CLOSING REMARKS: AYALA CERMONIAL TURN OVER OF SARISARI

STORE PACKAGES AND PEDICABS

June 28, 2014 1:00 PM (City Hall Grounds)

Maupay nga kulop ha iyo nga tanan.
First and foremost, I would like to express my deepest
gratitude to Ayala Foundation, to President Luli Heras de
Leon for being here today.
We Taclobanons have been very fortunate to have friends
like Ayala Foundation who have come to our aid at this
very difficult and challenging time and provided livelihood
assistance such as these sarisari store packages and
pedicabs which will definitely help the displaced families
and those who really need it the most.
We in the City Government of Tacloban and thru the
Comprehensive Livelihood Committee are looking for
ways that when we give livelihood assistance its not a
simple dole out.
We know for a fact that if we just stop at just a simple dole
out of giving pedicabs, if someone in the family gets sick,
there is a high probability that the pedicab will be pawned
or worse sold then wala na naman source of income yung
pamilya. These things are included in formulating our
livelihood programs. So katulad today with our partnership
with Ayala, we included that each recipicient will also
receive a Philhealth card, plus the provision in the project
that each recipient must allocate a portion of his income
for SSS contribution.
What if the pedicab driver himself gets sick, paano na ang
source of income ng pamilya? Babalik ba tayo sa
possibility na mabenta yung pedicab? So we made sure
that the spouse must be enrolled in any of the Cristinas
Learn and Earn Program so she could have alternative
livelihood which could also help augment the income of
the family.
But the Learn and Earn Program does not only cater to the
spouses, for those young men and women that are
interested to get vocational education but do not have the
funds to enroll, we are working our best to finally launch
our partnership with the TESDA for hard skills training
courses.
To Ayala Foundation, In behalf of our City and its people -
the Taclobanons, we would like to thank you for the
invaluable support and assistance given to us in our time
of need.
To my fellow Taclobanons, please know that the City
Government of Tacloban remains dedicated and
committed to ensuring that the welfare of the people and
the best interests of the City are promoted and protected.
Maupay nga Patron ha iyo ngatanan!