November 9, 2013 to February 10, some 16,234 individuals availed of the first wave of CFW.

The beneficiaries worked mostly in the different relief hubs, seaports, and at the airport assisting in the hauling of goods.

Nine LGUs

More than 37,000 individuals from Barugo, Burauen, Dulag, San Isidro, Sta. Fe, Tabontabon andTanauan in Leyte; Guiuan in Eastern Samar; and Basey and Hinabangan in Western Samar, are expected to participate in the second wave of CFW that will begin this month.

The LGUs will identify priority activities such as clearing and cleaning roads of debris, rehabilitation of farm-to-market roads, cleaning of coastal areas, digging and dredging of canals, rehabilitation of basic agricultural infrastructure, and communal gardening.

They will work for 15 days and will receive P260 per day.

“Nagpapasalamat kami dahil may ganitong programa ang ating pamahalaan. Malaking tulong ang cash-for-work program sa pangangailangan ng aming pamilya (We are grateful for the cash-for-work program because it will help us meet our necessities),” says Adelaida Ampatim, a beneficiary from Guiuan.

Currently, the DSWD is also processing the release of the remainder of the total CFW budget allocation. ###