Mindanaotoday.com | 1,500 beneficiaries get aid from DSWD cash-for-work program
By: Shaine Mae Nagtalon
BONIFACIO, Misamis Occidental – Some 1,500 indigent residents of Bonifacio town in Misamis Occidental benefited from the cash assistance distribution of Kapangyarihan at Kaunlaran sa Barangay (KKB)-Cash for Work Program, held June 1 at Bonifacio Gym.
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD)-10, through its KALAHI-CIDSS, also known as Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan—Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services—conducted the distribution, where each resident received P2,190.
Each beneficiary was given the opportunity to work for six days with a corresponding daily wage of P365 based on the 2022 Regional Daily Wage Rate.
During the distribution of cash for work, Governor Henry Oaminal said that his administration is committed to giving continuous assistance to vulnerable sectors in Bonifacio.
“Kini nga pundo gikan ni sa national government. Ang KALAHI-CIDSS usa na ka programa sa DSWD og kana tungod sa effort ni Second District Rep. Sancho Fernando Oaminal ug tungod sa atong tinguha nga makab-ot ang atong vision, Asenso Bonifacio, Asenso Misamis Occidental nga kitang Misamisnon magpuyong malinawon, malambuon ug malipayon,” Oaminal shared.
(This fund came from the national government. KALAHI-CIDSS is a program under DSWD. This cash assistance is made possible through the efforts of Second District Rep. Sancho Fernando Oaminal and our desire to achieve our vision, which is “Asenso Bonifacio, Asenso Misamis Occidental,” where we Misamisnons live peacefully, prosperously, and happily)
In an interview, KALAHI-CIDSS Area Coordinator Grace R. Lindo said the Cash for Work program aims to distribute cash support to beneficiaries in exchange for their community work. It also aims to provide short-term intervention by providing temporary employment to low- or no-income families.
“The KALAHI-CIDSS KKB-CFW modality is seen as an opportunity to help the communities improve their quality of life, an avenue to engage in community services, rehabilitate damaged infrastructure, and implement sub-projects relative to disaster preparedness, rehabilitation, and risk reduction,” she said.
The beneficiaries of the cash-for-work program are primarily tasked with doing road clean-up drives and backyard gardening as an extra source of livelihood.
Further, DSWD has already distributed more than P18 million in cash to the 8,945 workers in 28 barangays in Bonifacio as part of the Kapangyarihan at Kaunlaran sa Barangay-cash-for-work program.
In the entire province, the municipalities of Bonifacio, Don Victoriano, and Calamba are the identified beneficiaries for KALAHI-CIDSS KKB-CFW. (SMRN/PIA-10/Misamis Occidental)
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