2,318 beneficiaries of the Department Labor and Employment’s Tulong Panghanapbuhay sa Ating Disadvantaged/Displaced Workers or TUPAD Program receive their wages Thursday, November 7 at the City Coliseum in Tetuan.
The beneficiaries were from barangays Zone 1, Rio Hondo, Sta. Barbara, Zone III, Zone IV, Zone II, Mariki, Camino Nuevo, San Jose Cawa-cawa, Baluno, Maasin, Cawit, Recodo, and Tulungatung.
The TUPAD program is a short-term employment program (10 days) that helps displaced and marginalized workers. The DOLE manages the program.
The program provides temporary jobs to help workers who are affected by natural disasters, pandemics, or other unforeseen events. TUPAD workers are assigned tasks that benefit the community, such as: repairing or maintaining public facilities or bridges, reforestation, and disinfection and sanitation work.
(Source: City Government of Zamboanga Facebook page)