1,303 PWDs in Butuan avail of DOLE’s TUPAD
BUTUAN CITY -- The Department of Labor and Employment Agusan del Norte Field Office (DOLE ADNFO) facilitated the total payout of P6,840,750.00 to some 1,303 Persons with Disabilities (PWDs) in Barangay Doongan Covered Court, this city.
The
beneficiaries with physical and psychosocial disabilities, speech, language,
hearing impairment, visual and mental disabilities received P5,250.00 each as
salaries for their temporary employment through the Department’s Tulong
Panghanapbuhay sa Ating Disadvantaged/Displaced Workers (TUPAD) Program.
The
PWD-beneficiaries were involved in community-based activities such as the
clean-up and disinfection of public places.
The
activity is in line with the post celebration of the 44th National Disability
Prevention and Rehabilitation (NDPR) Week from July 17 to 23, 2022 with
the theme “Pamahalaan kabalikat sa Pagtupad ng Pantay na Edukasyon, Trabaho at
Kabuhayan, tugon sa Pagpapalakas ng Taong May Kapansanan”.
Consistent
with its mission to provide equal employment opportunities for all, DOLE Caraga
lauded the participation of PWDs in the economic activity of the country
through the TUPAD program despite their disabilities. (DOLE-Caraga)
