Davao de Oro: A total of seventy-one people’s organizations (POs) received certificates and tool kits in a ceremony held in Barangay Tibagon, Pantukan, Davao de Oro on June 27, 2020.
Two tailoring machine, native bags, and food packs were given to the POs who completed their 5-day Sapang Lubog Livelihood Skills Training Program on massage therapy, tailoring, nail care, and welding services.
This made possible with the help of Local Government Unit (LGU) of Pantukan in partnership with Municipal Council of Women, Municipal Community Teaching and Employment Coordinator and in collaboration of 71st Infantry Battalion.
All POs are members of Sapang Lubog Women’s Association (SALUWA) and Asosasyon sa Nagkahiusang Grupo sa Kadafa, Sapang Lubog, Sapang Tin-aw Tibagon Integrated Motorist (ANGKASS-TIM) that was organized by Community Development Team (CDT).
The assistance is one of the programs of government to sustain livelihood development in the grassroot communities in the province.
Meanwhile, twenty-one members of Kaibigan People’s Advocacy for Collaboration and Empowerment (KPEACE) received food packs and six sacks of feeds for their pigs.
The Provincial Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (PTF-ELCAC) of Davao de Oro, is still aims to achieve inclusive and sustainable peace, of carefully getting to the root causes of conflicts in the whole province.
Oplan Pagbabago is anchored on President Rodrigo Duterte’s Executive Order Number (EO) 70 which aims to create a national peace framework and institutionalize the whole-of-nation approach. (Rheafe Hortizano, ID Davao de Oro)