DUMAGUETE CITY, Jan. 10 -- Parents of child laborers in Ayungon town, Negros Oriental province are among the 226 informal sector workers who helped in the reforestation efforts of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) under the TUPAD program of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE).

TUPAD stands for Tulong Panghanapbuhay sa Ating Disadvantaged/Displaced Workers, which provides emergency and seasonal employment for this sector, said Maria Theresa Tanquiamco, officer-in-charge of the DOLE-Negros Oriental field office.

"About 100 of the TUPAD beneficiaries who worked last month with the DENR in Barangay Banban, Ayungon are parents of child laborers, and this is our intervention to help this particular sector," ...