775 hired under 'cash-for-work' program

LAMUT, Ifugao— A total of 775 members of poor families in this municipality have been hired and are currently doing work in various projects under the Cash for Work Program of the Department of Social Welfare and Development.

The workers were chosen from poor families belonging to farmers and fisherfolk of poor barangays as identified by authorities based on the National Household Targeting System.

They will work for 11 days each with a rate of P254/day in the different work sites where the projects are located supervised by the municipal engineering office and closely monitored by the MSWDO and DSWD personnel to ensure hired workers will work in their areas of assignment in the prescribed time and duration.

Most of the families belong to the low income group who solely derive their income mainly from small farming, small business and daily wage earners, thus, the need augmentation for their income so that they will be able to improve the socio-economic standing of their respective families, especially those living in far flung communities.