DOLE
Provincial Director Camilo Encila
PAGADIAN
CITY, Zamboanga del Sur, Oct. 2 (PNA) – The Department of Labor and Employment
(DOLE), in partnership with the Army’s 53rd Infantry Battalion (IB), has
released Php 670,000 worth of “Kabuhayan” Starter Kits to insurgency-vulnerable
barangays in four towns in this province.
DOLE
Provincial Director Camilo Encila told the Philippines News Agency that each of
the 100 beneficiaries, composed of farmers, fishermen, and housewives, received
Php6,700 worth livelihood starter kits Thursday.
Encila
said they received three units of seven horse power engine for small boat;
fishnets and fishing equipment; farming equipment; kitchen utensils; carpentry
tools; barber kits; and vulcanizing shop equipment.
Encilar
said the starter kits were sufficient enough to support the livelihood
undertakings of the identified beneficiaries.
Encila
said that 55 of the beneficiaries came from Barangay Dalapang and 10 from
Barangay Bagong Oroquieta in Guipos town; 10 from Barangay Gusom, Kumalarang;
and, 25 from Barangay Ocapan, San Miguel.
He said
the beneficiaries were identified by the Army’s 53rd IB headed by Lt. Col.
Alvin Luzon.
Luzon,
in an interview, said that the four barangays were chosen since they were
classified as insurgency-threatened villages being far-flung and less-developed
areas.
One of
the beneficiaries, 46-year old farmer Erlinda dela Peña has expressed gratitude
to the DOLE and Army’s 53rd IB for the livelihood support given them.
Dela
Peña, who has six children, is a resident of Barangay Ocapan, San Miguel, this
province.
“It is
a great honor to be chosen as one of the beneficiaries of the program,” she
told the Philippine News Agency. (PNA)
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