A total of 422 Parañaque City residents underwent orientation for emergency employment under the Tulong Panghanapbuhay sa Ating Disadvantaged/Displaced Workers or TUPAD Program of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) on Friday, Oct. 7
The activity was held in partnership with the office of Parañaque 1st District Rep. Edwin L. Olivarez.
DOLE representatives Director Jun Castillon and Tess Bassig conducted the orientation/training at the Sto. Niño Sports Complex in Bgy. Sto. Niño.
The qualified applicants will receive almost P8,000 for 14 days of community work.
“We are also happy that TUPAD has become a sustained partnership between DOLE, our Congressional District Office and the office of City Councilor Pablo ‘Pao’ Olivarez II,” Rep. Olivarez said.
Mayor Eric Olivarez who attended the activity congratulated the beneficiaries from the city’s 1st District which he used to represent in Congress before he became mayor.
The first two batches of TUPAD registered in Rep. Olivarez’s office benefitted 620 individuals, while the third batch consisting of around 300 residents are still deployed and will finish their assignment on Oct. 18.
The 4th batch will be deployed on Oct. 8 up to Oct. 24.
Rep. Olivarez’s novel implementation of TUPAD has caught the attention of DOLE officials for its innovation and bigger impact in the communities, and is now being adopted by other local government units.
Under Parañaque’s TUPAD model, beneficiaries are deployed to public schools where they help teachers and principals in cleaning classrooms and other facilities, as well as tending to in-campus fruits and vegetable gardens, instead of the usual TUPAD street sweeping task.