Continuing cash-for-work program to boost livelihood of typhoon victims

By Leilanie G. Adriano

Staff reporter

LAOAG CITY—The Ilocos Norte provincial government’s cash-for-work (CFC) program being implemented to generate more employment among Ilocanos will continue to stay with a total budget allocation of P15 million until the end of this year.

Estrella Sacro, Environment and Natural Resources Office project manager confirmed this, saying the program covers the highly vulnerable areas of the province that were hardly hit by typhoon. The said office is under the provincial government.

Since the implementation of the program, over 15,000 beneficiaries, who are in need of additional income, were hired by the provincial government to plant indigenous trees and other fruit-bearing trees in public lots of the province especially those who are near the river banks and mountains from Badoc to Pagudpud, Ilocos Norte.

By schedule, the program beneficiaries received at least P3,000 per month as stipend by planting more trees within the so-called “Green Wall” of Ilocos Norte.

Around 3,860 barangay ranger officers (BROs) are also tasked to safeguard and rehabilitate this province’s watersheds meant to protect its residents from natural calamities and to mitigate impact of climate change.

To help in the speedy recovery of typhoon victims, the Department of Social Welfare and Development in partnership with local government units continue to implement the CFC. In exchange for doing community projects, such as tree planting, repair and reconstruction of damaged houses and community facilities, clean-up and garbage collection, among others, each beneficiary receives cash based on the prevailing regional wages.

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