 35 P a g e ▪ Backyard vegetable gardening; ▪ Taking care of a PWD cousin/grand daughter; ▪ ▪ Helps in feeding the dog of neighbour where neighbour may also throw in something to eat in return; Receiving allowance from NAPC for being a PWD Sector Representative of CAR; ▪ On-call cell phone repair; ▪ Volunteer garbage collection/ washing of bottles to be paid at 50 centavos per piece when business resumes after the ECQ; ▪ Receives financial support from siblings/children; and ▪ Receives help from neighbors. Remarks, Statements and Recommendations from PWDs. The monitoring team asked the PWDs key messages that they wanted to be brought to policy makers, government agencies and local government units concerned for possible actions/ programs/ projects in support to the needs and rights of PWDs; and the following are noted: ▪ Need for training on massage therapy; ▪ Need for a continuous food assistance for daily subsistence during the ECQ duration; ▪ Need for government support/services to include therapy/maintenance for the following medical condition: asthma, cerebral palsy, and neuro- orthopedic patients. It was mentioned that Health Centers only provide medicines for hypertension, diabetes and other common diseases but not to neuro related cases; ▪ Realization of at least 1% budget allocation for PWDs/Older Persons; ▪ Inclusion of PWDs in local development planning at the barangay level. A PWD leader in a barangay mentioned that she was only called to join a meeting at the barangay hall during the ECQ for the listing of PWDs; ▪ The “No PWD ID- No Relief” policy should not be practiced in times of crisis like the COVID-19 pandemic because reality on the ground shows that PWDs are not well organized. Many are not yet registered with the barangay PWD Desk or PDAO. This time of COVID-19 ECQ, families of persons with disabilities should be given food packs with or without PWD ID. LGU officials/volunteers should extend indulgence to go from house-to-house to reach out to PWDs especially those who cannot go out due to inaccessible environment (blind, wheelchair users) and bedridden. In case a PWD sends his /her personal assistant or a relative to ask for relief goods at the barangay hall, the barangay CHR CAR REGIONAL HR SITUATION REPORT – JANUARY to JUNE 2020