DAVAO ORIENTAL – A total of 141 indigenous people and former Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) have received P10,000 each under the Nakakaisang Lingkod Bayan ng Davao Oriental (NLD) – Negosyo sa Lumad na DavOrenyo Livelihood Assistance Program (NLD-LAP).
30 of these beneficiaries are former OFWs who availed of the program called NLD-Livelihood Assistance and Reintegration Program. 60 of them are from the District 1 municipalities who participated in the payout last September 22, 2021. While the remaining 81 are from the District 2 municipalities including the City of Mati who received it the following day, September 23, 2021.
Governor Nelson L. Dayanghirang, who initiated the programs, led the distribution of assistance with the proper facilitation of the Public Employment Service Office (PESO) headed by the PESO Manager Jay Dayanghirang.
The NLD-Livelihood Assistance and Reintegration Program gives priorities to the people in Davao Oriental who are in dire need especially the repatriated OFWs who lost their jobs abroad due to certain conflicts and distress caused by the pandemic.
Further, the assistance aims to support the Lumads in starting their small business amid the pandemic to help suffice their daily needs and help improve their lives. The beneficiaries were chosen by the PESO Managers with the approval of Local Chief Executives (LCEs) wherein there are 10 beneficiaries in every LGU — 8 of these are under the NLD-LAP while the remaining 2 are under the Reintegration Program.
Other beneficiaries are being recommended by the Provincial Social Welfare and Development Office (PSWDO) and the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) who need to be reached out for their difficult situations.
After the distribution of assistance, the beneficiaries will be monitored by PESO in every Local Government Unit (LGU) to ensure that the assistance has helped their family attain a better state in life in their entrepreneurship journey.
In relation, further cash assistance will be turned over to the Women’s Association of Manay in all the 17 Barangays who will be receiving P30,000 each from the Provincial Government of Davao Oriental | By Mark Oliver Alvite
