(Screenshot from DSWD website)
DSWD Secretary Rolando Joselito D. Bautista cited the LGUs’ support to the Yakap Bayan Program (YBP) which is a holistic intervention to assist RPWUDs in their recovery journey from surrendering, to treatment or rehabilitation, to aftercare, and to social reintegration to their families and communities.
“Ang Yakap Bayan Program na tinututukan ang rehabilitasyon at reintagrasyon ng mga persons who use drugs ay umabot na sa 151 lokal na pamahalaan ang nakikiisa at sumusuporta sa layuning tulungang makapagbagong buhay at makabangon muli ang mga naging biktima ng droga upang sila ay maging katuwang at kaagapay ng bayan sa pagpapabuti ng ating pamayanan (The Yakap Bayan Program, which focuses on the rehabilitation and reintegration of persons who use drugs, has gained the support of 151 local governments who are one with us in our quest to help rehabilitate drug victims and help them recover and make them our national partners in improving our communi