CEBU CITY – Some 3,044 persons with disabilities in 15 municipalities in Central Visayas received various amounts each for services rendered under the Cash-For-Work (CFW) Program for Persons with Disabilities (PWDs) of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD)-Regional Field Office VII that released a total of P12,707.220.00 on December 3 in celebration of the PWD International Day.
According to DSWD-7 regional director Shalaine
Lucero that this program provides work and other opportunities to PWDs that
aims to give financial assistance to PWDs in exchange for community service,
work, or task. The PWD
s worked for 10 days in their respective communities and
received the minimum regional wage of Php 435.00 per day.
Lucero thanked LGUs for accepting the programs and for helping validate the deserving PWDs who took part in the series of community works such as clerical work, community cleaning, carpentry work, and gardening.
"We all know that PWDs are among the sectors badly affected by the pandemic. They are also one of the most affected by the increasing prices of fuel, which resulted in a price increase for basic commodities. That is why DSWD, through our KALAHI-CIDSS program, initiated a cash-for-work program for them," Lucero added.
In Sibonga, Cebu, Assistant Secretary Janus
Siddayao and Lucero with local officials led the ceremonial payout to
beneficiaries of the CFW program.
Romson Panganoron, one of the beneficiaries said that he has experienced difficulty in applying for a job, but this program offered him a job that he is good at, such as cleaning toilets and sweeping in public areas.
Lucero hopes that more families will allow
their family members who are PWDs to be mainstreamed in society, allowing them
to go out and join various sectoral groups and activities. "In this way,
PWDs who are capable of having an education will not be limited to cash for
work but rather create a future that is not limited for them," she added.
Meanwhile, in Dumanjug, Cebu the DSWD-Field Office VII represented by Protective Services Division Chief Rosemarie Salazar facilitated the distribution of family food packs to barangay workers and/or identified vulnerable sectors such as PWDs in the Caravan of Services in Dumanjug, Cebu last week.
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