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 ==[[Quirino News]]==
-'''OWWA 2 invites OFWs’ relatives to enroll in Microsoft Tulay program'''
+'''1,830 typhoon-affected Quirinians to have new homes through DSWD’s core shelter project'''
-*Source: http://pia.gov.ph/?m=7&r=r02&id=73668
+*Source: http://pia.gov.ph/?m=7&r=r02&id=74162
-*Tuesday, January 24, 2012
+*Saturday, January 28, 2012
 :by Thelma C. Bicarme
-CABARROGUIS, Quirino, Jan. 24 (PIA) -- The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) in region 2 is urging Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) and their legal beneficiaries to enroll in the Microsoft Tulay program, a special project in partnership with Microsoft Corporation which provides information and communication technology training to OFWs and their families to broaden their career opportunities.
+CABARROGUIS, Quirino, Jan. 28 (PIA) -- The Provincial Social Welfare and Development Office (PSWDO) here has reported that the 1,830 families who were rendered homeless by the previous typhoons will soon have new homes through the Department of Social Welfare and Development’s Core Shelter Assistance Project.
-Nestle Baccay, OWWA-based Information Technology instructor, said only a few OFWs and their relatives are enrolled in the program that is why OWWA is doing everything to motivate them to avail of the program.
+Provincial Social Welfare Officer Laura Matammu said the P202,883,600 fund from the DSWD intended for the project is now ready and the construction of houses has been started.
-Baccay said the program is open for students who want to learn basic computer applications such as MS Word, Powerpoint, Excel, video editing as well as using the Internet.
+Matammu said the core shelters will be constructed sporadically in the lots owned by the affected families in Diffun, Cabarroguis, Saguday and Aglipay and in communal sites donated by the local government units of Maddela and Nagtipunan .
-Baccay said this will enable the OFWs and their families to communicate through the Internet.
+“Of the total amount, P128 million will be for the construction of core shelter units; P45 million for the emergency assistance of the 9,192 partially affected families and P28 million for the cash for work program,” Matammu disclosed.
-The project also aims to address the primary issue of family disintegration. “Through the project, problems arising from OFWs’ prolonged separation from their families will be prevented,” Baccay added. (TCB/PIA 2)
+The provincial social welfare officer also said that Gov. Junie and Cong. Dax Cua will shell out P20 million each as additional fund for the project. (TCB/PIA 2)
 ==Photo Gallery of Quirino, Philippines==