The DOLE – Cagayan Field Office (CFO) held a Tulong Panghanapbuhay sa Ating Disadvantaged/Displaced Workers (TUPAD) program payout for 3,707 beneficiaries from the towns of Sanchez Mira, Pamplona, Sta. Praxedes, Ballesteros, Lasam, Abulug, Iguig, Sanchez Mira, and Tuguegarao City recently, disbursing P15,569,400.00 in emergency employment assistance.

The beneficiaries rendered 10 days of community work and received P4,200 each.

Another 8,842 applicants were meanwhile profiled and evaluated in the towns of Alcala, Aparri, Baggao, Camalaniugan, Lallo, Gattaran, Gonzaga, Sta. Teresita, Abulug, Piat, Sto. Nino and Claveria and more than P44M worth of wages shall be allotted for the beneficiaries.

The beneficiaries shall render community work focusing on the continuing development of tourist activity areas, maintenance of sanitary landfill and agri-fishery, repair and rehabilitation of public facilities, and Gulayan sa Bayan.

Ms. Liezel P. Magno, DOLE-CFO Supervising Labor and Employment Officer and DOLE Integrated Livelihood and Emergency Employment Program (DILEEP) Unit Head and Ms. Klarizel Silawan, Tulong Panghanapbuhay sa Ating Disadvantaged/Displaced Workers (TUPAD) Focal Person, supervised the series of payouts and profiling, assuring that the beneficiaries shall receive their remuneration and the program implementation carried out effectively and transparently.

The TUPAD program of DOLE is a community-based package of assistance that provides emergency employment for displaced workers, underemployed and seasonal workers, and those affected by natural or man-made disasters.

The province is one of the areas heavily affected by Typhoons and flooding last year where thousands of workers were displaced and lost their sources of livelihood.

DOLE's TUPAD helped alleviate the burden of those affected workers and their families by providing them temporary income while rendering community work. ###