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OWWA trains Bislig OFCs on agri-farming
BISLIG CITY, Surigao del Sur -- The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration Caraga (OWWA Caraga) has just concluded a two-day activity training on a separate occasion for vegetable farming and egg production last July 6 and 7, respectively, in this city.
The said activity
was participated by 65 members of Overseas Filipino Workers Family Circles
(OFCs) OFW-Returnees in Bislig (OFW-RIB) and the OFC Tabon Overseas Filipino
Workers Association (OFC-TOFWA).
OWWA Caraga Regional
Director Ma. Ireen Cambaling, in her message, emphasized the overview of the
said activity to which the participants can look forward, like to equip the OFC
groups with their livelihood enterprise in the future.
On behalf of Bislig
City Mayor Florencio Garay, LGU-Executive Assistant Oscar Macua,
delivered the message of support to the program for the Bisliganon
beneficiaries.
As part of the
agency’s ongoing information drive campaign, the Tulong PUSO (Tulong
Pangkabuhayan sa Pag-Unlad ng Samahang OFWs) guidelines and procedures were
announced and elaborated to the participants. Also, the National Reintegration
Center for OFWs (NRCO) will spearhead the conduct of periodic monitoring and
evaluation. The program was made available for: Livelihood Start-Up, Livelihood
Expansion, and Livelihood Restoration.
The Tulong PUSO
program is a one-time livelihood financial grant that supports the proposed
business plan of the OFW Groups that are duly recognized by the Department of
Labor and Employment (DOLE), Cooperative Development Authority (CDA), and
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
During the first day
of the program, Myshl Yungcat, Agri-tech of the City Agriculture Office-Bislig
tackled the Nursery Establishment and Operation. Good accessibility is a
requirement for a nursery area so that delivery of nursery materials and transportation
of seedlings to the planting sites is easy and safe, the speaker said.
The OFC members of
OFW-RIB under the leadership of Eddie Saballa were also given a chance to
explore the project site of the vegetable farming area in Bislig as part of the
training activities for additional learning together with OWWA Caraga officers
and CAO representatives.
On the second day,
Egg Production training took place at Tabon Barangay Hall in Barangay Tabon of
Bislig with the OFC TOFWA members under Celestino T. Mundas Jr., Jovil Lumantas
of PILMICO, and Dr. Marjorie S. Cambronero of the City Veterinary Office who
discussed the basic concepts of layer production, and health management when
venturing into the poultry business.
Some points to
consider during the layer management were elaborated by the facilitators such
as the proper cleaning and disinfection of layer house, feeding space, and
watering space. As much as possible, disease should be prevented, one of the
speakers emphasized.
The resource speakers also gave a site evaluation to the egg production area in Bislig City for the participants to witness the actual egg production as part of the training activity. (OWWA-Caraga/PIA-Surigao del Sur)
