ILOILO City – Some 30,000 seedlings will be planted in various sites in Iloilo City and at Camp Pasica in the municipality of Dingle under the emergency employment program of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE).
The office of Iloilo City (Lone District) Rep. Julienne Baronda facilitated the employment of 3,600 youths from this city’s 180 barangays under the Tulong Panghanapbuhay sa Ating Disadvantaged/Displaced Workers (TUPAD) program.
The regreening activity is among their other tasks starting June 10 this year.
“We want to help our youth cope with the current economic realities as we all recover from the pandemic. We have a menu of initiatives for them, and this TUPAD program is among these,” Baronda told the Philippine News Agency in an interview on Wednesday.
Of the 30,000 seedlings, 15,000 will be planted in the city, while the remaining half will be at Camp Pasica, a 13-hectare Girl Scout camp in Barangay Tanghawan, Dingle.
Orientations were conducted by the DOLE and the office of Baronda last week.
TUPAD program beneficiaries are entitled to a daily pay of P450 for services rendered ranging from 10 to 30 working days. (PNA)/PN
