DAR pushes program for farmers’ health and safety
The Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) said Wednesday it is expanding the coverage of its occupational safety and health program to include more agrarian reform beneficiaries (ARBs) nationwide.
The program called “Occupational Safety and Health through Work Improvement in Neighborhood Development” program (OSH-WIND) is aimed at increasing the awareness of farmers in the different ways and means of preventing accidents and illnesses caused by wrong practices at home and in the farm.
Agrarian Reform Secretary Nasser C. Pangandaman said the implementation of the program will be integrated to the existing programs of DAR in agrarian reform communities (ARCs) like establishment of health clinics, potable water supply, electrification and through the DAR’s Agraryong Pangkalusugan, a community-based social health insurance program of the agency.
“The OSH-WIND program will teach farmers and their family members steps which can be followed and done [by farmers] to avoid and protect them from accidents and sickness in their own homes and in the field,” said Pangandaman. (PNA)
