ANTIQUE – After its pilot implementation in Antique’s three municipalities, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) is set to expand its Risk Resiliency Program.
Erlyn Garcia, DSWD-6 Disaster Response Management Division chief, said that from the towns of Sebaste, Sibalom, and Barbaza, the Project Local Adaptation to Water Access (LAWA) and Breaking Insufficiency through Nutritious Harvest for the Impoverished (BINHI) will also cover San Remigio, Valderrama, and Tibiao towns.
All six towns share the at least P22.2 million allocation.
“The three additional municipalities were priority areas being exposed to the effects of the El Niño phenomenon, with the highest number of the poorest of the poor families,” Garcia said in a Philippine News Agency interview on Friday.
Project LAWA at BINHI is a proactive intervention and sustainable solution to combat the consequences of climate change, such as hunger, poverty, and economic vulnerability. These particularly seek to address food insecurity and water scarcity, respectively.
Garcia said that the municipality of Barbaza is the first to implement the project for 301 beneficiaries in the first week of May for 20 days.
The first three days are for training, followed by 15 days of cash-for-work such as constructing small water reservoirs and planting drought-resilient crops, which culminates in a two-day training on the project’s sustainability.
Beneficiaries will receive a P450 daily wage for the entire duration./PN
