Street dwellers in Cebu City won’t have to sleep on the sidewalks anymore as the city government is planning to employ them as construction workers.
Isabelita “Betty” Ganub, head of the Cebu City Anti-Mendicancy Office, said they would endorse around 2,000 street dwellers to the Department of Social Welfare and Development in Central Visayas (DSWD 7) for employment to construction sites within the city.
Ganub said there’s a program by the DSWD 7 wherein they pay for the salary of street dwellers.
“Everyone can apply with or without experience. They don’t have to be actually doing the construction works, but they can assist in the site,” Ganub told reporters.
Those hired will earn a salary of P363 daily. They are also entitled to an overtime pay and an accommodation in the construction site where they are assigned.
“This way, the street dwellers won’t have to sleep on the sidewalk anymore,” she said.
The anti-mendicancy office has been asking the different urban barangays of the city to submit a list of street dwellers in their area.
Based on their records last year, there were more than 2,000 street dwellers in the city including 456 families.
Ganub said they will help facilitate the release of application requirements, including barangay clearance and a certification that the person is from the barangay.
Other documents like birth certificate and police clearance will no longer be required.
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