She mentioned some of the intervention measures include provision of livelihood starter kits and temporary employment under the Tulong Panghanapbuhay Sa Ating Disadvantaged/Displaced Workers (TUPAD) Program. She also emphasized the cooperation of different agencies, public and private sectors nationwide who conducted livelihood programs with the help of the Public Employment and Service Office (PESO).
“The DOLE is very much thankful to all our partners here in Isabela City lalung-lalo na sa ating LGU na talagang tumutulong at nagbibigay ng support upang matulungan natin ang ating mga kababayan lalung-lalo na upang maiwasan itong child labor. Nagpapasalamat ang DOLE sa ating mga partners kasi kung wala po sila, hindi po kaya ng DOLE na maibsan ito,” Annos said.
Moreover, Anoos emphasized the need for cooperation and unity towards recovery for the New Normal with the help of different sectors in the community. She also called for the help of different barangays in Isabela City to help them in implementing programs in their community especially to address child labor, which is very alarming.
“Sa ating mga barangays, sana ay makita din natin ang involvement nila at makipagtulungan sila kasi dapat barangay level palang na-aaddress na at meron din silang BCPC,” she stressed.
In the Philippines, Anoos said there are several offices who help them solve child labor such as National Council Against Child Labor, Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), Department of Social Welfare and Development DSWD, Department of Education (DepEd), Department of Health (DOH), Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) for endorsement of profiling in the barangays, Department of Justice (DOJ), Department of Agriculture (DOA), Department of Environment and Natural Resources DENR, National Commission of Muslim Filipinos (NCMF), Philippine Information Agency (PIA), TESDA, Council of the Welfare of the Children, National Youth Commission, National Commission of Indigenous People, Philippine Statistics Authority, Philippine National Police, National Bureau of Investigation and the National Anti-Poverty Commission Basic Sector of Children. (RVC/EDT/NDR/PIA9-Basilan with reports from Khayle P. Jimenez)
