DSWD Caraga launches SLP Product Catalogue
By Jennifer P. Gaitano
BUTUAN CITY, Apr. 1 (PIA) – In time with the
‘Korambusan’ 2015 celebration, the Department of Social Welfare and Development
(DSWD) Caraga also launched the Sustainable Livelihood Program (SLP) Product
Catalogue/Brochure on Monday at the department’s regional office here.
“In this catalogue, locally-made products by our
SLP beneficiaries in Caraga region are featured and it will be made known not
only in our region but also in other parts of the country,” disclosed
DSWD-Caraga regional director Minda Brigoli.
Brigoli also recognized the active involvement of
the women SLP beneficiaries from the different provinces of Caraga in the
continuous production of the different crafts with quality.
The SLP is a community-based program which
provides capacity building to improve the program participants’ socio-economic
status. First, its supports microenterprises to become organizationally and
economically viable. Second, it links participants to employment opportunities.
Meanwhile, Hanz Ulrich Krause, German
International Cooperation (GIZ) Civil Peace Service Consultant, who graced said
activity shared his experiences and memories working with DSWD-Caraga during
its five years of partnership in the region. He also presented various
activities and endeavors of GIZ and DSWD, as well as the Training Manual on
Peace Building and Conflict Transformation. (JPG/PIA-Caraga)
DepEd Butuan to conduct validation of IKSP
By Nora L. Molde
BUTUAN CITY, Apr. 1 (PIA) – In line with the
implementation of the Indigenous Peoples Education (IPEd) Program, the
Department of Education (DepEd) Butuan City Division will conduct a Filed Based
Investigation (FBI)/Validation of Indigenous Knowledge Systems and Practices
(IKSP) on April 7 at Iyao tribal Center in barangay Anticala here.
According to Schools Division Superintendent (SDS)
Arsenio T. Cornites, Jr, the conduct of the FBI will help in crafting the
conceptualized IPEd Policy Framework and Curriculum in the Indigenous Cultural
Community.
Also, SDS Cornites said that the conduct of FBI
aims to enhance awareness and understanding of the Indigenous Peoples way of
life; come-up with a successful FBI/Validation; and to have a proper
coordination with the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP)
personnel regarding the validation on IKSP.
IPEd focal persons, IP schools in-charge, school
heads with IP learners, tribal leaders and members, coordinators and mobile
teachers, and NCIP staff are expected to participate said event. (PIA-Agusan
del Norte)
DepED Butuan City Division announces CGZWMP best
implementers
By Dr. Jonas H. Jomonong
BUTUAN CITY, Apr. 1 (PIA) - After a thorough
deliberation and ocular visits, the Department of Education DepED) Butuan City
Division announced the winners of the search for the outstanding clean ground
zero waste management program (CGZWMP) best implementers during the 1st Regular
Division Management Conference on Tuesday.
For the secondary urban category, Agusan PequeΓ±o
National High School garnered first place followed by Libertad National High
School, second and Butuan City School of Arts and Trade, third.
On the other hand, for the rural category, La
Soledad National High School won first, Lumbocan National High School, second
and Taligaman National High School, third.
For multi-grade category, Dalingdingan Elementary
School bagged the first place, Tagpulangi Elementary School, second and San
Roque Elementary School as third.
Furthermore, for non-central category, Taligaman
National High School won first, Bugabus Elementary School, second and Bilay
Elementary School as third.
Lastly, for central category, West Central
Elementary School garnered first place, Liberatd Central Elementary School,
second, and Amparo Central Elementary School as third.
Schools division superintendent Arsenio T.
Cornites Jr., CESO V awarded the certificates to the winners. (DepED Butuan
City Division/PIA-Agusan del Norte)
Dinagat agrarian coops undergo trainors’ training
By Daryll M. Tumbaga & Evangeline Oriat
SAN JOSE, Dinagat Islands, Apr. 1 (PIA) – The Department of Agrarian Reform in
Dinagat Islands (DAR-PDI) facilitated recently a four-day Trainors’ Training of
its 20 Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries Organizations (ARBOs) in line with the
Big-Brother and Small-Brother Cooperative strategy held at Dinagat Island
Multipurpose Coop Training Center in Barangay Aurelio, this municipality.
The training was aimed to enhance the capabilities
of the ARBOs’ officers as they underwent on-the-job trainings with their
Big-brother coops and to capacitate the cooperative officers in the
facilitation and conduct of trainings.
This strategy identifies one Big Brother
cooperative, in this case the A&M Multi-purpose Cooperative, and Small
Brother cooperatives, the ARBOs being assisted by the DAR.
The participants said they are very grateful that
DAR-PDI took the initiative to train them and that they are very happy that
they are now at least equipped with the necessary knowledge and skills to
conduct trainings in their own cooperatives in the future.
The training was funded under the Bottoms-Up
Budgeting (BUB) budget of the DAR in partnership with the local government
here.
Regina G.
Fernandez of the Development Academy of the Philippines - Davao Branch
was the lone resource person of the said training. (SDR/DAR-PDI/PIA-Dinagat
Islands)
