The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) is modifying the food stamp program to empower beneficiaries and encourage their active participation in nation-building. ManilaBulletin
Undersecretary Edu Punay said DSWD is currently designing a food program to lessen people's reliance on government assistance.
"While we're helping them with their food requirements, maybe what we can help them with is food, buying food - they should just use their fare to TESDA, to DOLE, and job search—that's the target of this program," Punay said in Filipino. DOLE hosts job fairs and runs a community-based emergency employment program that helps people find temporary work for a period ranging from ten to thirty days.
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